SES TV Channels Grow by 11.3% in 2015, Outperforming the Industry

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SES TV Channels Grow by 11.3% in 2015, Outperforming the Industry

SES's TELEVISION stations matter expanded by 11.3 % to 7,268 stations during 2015, compared with a total development of 2 % for the rest of the industry. Nearly 60 % of all networks on the SES fleet are now relayed in the MPEG-4 compression specification.

The seepage of HD channels throughout all markets remains to be a crucial driver of development for SES.
The variety of HDTV stations offered by SES's fleet of over 50 satellites grew by 18 % to 2,230 networks, standing for 31 % of the complete TV stations on SES satellites. On the other hand, the variety of HDTV stations rollovered satellite for the rest of market expanded by 13 % to regarding 6,400 stations.
The number of total TV stations in Europe offered by SES boosted by 9 % to almost 2,600 channels, while the overall stations in North America was unmodified at concerning 1,800 networks. The ongoing seepage of HDTV networks, which need more satellite capability than Standard Definition (SD) channels, was the primary factor to growth, as the number of HDTV networks grew by over 25 % to virtually 700 channels in Europe and also by over 3 % to greater than 1,200 channels in North America.

The development of SES's international stations count has been particularly pronounced in the arising markets, where the firm is efficiently expanding its existence in worldwide Video, as a key element of SES's differentiated strategy. SES now carries close to 2,900 TV stations across an array of fast-growing surfacing markets, such as Latin America, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa (40 % of the overall of stations).

These trends have actually been a regular driver in the remarkable advancement of SES's channel count, which has actually expanded by a compound yearly rate of greater than 9 % each annum over the last 3 years. Over the exact same period, the number of HDTV stations relayed over the SES fleet has raised by a substance rate of virtually 15 % every year.

Aiming to the future, SES remains at the forefront of the business intro of Ultra HD, the next step-change in broadcast high quality and also viewing encounter. SES was the first satellite driver to present Ultra HD in Europe as well as North America and to secure capacity agreements for Ultra HD, with seven stations to transmit commercial Ultra HD networks on SES satellites worldwide in 2015, and the outlook is for considerable development in the years to coming as even more industrial offerings gain momentum.

"With more TV stations than ever in the past, this validates SES's leading part as a TV transmitting framework and also motorist of worldwide digitisation, as well as emphasising the necessary function of satellite for video circulation," claimed Ferdinand Kayser, Chief Commercial Officer of SES. With more as well as even more networks being transmitted in HD top quality, and also broadcasters entering the period of Ultra HD, 2016 and beyond will certainly see ongoing growth as well as increased growth for SES's video clip sector.".