Latest news
Tags
Tag / video
Eutelsat, Blue Ant Media, and iKO Media Group partner on the broadcast of ZooMoo HD, Love Nature HD and Love Nature 4K
Press Releases • Feb 27, 2018 10:54 CET
Eutelsat, one of the world's leading satellite operators, international content producer, distributor and channel operator Blue Ant Media, and iKO Media Group, a global end-to-end service provider for broadcasters and content owners, have joined forces to distribute two HD channels, ZooMoo and Love Nature HD, as well as Love Nature 4K (Ultra HD), across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
Eurovision Media Services and Eutelsat extend long-term partnership
Press Releases • Feb 08, 2018 09:43 CET
Eurovision Media Services – the business arm of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) – and Eutelsat (Euronext Paris: ETL) announced today the renewal and expansion of their partnership for capacity in Ku-band via a number of contracts on the EUTELSAT 10A satellite.
Maximising Audience Reach with Hybrid Satellite OTT Solutions
Blog posts • Jan 30, 2018 12:05 CET
OTT solutions are widely being promoted as the future of broadcasting, however, as audiences demand greater image definition, can they deliver the content in optimum quality? Markus Fritz, Eutelsat's EVP of Commercial Development and Strategic Partnerships, explains how hybrid satellite and OTT solutions can help broadcasters optimise their services.
SATELLITE: ACCELERATING DIGITAL TRANSITION
Blog posts • Nov 06, 2017 16:48 CET
Digital homes in Africa will grow to 75 million by 2021. Satellite and terrestrial are the two key infrastructures that will drive successful digital transition
HbbTV: satellite brings in interactive TV
Blog posts • Oct 17, 2017 09:46 CEST
Ralph Edeine explains how the HbbTV standard is setting the pace for interactive television
VIVACOM picks EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite for broadcast clients in Africa
Press Releases • Sep 16, 2017 15:19 CEST
VIVACOM, the leading provider of telecom services in Bulgaria, today announced at IBC in Amsterdam the signature of a multi-year contract with Eutelsat for C-band capacity on the EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite in order to expand its video business in Africa.
Eutelsat’s Sat.tv app now available on connected TVs
Press Releases • Sep 15, 2017 10:10 CEST
Eutelsat Communications today announced at the IBC show in Amsterdam that its Sat.tv app, the smart programme guide available through tablets and smartphones, is now running on connected TVs using the HbbTV standard. Available for free channels broadcasting from Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD and 7/8° West video neighbourhoods, Sat.tv helps viewers browse through hundreds of free channels and track their ...
Eutelsat and Globecast renew partnership to further drive HDTV growth at the HOTBIRD video neighbourhood
Press Releases • Sep 14, 2017 14:07 CEST
Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) and Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, have renewed capacity on a multi-year basis at the HOTBIRD video position.
Eutelsat and V-Nova partner on unique HD studio-quality video contribution solution
Press Releases • Sep 11, 2017 10:25 CEST
Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) and V-Nova Ltd. are unveiling at this year’s IBC a new satellite-delivered studio-quality HD contribution solution that for the first time offers broadcasters and video service providers a true alternative or back-up to fibre in terms of quality and bandwidth-efficiency.
Joyne selects Eutelsat for flexible new pay-TV offer for Dutch homes and recreational market
Press Releases • Jul 17, 2017 12:10 CEST
Joyne, a new multi-channel TV venture for Dutch viewers and the country’s recreational market, has selected the EUTELSAT 9B satellite as its platform to reach viewers in the Netherlands and across Europe.
Armenia’s SHANT TV launches new HD platform at Eutelsat HOTBIRD neighbourhood
Press Releases • Jul 12, 2017 12:00 CEST
Armenia’s first all-HD pay-TV offer available from 15 July to homes in Europe, Middle East and European parts of Russian Federation
Delivering major sporting events to screens around the world
Blog posts • Jul 07, 2017 13:21 CEST
The Tour de France is the third most-watched sports event in the world. As with all major sports events, broadcasters need to deliver to their audiences rapidly, often from difficult-to-reach environments and for very specific time periods. Eutelsat’s Sales and Reservation Centre and Occasional Use manager, Christelle Preioni, explains how the team helps deliver coverage of this and other events.
Sport propels growing popularity of Ultra HD
Blog posts • Jun 09, 2017 16:02 CEST
From 8 to 11 June, the final matches of the Roland-Garros French Open are being broadcast live and in Ultra HD via FRANSAT, Eutelsat’s free-to-view platform for French TV homes. This new initiative highlights the Ultra HD momentum set by sport and the key role satellites are playing in the emergence of a spectacular viewing format.
Burkina Faso selects Eutelsat to accelerate nationwide roll-out of digital television
Press Releases • May 30, 2017 10:27 CEST
Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced a multi-year agreement for satellite capacity with Société burkinabè de télédiffusion (SBT), the public agency deploying DTT channels across Burkina Faso.
Eutelsat Video Industry Survey: Ultra HD Focus
Blog posts • May 18, 2017 12:00 CEST
Eutelsat’s latest Industry Survey focuses on Ultra HD, with an in-depth, across the board look at how key players see this innovative broadcasting format evolving. Claudia Vaccarone, Eutelsat’s Head of Market Research & Customer Experience, discusses the report.
NTV-PLUS and Eutelsat strengthen relationship across Russia’s key video neighbourhoods
Press Releases • Apr 03, 2017 13:28 CEST
NTV-PLUS achieves full coverage of Russian Federation with multi-year, multi-transponder contracts covering 140° East over Far East Russia and incremental capacity at 56° East over Siberia
Eutelsat’s Sat.tv app expands to vibrant 7/8° West video neighbourhood
Press Releases • Mar 22, 2017 05:30 CET
Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) announced today at Cabsat Dubai that Sat.tv, its mobile programme guide, is expanding to include free-to-air channels broadcasting from its popular 7/8° West neighbourhood.
Switzerland’s SRG SSR renews long-term commitment to Eutelsat HOTBIRD position for HD channels
Press Releases • Feb 23, 2017 12:23 CET
Eutelsat Communications today announced that SRG SSR, Switzerland’s public TV and radio broadcaster, has confirmed itslong-term commitment to the HOT BIRD neighbourhood with the multi-year renewal of one transponder that complements a second transponder already booked on a long-term basis.
SPI signs deal with Eutelsat to pursue international expansion across the Americas
Press Releases • Feb 22, 2017 11:01 CET
SPI International/FILMBOX Channels Group, a rapidly-expanding global media company, has signed a multi-year multi-satellite agreement with Eutelsat Americas, a subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) to distribute ten HD channels and one Ultra HD channel to homes across the Americas.
Eutelsat hits new milestone of 1,000 High Definition channels
Press Releases • Feb 20, 2017 10:21 CET
High Definition TV continues to gain ground across the broadcast satellites operated by Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) with the 240 HD channels launched in 2016 equalling the total number launched during the previous two years.