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PARIS, December 22, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) confirmed today that the launch campaign of its KA-SAT satellite by an ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle has resumed at the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch is scheduled in the night of 26 to 27 December 2010 (21.51GMT, 22.51CET on 26 December, 03.51 in Baikonour on 27 December). Spacecraft separation will occur approximately 9 hours, 12 minutes after liftoff. Joint operations...
PARIS, December 20, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and Telewizja Polsat, owner of Poland's premier commercial TV channel, today announced the long-term renewal of a capacity contract on the HOT BIRD(TM) 6 satellite located at Eutelsat's prime video neighbourhood at 13degrees East. The renewal of one full transponder further extends a contract at 13degrees East first concluded with Eutelsat in 1992, and secures capacity for Telewizja...
PARIS, December 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CNC World, the English channel of Xinhua News Agency's TV arm CNC, will be able to reach into homes across Europe, the Middle East and Africa from 1 January 2011 following the conclusion of new satellite distribution agreements on the HOT BIRD(TM), EUROBIRD(TM) 1 and W7 satellites operated by Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL). Launched for the Asia-Pacific region and North America 12 months ago, CNC's objective is to...
PARIS, December 6, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- One week after France's national public broadcaster initiated delivery via the W2A satellite of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) channels to terrestrial towers in Reunion Island and Mayotte, France Televisions and Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) announce that a second satellite signal has been opened to enable commercial operators in the region to integrate digital public channels into their platforms. Using...
PARIS, December 3, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL), one of the world's leading satellite operators, today announced that Thales Alenia Space has been commissioned to build the W3D satellite that will replace the W3B spacecraft lost after its launch on October 28. The delivery schedule of the new 56-transponder satellite has been fixed to 24 months, enabling Eutelsat to plan for commercial availability from early 2013. Based on the...
PARIS, November 22, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The KA-SAT satellite of Eutelsat Communications' (Euronext Paris: ETL) was flown into the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on November 19 and is now in final stages of readiness for launch by a Proton rocket on December 20. Breaking new barriers in capacity Built for Eutelsat by Astrium, and weighing in at 6.1 tonnes, KA-SAT will be the cornerstone of a new European infrastructure which includes eight main gateways and two...
PARIS, November 19, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The winners of this year's HOT BIRD(TM) TV Awards, the unique international event recognising the highest quality of content creation and innovation by thematic satellite television channels, were honoured on November 19 at a gala ceremony in Venice in the company of 250 international broadcasting executives. "We congratulate the men and women generating the remarkable content awarded by the jury of this year's HOT BIRD(TM) TV...
PARIS, November 9, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Fiscal 2009-2010 Consolidated Accounts Approved - All Resolutions Approved - Distribution of 0.76 euro per share, up 15.2% on Distribution for 2008-2009 - Appointment to the Board of Francisco Reynes, Carole Piwnica and Olivier Rozenfeld The Ordinary and Extraordinary Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Eutelsat Communications, (Euronext Paris: ETL) was held on November 9 in Paris under the chairmanship...
PARIS, November 8, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced that Nilesat, the Egyptian satellite company, has inked a 10-year contract for five transponders at the 7degrees West orbital position. The capacity will be activated in the first phase on Eutelsat's ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 4A satellite, and subsequently transferred to ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 7 which is scheduled for launch and deployment at 7degrees West in 2011. This new contract...
- Total first quarter revenues up 12.9% to EUR285.6 million - Video: +8.1%, driven notably by continued growth in TV channels across all markets - Data and Value-Added Services: +23.5%, meeting demands for Internet and GSM traffic - Multi-usage: +25.8% particularly for capacity in the Middle East and Central Asia - Objectives confirmed for full-year 2010 - 2011 and the period 2010 - 2013 Eutelsat Communications (ISIN: FR0010221234 -...
