SES and SPI/FILMBOX Sign Capacity Deal to Distribute HD Channels in Latin America

SES S.A. , the world-leading satellite operator, announced today that it has signed a multi-year capacity agreement with Group , a global media company that operates more than 30 TV channels, to support the company’s expansion in Latin America and distribute its HD channels in the region. SPI will extend its reach in Latin America thanks to the C-band capacity of NSS-806, which covers the entire region in one single beam and is capable of reaching about 90% of all pay TV subscribers in South America.

This Angry 316bhp Hot Hatch Is The New Honda Civic Type R

Debuting on Tuesday at the 2017 Geneva auto show, and heading to USA showrooms late this spring, the 2017 Honda Civic Type R is set to battle the hot Ford Focus RS and Volkswagen Golf R. As is the case for all Type Rs, the powertrain will make use of a six-speed manual transmission. With all that being said, there isn’t much in the way of surprises with this Type R. It’s more that all of the components of the most recent European Civic Type R have been polished and incorporated into a more fully realized package.

Six stories in the news today, March 7

A report from the Mental Health Commission says more money for child and youth services would boost Canada’s economy and patient health. The commission, which bills its findings as a tool to help provincial and territorial decision-makers, says more than 7.5 million Canadians face mental health issues, with a price tag of $50 billion a year – or nearly 14 hundred dollars a person.

Chinese buyers want Canadian real estate for educational reasons: study

The top reason why foreign buyers from China want to get into the Canadian housing market is education, not investment, according to data from a popular global real estate listings website. Figures released Tuesday by the Chinese website Juwai.com in partnership with Sotheby’s International Realty Canada found that schooling was the primary motivation for potential Chinese homebuyers who viewed property listings in major Canadian cities in 2016.

IPL: Shardul Thakur to play for Pune franchise

Mumbai pacer Shardul Thakur has joined Rising Pune Supergiants for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League, a media release from the BCCI stated. Thakur was released by Kings XI Punjab midway through the ninth edition past year after being bought for R20 lakh in the 2014 season.

Avigdor Liberman Heads To Washington For Talks With Team Trump

Palestinian laborers work at a construction site in a new housing project in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim near Jerusalem Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, addressing a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting on Monday, expressed opposition to the efforts of some other coalition members to incorporate Judea and Samaria into Israel. Lieberman said Israeli annexation would mean “an immediate crisis” in US-Israeli relations, and was too risky even before considering the ramifications under worldwide law for extending Israeli sovereignty to include 2.7 million occupied Palestinians.

APC chieftain, Ojo Onukaba is dead

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has said that the death of Adinoyi-Ojo, who he described as a veteran journalist, as a big loss to the government and people of the state. He was the last Managing Director of Daily Times of Nigeria under President Obasanjo and was one of the 21 contestants of the governorship election in Kogi.

Leisure park revamp would be an “attack on the town centre”

THE leader of the Basingstok e Labour party has slammed his Conservative counterparts for going against the town centre by sup porting the proposed redevelopment of the leisure park. At the full council meeting on February 23, Cllr Paul Harvey said that he doesn’t understand what the council has against the town centre, and by supporting the proposed A 200 million redevelopment it would have a direct effect on jobs and footfall to places like the Top of The Town .

Sports Direct warns of more damage after Brexit

Sports Direct is facing more currency woes after the firm warned it will take a hit from the devaluation of the euro against the US dollar. The retailer, which has stores in Southampton and Eastleigh , said its euro/dollar hedging position is due to expire at the end of April and the firm has no hedge in place for the following financial year.

Israel makes it official: Cannabis is not a crime

Israel’s Cabinet decriminalized the recreational use of cannabis, or marijuana, at its weekly meeting on Sunday March 6, 2017 in a move hailed by politicians from across the spectrum. Israel’s Cabinet decriminalized the recreational use of cannabis, or marijuana, at its weekly meeting on Sunday March 6, 2017 in a move hailed by politicians from across the spectrum.