Digital TV News: Ferdinand Kayser

On Digital Media Contracts Three Transponders on ASTRA
Apr 19, 2010 – SES ASTRA (Paris:SESG; LuxX:SESG) has announced that it has signed a capacity agreement with South African pay-TV operator On Digital Media (ODM) for three transponders on its ASTRA 4A satellite.
News categories: SES ASTRA, On Digital Media, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite, South Africa

Satellite overtakes cable in Europe
Mar 18, 2010 – SES ASTRA (Paris, LuxX: SESG) has announced that for the first time satellite reaches more households than cable in Europe, with 77 million satellite and 71 million cable households. Terrestrial infrastructures reach 86.5 million households.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

SES ASTRA and Yahsat Start Middle-East Satellite Company
Apr 20, 2009 – SES ASTRA (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Al Yah Satellite Communications (Yahsat) to offer DTH television capacity and services to the Middle East, North Africa and South West Asia.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Yahsat, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Middle-East, 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

New ASTRA 1M Satellite To Be Launched On 31 October
Oct 8, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that the launch of its new satellite ASTRA 1M is scheduled for 31 October 2008. It will primarily deliver Direct-to-Home (DTH) services, including High Definition (HD) television.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Content Distribution, Satellite

SES ASTRA Orders New Satellite From Astrium
Jul 15, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that it has awarded the construction of a new satellite, ASTRA 1N, to Astrium. The spacecraft is scheduled for launch in 2011 and will be positioned at ASTRA's prime orbital position 19.2°E.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Astrium, Content Distribution, Satellite

SES ASTRA starts new orbital position at 31.5 degrees East
Apr 29, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has announced the start of a new orbital position at 31.5 degrees East to support the development of the Eastern European and Middle East markets.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Digital TV, Europe, Middle-East, Satellite

French Digital Terrestrial Free-TV TNTSAT Already Reaches 350,000 Households
Feb 25, 2008 – SES ASTRA, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), and French pay-TV group CANAL+ have announced that 350,000 receivers have already been sold to French households.
News categories: TNTSAT, Canal+, SES ASTRA, Digital TV, France, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers