Insights

A concert streamed live in a Brazilian desert: an experience created by Cercle and enabled by SES connectivity solutions.

On the final episode of our four part series, we hear from those sitting ringside in Arthur Ashe stadium as well as the fans watching at home. Plus, we find out what it takes for a brand new company to distribute across 130 countries worldwide within four years, and ensure their content is delivered reliably.

In the third of four episodes, we meet some of the wrestlers on AEW’s roster and the man behind talent development. We learn what it takes to be a successful pro - not just on stage, but also on camera.

In this second of four episodes, we go behind-the-scenes to hear the why and how a tennis stadium in Queens was transformed into a Grand Slam All Elite Wrestling event watched by thousands across the world.

When one of the world’s most watched wrestling promoters contacted SES to help build their global audience - our instant response was ‘hell yeah’! Distribution, sat trucks, IP, fibre, full redundancy…just a handful of the solutions that we can provide our live sports and events partners such as NFL, ESPN or…AEW.

From 2025 and going forward, any targets mentioned have been changed, in order to be compliant with changes in the law.SES Vice President of Solutions Engineering, Gez Draycott, is set to join record-breaking polar explorer Robert Swan OBE in Antarctica for a second time. Here, he guides us through his mission.

Since I started my career 20 years ago in the connectivity and communications field, numerous new technologies have emerged and transformed our lives with accessible, intuitive, and performant devices. Back then, Apple had just released its first-gen iPod (RIP), promising “1000 songs in the pocket”. Around the same time, the first phones with built-in-cameras were launched. Today our favourite playlist sits in the cloud and our photos taken by our phones are accessible via cloud at anyone time.

Music has the power to bring us all together to share our stories. That’s why SES was delighted to be an official partner of the Cercle Festival 2022! And that’s not the only musical production house we’ve supported - over the last five years SES has supported Tomorrowland, dubbed as the most global electronic festival on earth.

The Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, New York, is best known for the US Open Tennis Championships. But thanks to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), it’s seeing a different kind of live action.

As a leader in global content connectivity solutions, SES operates the world’s only multi-orbit constellation of satellites with a unique combination of global coverage and high-performance, including the commercially-proven, low-latency Medium Earth Orbit O3b system.

The IMO’s Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) regulations will put a letter grade next to a ship, based on its carbon efficiency in operation. This will immediately provide environmentally conscious charterers with a simple and publicly available rating system, on which they may base future decisions – and create a risk of action for non-compliance in the coming years.

Nihar Shah discusses how the global pandemic and the war in Ukraine have influenced trends within the satellite industry.