Canadian DTH provider Shaw Direct has signed an agreement to lease an entire payload comprising 16 Ku-band transponders on a new Telesat satellite, Anik G1.
Telesat stated that it expects to select a manufacturer for the new satellite over the next two…
Canadian DTH provider Shaw Direct has signed an agreement to lease an entire payload comprising 16 Ku-band transponders on a new Telesat satellite, Anik G1.
Telesat stated that it expects to select a manufacturer for the new satellite over the next two to three months, with construction expected to commence in Q2 2010. Anik G1, which will be located at 107.3W, is then predicted to be launched in the second half of 2012. In addition to the Shaw Direct capacity, Anik G1 will carry additional payloads to serve other markets
Dan Goldberg, Telesat’s President and CEO, commented: “The ability of Telesat and Shaw to make the substantial investments associated with Anik G1 is the result of Industry Canada’s recent decision to make extended Ku-band available for direct-to-home television services, a decision that allows our companies to expand the delivery of advanced video services to all Canadians and enhances competition in Canada.”
*SES is consolidating all of its US Government capacity sales and delivery activities into a single business unit, named SES World Skies, US Government Solutions.
The new division will bring together the US government business of SES Americom with the global coverage of World Skies. Led by Tip Osterthaler, the former president and CEO of Americom Government Services (AGS), the restructured business has been tasked with “helping to shape the SES fleet of the future to better meet the demands of US Government customers.”