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SES Astra SA was a
Formed in 1985 as Société Européenne des Satellites (SES), it was Europe's first private satellite operator. In November 2001, upon the purchase of GE Americom from General Electric (renamed to SES Americom), SES Global was formed as the parent company to SES Americom and SES Astra. SES Astra was formed at that time as a subsidiary company to contain all of SES's existing European based satellite operations.
In September 2011, SES Astra and sister subsidiary
A book,
Broadcasting statistics
At the end of 2011, Astra satellite broadcasts were received in over 135 million households in Europe and North Africa; 57.6 million households in Astra services via a
Broadcasting developments
SES Astra was involved in the introduction of
SES Astra has also been prominent in the development and roll-out of commercial
SES Astra was a member of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) consortium of broadcasting and Internet industry companies that is promoting and establishing an open European standard (called HbbTV) for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast TV and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface.
See also
- ASTRA2Connect
- Astra Digital Radio
- ASTRA Platform Services
- HD+
- High Above(book)
- List of broadcast satellites
- SES S.A.
- SES Sirius
- SES New Skies
- SES Americom
- Solaris Mobile
References
- ^ a b "Microsoft Word - Q1_2011_e-final.doc" (PDF). SES S.A. May 12, 2011.
- ^ "New logo and brand identity presented at IBC in Amsterdam" (Press release). SES. September 9, 2011. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011.
- ^ "SES OPERATES UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE" (Press release). SES. May 2, 2011. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012.
- ^ ASTRA Satellite Monitor research Archived 2011-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "SES ASTRA and Euro1080 to pioneer HDTV in Europe" (Press release). SES ASTRA. October 23, 2003.
- ^ "HDTV specifications and timetable agreed by SES ASTRA and industry partners from all over Europe" (Press release). SES ASTRA. June 4, 2004.
- ^ "SES ASTRA TAKES 3D INITIATIVE" (Press release). SES Astra. September 2, 2010.
- ^ "Sky 3D website". Sky.com. 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2010-06-19.