SES ASTRA satellite experiences technical anomaly, enters retirement
by Darren Murph 
posted Jan 19th 2009 at 4:22AM
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Brazil's TV Record network selects SES for satellite distribution
by Darren Murph posted Dec 29th 2008 at 4:35AM
Brazil's longest running television network -- TV Record -- has just announced that it is selecting SES NEW SKIES for satellite distribution of its international and domestic content. The multi-year agreement will also enable the network to launch its first HDTV channel for broadcasting in Brazil, while the Record Internacional channel will be beamed to North America via the NSS-806 bird. There's no mention of a go-live date for the aforementioned HD channel, but we're hoping it won't keep eager Brazilians waiting for too long here -- the teasing is the worst part, you know.Eutelsat Europe's HD capacity leader?
by Richard Lawler posted Nov 6th 2008 at 2:00AM
HDTV is taking off in Europe, enough for quibbling over who can and is delivering the most channels to start. Eutelsat announced it's currently broadcasting 63 HD channels, making SES Astra's 55 channels seem so small and insignificant that they should probably just change schools, since everyone knows what a loser they are now. Of course, Broadband TV News mentions that number is more like 137 if you add in SES's other satellite programs, so who knows, they may stick around and do battle. Beyond the increased revenues for each satellite operator, Euro HD heads, is all this high definition trickling down to your local programming guide yet?
