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Televisionsklub and SES Extend Partnership for TV Distribution of Satelio
Satellite TV viewers across sub-Saharan Africa will be able to continue watching German TV channels offered by Satelio in Namibia and Deukom in South Africa announced the TV platform operator and SES, the leading global content connectivity solutions provider. Satelio and Deukom are operated by Deutscher Televisionsklub Betriebs GmbH and broadcasted via SES’s key orbital position at 5 degrees East. Along with a five-year extension, Televisionsklub will upgrade to a full transponder on ASTRA 4A to serve its customers across Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on Namibia and South Africa. This renewal and expansion of capacity on ASTRA 4A will enable the platform to offer more HD channels and entertaining content…
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SES S.A.: YTD 2020 Results
SES S.A. announced financial results for the nine months ended 30 September 2020. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201104005829/en/ Solid performance with continued strong underlying growth across Networks Networks revenue +7.5% year-on-year(1,2); Q3 2020 Video revenue stable quarter-on-quarter(1,2) Adjusted EBITDA(3) EUR 883 million representing 62.6% margin with recurring operating expenses reduced 3.7% year-on-year On track to deliver on FY 2020 financial outlook Over 97% of group revenue outlook (EUR 1,860-1,900 million(4)) already contracted ‘Exceptional’ COVID-19 cost mitigations of around EUR 50 million underpin Adjusted EBITDA(3) outlook (EUR 1,120-1,160 million(4)) Strong progress across four key initiatives that will drive substantial long-term value On track to clear…
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Mercy Ships Leverages SES Networks‘ Signature Maritime Solution to Bring Life-Saving Healthcare to World’s Deprived Regions
Mercy Ships, the leading humanitarian mission delivering vital healthcare and medical training in some of the world’s most economically deprived regions, has announced it will be using life-saving connectivity solutions provided by SES Networks to provide better healthcare services, the two companies announced today. The Global Mercy, the newest and the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, will leverage SES Networks’ Signature Maritime Solution, bringing about a substantial change in diagnostics and treatment onboard for its patients. The high-performance connectivity services will enable the Global Mercy to fully implement remote viewing for a compact digital scope and CT scanner that enables specialist pathologists to remotely diagnose a raft of complex, life…
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SES choisit SpaceX pour lancer quatre satellites O3b mPOWER supplémentaires
SES a annoncé aujourd’hui avoir choisi SpaceX comme partenaire pour lancer les quatre satellites O3b mPOWER récemment commandés, destinés à son système de communication en orbite terrestre moyenne (MEO) de nouvelle génération. Tout comme les sept premiers satellites O3b mPOWER, ces quatre satellites supplémentaires seront lancés dans l’espace à bord de fusées Falcon 9 depuis Cap Canaveral. Quatre fusées Falcon 9 seront utilisées au total pour déployer tous les satellites O3b mPOWER. Le système de communications O3b mPOWER de SES intégralement financé est composé de 11 satellites à haut débit et à faible latence ainsi que d’une infrastructure terrestre automatisée et alimentée de manière intelligente. Construit par Boeing, chaque satellite…
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SES picks SpaceX to launch four additional O3b mPOWER satellites
SES announced today that it has selected SpaceX as a launch partner to deliver the four newly-ordered O3b mPOWER spacecraft of its next-generation Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) communications system. Just like the initial seven O3b mPOWER satellites procured, these additional four satellites will be launched into space on board Falcon 9 rockets from Cape Canaveral. A total of four Falcon 9 rockets will be used to support the deployment of all O3b mPOWER satellites. SES’s O3b mPOWER fully-funded communications system comprises 11 high-throughput and low-latency satellites as well as an automated and intelligence-powered ground infrastructure. Built by Boeing, each satellite will generate thousands of dynamic beams and can deliver connectivity…
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Fight COVID-19 Channel: Coming Together to Deliver Crucial Information via Satellite
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the lives of millions across the world, and it’s clear that the greatest tool against this fight is information, which is why SES launched the Fight COVID-19 TV channel to inform people in the most remote and underserved regions about the coronavirus. We spoke to Kristina Smith-Meyer, Senior Creative Marketing Communications Specialist at SES. As one of the Fight COVID-19 TV channel team leads, Kristina pulled all of the content together. Tell us about the Fight COVID-19 channel. The Fight COVID-19 channel includes a mix of content covering informational as well as mental wellbeing aspects of COVID-19. The channel is intended to complement the daily COVID-19…
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Fighting COVID-19 Through Satellite-based Telemedicine Networks
One of the key advantages of satellite is its incredible reach and ability to deliver connectivity everywhere – even in the most remote and geographically-isolated locations. SES and its partners have leveraged SES’s global satellite fleet to provide connectivity services to hospitals across the globe in Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, Mexico and Italy. Medical professionals have been in the limelight for the last several months as they put their lives at risk to help care for the sick during the COVID-19 pandemic. The least that companies and governments can do is to provide them with the right tools. At SES we were in a position to help through leveraging our existing…
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B-LiFE, SES and GovSat Deploy Mobile COVID-19 Testing Laboratory to Italy
The Piedmont regional government in Italy and healthcare professionals will be using the satellite-enabled mobile Biological Light Fieldable Laboratory for Emergencies, known as B-LiFE, to scale COVID-19 screening operations. The mobile laboratory will be deployed to one of the worst-hit regions in Italy and will support COVID-19 testing of frontline healthcare staff, civil protection volunteers and police forces. B-LiFE deployment is supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Luxembourg Department of Defence, and led by the Université Catholique de Louvain with the support of the project partners including the Belgian Civil Protection, SES and GovSat. “In times of the pandemic, joining forces to save lives and bring life…
