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Satellite launch to provide Africa with C- and Ku-band capacity
Satellite services provider, Intelsat SA, and International Launch Services have announced that an ILS Proton M vehicle has successfully launched the Intelsat 22 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
New dawn for multi-channel platform
Satellite services provider Intelsat SA and content management and delivery firm GlobeCast have teamed up to launch the Intelsat New Dawn Ku-band Multi-Channel Per Carrier (MCPC) media platform for Africa
Satellite to aid Qatari companies’ in North African
A joint programme by the Qatari firms Eutelsat Communications and EshailSat has selected French company Arianespace to launch the Eutelsat 25B1/Eshail 1 satellite, as both firms look to increase their coverage across the North African region
SES to distribute African Television across Europe
SES has signed a capacity and uplink agreement with Netherlands-based Scope Media TV for the free-to-air distribution of African Television (AFTV) across Europe
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