Digital TV News: SES ASTRA

Solaris Mobile satellite W2A successfully launched
Apr 6, 2009 – The satellite carrying Europe's first S-band payload - operated by Solaris Mobile - has been successfully launched. Solaris Mobile aims to provide fully digital mobile video, navigation and emergency assistance services to European operators.
News categories: Solaris Mobile, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe, Mobile, Satellite

ASTRA Extends European Reach To 122 Million Homes
Mar 24, 2009 – SES ASTRA (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that it has significantly increased its reach in Europe, particularly in France, Ukraine and the UK, and is now broadcasting to 122 million analogue and digital TV homes across Europe.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Middle-East, Satellite, Terrestrial

ASTRA Extends Digital Reach in Germany
Mar 12, 2009 – SES ASTRA (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) has announced that it has confirmed its leading role in digitalisation and increased the number of digital TV homes reached by the ASTRA satellite system in Germany by 1.35 million (13.9 percent) to 11.1 million.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

GlobeCast launches new African DTH distribution platform on Astra 4A
Mar 3, 2009 – GlobeCast has announced that its African DTH platform has successfully started transmissions on SES ASTRA's Astra 4A (Sirius 4) satellite. African broadcaster VoxAfrica is one of the first channels to sign up for the new platform.
News categories: GlobeCast, VoxAfrica, Africa, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Digital TV, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Satellite, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Turin DVB-SH trial enables a perfect blend of satellite and terrestrial networks for mobile TV
Feb 16, 2009 – The DVB-SH trial launched by RAI, 3 Italia, Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Eutelsat has shown excellent results. The initial results demonstrated high reception performance for the technology for mobile TV on commercial terminals.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Eutelsat, 3 Italia, RAI, Digital TV, Italy, Mobile, MWC24, Satellite

Nagravision and Solaris Mobile join forces for World's First S-Band Mobile TV
Feb 16, 2009 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD) and Solaris Mobile have announced that they are joining forces in the development of a harmonised ecosystem to optimise the delivery of mobile TV and broadband services.
News categories: Nagravision, Solaris Mobile, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, Europe, Mobile, MWC24, Satellite

New ASTRA 1M Satellite Ready For Operation
Jan 20, 2009 – SES ASTRA (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that its new ASTRA 1M satellite has been successfully deployed at its final orbital position at 19.2 degrees East and is ready for commercial operations.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Content Distribution, Europe, Satellite

French Digital TV Satellite Offer Tops One Million Households At End 2008
Jan 12, 2009 – SES ASTRA (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that TNTSAT has further extended its reach. Only 16 months after its launch more than one million TNTSAT receivers have already been distributed to French households.
News categories: TNTSAT, SES ASTRA, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Orange and Canal+ Group sign agreement to broadcast Canal+ and Canalsat channels via Astra satellite
Jan 6, 2009 – Orange (Paris, NYSE:FTE) and Canal+ (Paris: VIV) have signed a multi-annual agreement to allow Orange triple play customers who are not eligible for TV by ADSL to subscribe to Canal+ and/or Canalsat, as well as Foot+ via satellite.
News categories: Orange, Groupe CANAL+, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box