Eutelsat Communications announced that it has broken through the barrier of 100 High-Definition TV channels broadcasting through its video satellites. The 100th channel to take to the skies was Sky Sport 1HD, the flagship channel of the latest HD package from the SKY Italia pay-TV platform. more ››

SES ASTRA, an SES company, announced that its interactive satellite broadband service - ASTRA2Connect – is now used by more than 50,000 subscribers, an important new milestone in the successful development of the service. The company also announced that it has introduced new service packages that significantly increase the available speeds of the service, with download rates of up to 4,096 kbit/s and upload rates of up to 360 kbit/s. more ››

Eutelsat Communications and NOORSAT announced the signature of a multi-year contract for the lease of three additional transponders on Eutelsat’s ATLANTIC BIRD™ 4A satellite. Four years from the launch of its first broadcasting services, NOORSAT, which is based in Manama, Bahrain, has emerged as one of the three leading players for satellite TV services in the Middle East. more ››

SES S.A. announced that it has expanded the market for its successful satellite-based interactive broadband service ASTRA2Connect, and is now offering the service in the maritime market to commercial fleets and leisure yachts operating mainly in the North and Baltic Seas, and the northern Mediterranean. more ››

Meeting the escalating demand for content and connectivity across Africa, SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A., announced that Netcom Africa has signed a multi-year deal to expand its delivery of telecom and broadcast television services throughout Nigeria and West Africa. more ››

SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A., announced Galaxy Backbone has signed a multiyear, two-transponder agreement for delivery of a broad range of information and communication technology (ICT) services to rural and remote government offices, schools and hospitals in communities throughout all 36 states of Nigeria. more ››

Uniquely positioned to enable the rapid expansion of television broadcast services across Africa, SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A., announced Pathfinder Communications has signed a multi-transponder, multi-year deal to deliver its new Infinity TV package over the ASTRA 2B satellite to homes throughout Nigeria. more ››

Intelsat announced that G-Media, a subsidiary of NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation, signed a multi-transponder, multi-year renewal and expansion contract with Intelsat. NHK will use G-Media's backbone capacity on three Intelsat satellites, program turnaround services at three Intelsat teleports and Intelsat's video fiber network to transmit the first global High-Definition (HD) news channel, NHK World TV. more ››

Eutelsat Communications has been awarded the prize for Fixed Satellite Services Operator of the Year for the second consecutive year by Euroconsult, a leading analyst and research company in satellite applications and digital broadcasting. Bestowed by a jury of experts from Euroconsult, Space News and Satellite Finance, using rigorous quantitative and qualitative standards, the prize was awarded at this week’s annual World Satellite Business Week event in Paris. more ››

GlobeCast has launched four additional channels for Chinese broadcaster CCTV on its platform on EuroBird 9A satellite for pan-European coverage. CCTV-4, CCTV Espańol (Spanish), CCTV Russian and CCTV Arabia now have access to a potential audience of 300 million households. GlobeCast has a long and successful relationship with CCTV. more ››