Eutelsat has announced its HOTBIRD video has been selected by Travel Africa Network for the broadcast of its first high definition African travel channel, focusing on 100% African content dedicated on the promotion of tourism in Africa. With its unique pan-European coverage, the high-power HOTBIRD satellites at 13° East form one of the largest broadcasting [...]
Eutelsat Communications has secured a multi-year contract with RCS Ghana to provide capacity for the broadcast of its DTH bouquet bringing content to viewers in Ghana and beyond. RCS will use Ku-Band band capacity on EUTELSAT 7B to broadcast its fast growing free-to-air DTH bouquet comprising SD and HD channels to the Ghanaian market and [...]
Konnect Africa, a subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications, Schoolap and Flash Services today announced a Memorandum of Understanding to connect several thousand schools across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the Internet as part of the Schoolap project. It aims to provide schools with high speed internet connectivity, giving them access to a digital platform [...]
Channel network and content distributor AfricaXP has signed multi-year agreements with Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) for Ku-band capacity on two Eutelsat satellites, positioned at 16° East and 7° East. This capacity will enable AfricaXP to extend the reach of its DTH free-to-air TV platform, Premium.Free. Currently broadcast in West Africa, the platform will leverage [...]
On the inaugural day of the AfricaCom 2019 conference, Eutelsat Communications announced the signing of a multi-year contract with Orao Telecom Congo for video capacity on one of its satellites located at 7 ° East, a privileged position for ‘Africa. A first for the African continent, Orao Telecom Congo also joined Eutelsat CIRRUS for distribution [...]
El operador satelital realizó una inversión de 10 millones de euros (USD 11,2 millones) en soluciones de Broadpeak para el desarrollo de servicios de video de nueva generación. Eutelsat y Broadpeak unirán sus recursos tecnológicos para expandir sus servicios para operadores de telecomunicaciones, grupos de medios y propietarios de contenidos, ofreciendo soluciones de entrega de [...]
Eutelsat and Broadpeak announced a 10 million euros investment (USD 11,2 million) in Broadpeak’s solutions to develop new generation video services. Eutelsat and Broadpeak will pool their technological resources to expand their respective portfolios of services for telecom operators, media groups and content owners by offering them turnkey video delivery solutions enabling them to respond [...]
En el marco de la primera jornada del evento Nextv Series Argentina, la conferencia líder que se desarrolló el 14 y 15 de mayo pasados en el Hotel Intercontinental de Buenos Aires con organización de Dataxis, el panel “Desafíos de video para operadores independientes” contó con la participación de Virginia Priano (Cablevideo Digital), José Luis [...]
During the first day of the Nextv Series Argentina event, the leading conference that took place on May 14th and 15th at the Intercontinental Hotel in Buenos Aires, organized by Dataxis, the panel ‘Video challenges for independent operators’ was developed. Virginia Priano (Digital Cablevideo), José Luis Jacquet Matillon (The Cuatro TV Jujuy), Ariel Hernández (Antina) [...]
Eutelsat, has selected General Dynamics Satcom Technologies and Hugues Networks Systems to help them deploy their Konnect satellite in Africa. General Dynamics Satcom Technologies will position seven ground antennas while Hugues Network Systems will provide its Jupiter ground network system. These different technical components will enable the satellite to efficiently exchange traffic with the ground. According [...]