Gulfsat has announced an official partnership with the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU).The partnership allows Gulfsat to engage with ASBU in regards to improving audiovisual production to be on par...
Intelsat has entered into a new, multi-year agreement with MSTelcom, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Angolan national oil & gas company, Sonangol E.P. MSTelcom will leverage Intelsats satellite and...
Hiltron will be demonstrating its new HANT C-Ku, a 3.7m antenna for professional satellite signal monitoring or receive-only services.A closely integrated feed system enables the HANT C-Ku to receive simultaneously...
The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) recently unveiled the Super Resolution Tool. SatellitePro learns more about the technology from Saeed Al Mansoori, the Emirati engineer who developed...
SpaceX is preparing to launch Asiasat 8, a commercial telecommunications satellite into orbit at 5:25 GMT on 5 August.A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air...
Jean Philippe Gillet, Intelsats regional Vice President for Europe and Middle East salesIntelsat has announced that Yemen International Telecommunications Co. (TeleYemen) is expanding its current agreement with Intelsat to provide additional...
Eutelsat has sealed procurement and launch contracts with Airbus Defence and Space and Arianespace for the EUTELSAT 172B satellite.As an early follow-on programme to EUTELSAT 172A, the new triple mission...
Eutelsat Communications has appointed Leonard Wapler as Chief Financial Officer of Eutelsat Americas, based in Mexico City.Leonard joined Eutelsat in May 2011 and has been Head of Investor Relations since...
Divona, the Algerian VSAT operator providing telecom services in Algeria and the Middle East, announced that it has selected Eutelsat Communications to consolidate its network connectivity offer to mobile telecom...
GMV has been awarded a contract by Arabsat to provide a complete Satellite Control Center (SCC) for its existing and upcoming fleet of satellites.ARABSAT has been using a heterogeneous SCC...
ABS has expanded its global presence in Johannesburg, South Africa and formed a new sales liaison office to support its growing business in the African continent.This new office will house...
Khalid Balkheyour, CEO and President, Arabsat.Arabsat has awarded a contract to GMV to provide a complete Satellite Control Centre (SCC) for its existing and upcoming fleet...
From left: Khalid Balkheyour with Tom Choi.ABS and Arab Satellite Communication Organisation (ARABSAT) have signed a strategic commercial agreement for a multi-transponder lifetime Ku-band payload on...
An O3b satellite launch from 2013.Arianespace performed its second launch for O3b Networks, following the successful launch of the operator's first four satellites last year. With...
ViaSat and Eutelsat have entered an agreement that will enable service access and roaming on each other’s high-capacity satellite networks (KA-SAT for Eutelsat and ViaSat-1 for ViaSat).Both Ka-band networks, representing over...
With the global economy still in a slow recovery mode, government budgets will remain constrained. At the same time, governments have to ensure that their ICT infrastructure deployed for national...
ViaSat Inc. has acquired privately-held NetNearU Corp. With this acquisition ViaSat has expanded its ability to deliver high-speed satellite services and internet access. NetNearU has developed a comprehensive network management...
Khalid Balkheyour, CEO and President, Arabsat.Inmarsat and Hellas-sat have signed an agreement to launch a joint satellite into 39deg E orbital location. The satellite will carry...
Khalid Balkheyour, CEO, Arabsat.Arabsat has claimed that the signal jamming that it has been experiencing for the past week originated in Ethiopia. Many of its TV...
Khalid Balkheyour, CEO, Arabsat.Arabsat has announced its participation in SatCom Conference & Exhibition to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from May 20-21.At the event, the...
Speaking on the first day of the Asia Media Summit in Jeddah, Salaheddine Maaoui, Director General of the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), said there are nearly 1,300 channels in...
Khalid Balkheyour, CEO, Arabsat.Arabsat is participating in Asian Media Summit in Jeddah as a strategic sponsor.Khalid bin Ahmed Balkheyour, President and CEO of Arabsat commented: It...
TIMA (The International Media Associates) has signed a three-year contract with Eutelsat Communications for dedicated capacity on the EUTELSAT 10A satellite to serve the growing market for satellite news gathering...
Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) has concluded a multi-year contract for Ku-band capacity on the EUTELSAT 21B satellite to cover the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.The capacity will be...
Benie TV and Ouest TV, two recently launched African channels, have chosen Globecast to distribute their programming via satellite to new audiences in West Africa. Via the Globecast service, Benie...
Benie TV and Ouest TV, two recently launched African channels, have chosen Globecast to distribute their programming via satellite to new audiences in West Africa. Via the Globecast service, Benie...
Arabsat is sponsoring and participating in the Gulf Radio and TV Festival, running from March 25 to 27 in Manama, Bahrain. During the festival, Arabsat will be showcasing its new...
A new report released by the Arab Advisors Group indicates a strong trend towards high definition TV channels in the Arab world. The report titled HDTV in the Arab World...
Khalid Balkheyour, CEO, Arabsat.Arabsat has announced the release of a request for proposal (RFP) for the procurement of four new satellites to be designated HS3, HS4,...
Arqiva, a communications infrastructure and media services company, has won a deal to deliver satellite services for Al Jazeera in the Middle East.According to the deal, Arqiva will support Qatars first satellite...
Globecast and ARABSAT have extended their relationship for the distribution of the Global Arabic Bouquet (GAB), a grouping of premium Arabic channels from the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) that...
Khalid Balkheyour.Arabsat and Morgan Company for Information and Communications Technology (MICT) have signed a capacity contract at 20 degrees East. Under the agreement, Arabsat will provide...
ViewSat, a global provider of broadcast services for television and radio, has announced record growth owing to the increase in the number of channels in the region. During 2013, the...
A recent report has revealed that pay-TV revenues in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) will grow by more than 83% between 2010 and 2020 to USD 5.60 billion....
ISOL, a provider of satellite services in Lebanon, has selected Atemes Kyrion CM5000 for its DSNG (Digital Satellite News Gathering) operations.Based in the centre of Beirut, ISOL is an independent...
Inmarsat has signed an agreement with Globecomm, appointing the specialised managed satellite services provider as a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Global Xpress, serving the Government market in Africa and...
SIS LIVE, an operator of Satellite News Gathering (SNG) vehicles, has selected ATEMEs Kyrion encoders and decoders to equip 18 new Ka band vehicles with the latest compression technology for...
Khalid Balkheyour, CEO, Arabsat.Arab Satellite Communications Organisation (Arabsat) has undertaken a transition plan for load distribution as part of its strategic plans to support and develop...
ScheduALL, a global provider of enterprise resource management software for media and transmission, has effectively centralised the management of bookings across Encompass Digital Media Inc. in the United States.Encompass owns...
ViewSat, a global satellite transmission company, has secured capacity across North America, reaching seven million people.ViewSat is now able to offer its growing client base, situated principally in the MENA...
New research and analysis by the Arab Advisors Group has revealed that as of August 2013 the four satellite pay TV operators, broadcasting from the region, offered a combined total...
Globecast is providing services to NHK WORLD, delivering the channel via satellite to new audiences in Central and Western Africa. NHK WORLD, the international broadcast channel of Japanese national public...
ViewSat 9m antenna.ViewSat, a global provider of broadcast and transmission services for television and radio channels, has announced the launch of its second MENA satellite transponder...
TDA and Newtec at the TDA-ASBU MENOS signing session.Satellite communications specialist, Newtec and Télédiffusion dAlgérie have signed a multi-million Euro contract to deploy several of Newtecs interactive satellite...
Eutelsat Communications and Qatari partner Es'hailSat have announced that their jointly-owned Eutelsat 25B/Es'hail 1 satellite has been successfully launched by an Ariane 5 rocket and is on course for geostationary...
Cliff Nelson, CEO, My-HD.Irdeto has announced that My-HD, a satellite pay-TV platform in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA), has selected its Media Protection to...
Khalid Balkheyour, President & CEO of ARABSAT.GlobeCast and satellite operator Arabsat are offering new solutions for broadcasters seeking to distribute programming in North Africa. The collaboration...
BBC World News will be offered as a High Definition (HD) feed across the Middle East from August 5 on Arabsat.Arabsat will be the BBCs first distribution partner in the...
Cliff Nelson,CEO, My-HD.My-HD, a satellite Pay-TV platform in the MENA region has unveiled a host of High Definition (HD) Rotana Channels, one of the largest TV...
Khalid bin Ahmed Balkheyour.Baghdad-based Iraqi Media Network has built a satellite TV broadcast platform to broadcast on Arabsat satellites at its Hot Spot 26° East .This...
Arab Advisors Groups research has revealed an increase in adoption of social media platforms by the 40 analysed free-to-air satellite channels. The 40 analysed channels were selected on the basis...
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC (YahSat), a private joint stock company fully owned by Mubadala, has appointed Masood M. Sharif Mahmood as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) as of June...
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC (YahSat), a private joint stock company fully owned by Mubadala, has announced the UAE launch of YahClick, its satellite broadband internet service. YahClick will...
In a bid to support the local community, Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC (Yahsat), a private joint stock company fully owned by Mubadala, in partnership with the Zayed Higher...
Intelsat S.A., a provider of satellite services, and Ericsson have announced the successful demonstration of a true 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD), end-to-end video transmission over satellite to Turner Broadcastings...
ViewSat has chosen IS20 to support growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. ViewSat has recently extended its reach to additional areas, including the Middle East, Europe and North America, in response to...
Newtec MDM6000 satellite modem.Mobile 3G networks in Africa are set to benefit from new-generation Newtec modems including, S2 Extensions technology that boost the performance and efficiency...
Khalid Balkheyour, President and CEO of Arabsat.Arab Satellite Communications Organisation - Arabsat was awarded as the Best Satellite Operator of the year at SATCOM Africa...
Sami Boustany, Acting CEO of YahLive.Following the exit of former CEO Mohamed Youssif, Sami Boustany has been appointed Acting CEO of YahLive by Al Yah Satellite...
Dubai's content and service providers will now be able to move rich data around more swiftly and cost-effectively following the addition of IX Reach to the first carrier neutral internet...
