America is cutting the cable cord

The number of people that have either cut the cords and dumped their cable television subscriptions or never ordered in the first place is steadily rising, now exceeding one in five U.S. households, according to a new report. More than 1.1 million households cut the cord last year, with about the same number expected to […]

Two Adjacent Orbits, One Emerging Market

When it comes to the Arab satellite market,  7° and 8° West are the places to be. As part of our commitment to expand our services in the MENA region, WNS now offers DTH broadcast services on Eutelsat 8° West. Eutelsat 7/8° West neighbourhood: first choice for multi-channel viewing Eutelsat’s 7/8° West neighbourhood has further anchored its leading […]

WNS To Use Athensa Playbox Servers

Following the recent restructuring of PlayBox Technology, WNS has announced that it will use Athensa as its new supplier for Playbox Servers. Digital Media Technologies OOD, owner of the intellectual property for the Playbox software announced that as of September 30th 2015 it has entered into License agreements with Playbox technology LTD and Athensa LLC. Playbox has always […]

Galileo satellites go into wrong, lower orbit

BBC News- The European Space Agency (Esa) says the latest two satellites for Europe’s version of the American GPS satellite navigation system have not gone into the correct orbit. However, it says the fifth and sixth satellites launched from French Guiana on Friday are under control. The agency is examining the implications of the anomaly. The […]

LOSS OF W3B SATELLITE

EUTELSAT STATEMENT ON LOSS OF W3B SATELLITE Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) announces the loss of the W3B satellite following an anomaly which was detected on the satellite’s propulsion subsystem after its launch by an Ariane 5rocket. W3B was scheduled to be located at 16° East to replace Eutelsat’s EUROBIRD™ 16, W2M and SESAT 1 […]