Ivory Coast’s public broadcasting company, the Société Ivoirienne de Télédiffusion has chosen SES as its digital collaborator in a move to meet Ivory Coast’s 2020 aim to switch over from analogue to digital broadcasting. Under this multi-year agreement, 60 analogue turned digital channels will be broadcast with brighter, sharper picture and better sound, via the SES-4 satellite at [...]
PREMIUM.FREE launched a new bouquet of 13 channels supplied by AfricaXP and delivered using SES satellites at 28.2 degrees East. AfricaXP is a leading independent African network which is well-know for a wide range of Nollywood partnerships with West African producers. CEO of AfricaXP, Craig Kelly, says that working with SES has enabled PREMIUM.FREE to [...]
According to Dataxis’ latest research, 102 million households in the sub-Saharan region have access to television among the 225 million households constituting the region for the year 2018. Even though, the penetration is progressing, reaching 42% in 2018 compared to 40% in 2017, television has not yet fully penetrated into sub-Saharan African homes. Households receiving [...]
The Republic of Benin and SES signed a new agreement, which will be providing 16 new FTA channels to viewers. Part of the deal, a number of HD channels will be aired in Benin, which will a first in HD channels, available over Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) across Africa. According to Darius Quenum, Chairman of [...]
Some satellite operators will be forced to buy new spacecraft if U.S. regulators demand the transfer of 200 or more megahertz of C-band spectrum to mobile companies for the deployment of 5G, said Intelsat, according to Space News. A representative of the FCC said that operators will need at least 200 or 300 MHz. According [...]
Intelsat afirmó que algunos operadores se verían forzados a comprar nuevos satélites en caso de que los reguladores de EE. UU exijan la transferencia de 200 o más MHz de espectro de banda C a las compañías de telefonía celular, para el despliegue de 5G, según reportó Space News. Desde la FCC dijeron que los [...]
AfricaXP is a digital content distributor and themed linear channel creator that facilitates synergies between content rights owners and media platform operators, has rolled out Premium.Free, a bouquet of 13 channels that are being offered using SES satellites at 28.2 degrees East. The new bouquet of FTA channels comprises of diverse range of contents from sports [...]
Insight TV, the 4K broadcaster and producer of native UHD HDR content covering action sports, entertainment, and lifestyle, announced its foray into Latin America through SES’ Latin American Ultra HD platform. Insight TV is available on a 24/7 basis in English, Spanish and Portuguese to all cable, IPTV and DTH providers who are working with [...]
Insight TV, productora de contenido en UHD HDR de deportes extremos, entretenimiento y estilos de vida, anunció su lanzamiento en Latinoamérica a través de la plataforma Ultra HD de SES. De esta manera, el contenido de Insight TV está disponible 24 horas al día, los siete días a la semana en inglés, español y portugués [...]
Global satellite operator SES is in negotiations to offer 4K channels in Brazil with content from the United States and Europe, according to Jurandir Pitsch, the company’s VP of Sales & Market Development for Latin America and Caribbean. The executive said they are not Premium channels or options like “Disney or Discovery”, instead, they are [...]