Eutelsat 16A


Ghana’s Mega-Choice signs 10-year DTH deal with Eutelsat

Ghana’s Mega-Choice Digital Network has signed a 10-year contract with Eutelsat for distribution of its new direct-to-home (DTH) TV service. Mega-Choice, an associate company of Ghana’s first private television network Crystal TV, has taken capacity on the Eutelsat 16A satellite. It will initially offer its TV service to viewers in Ghana, but plans to extend […]

United Group upgrading to MPEG-4, DVB-S2 with Eutelsat

United Group, the Western Balkans-based cable and satellite service provider that operates the Total TV pay TV service, has extended its long-term agreement for capacity on the Eutelsat 16A satellite. Total TV serves a base of about 1.5 million subscribers in Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Macedonia. In addition to securing capacity […]

Eutelsat sees strong bookings for Winter Olympics

Eutelsat has said that 5,000 hours of transmissions have been booked by TV channels and service providers on its satellites for coverage of the Sochi Winter Olympics. Eutelsat is providing coverage via Eutelsat 16A, Eutelsat 7A and Eutelsat 3D, which offer single-hop reach between Europe, Russia, North Africa and the Middle East.