Satellite Stories

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.

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.

With thanks to our guests:

David Fruitman, transmission manager for AEW

Greg Werner, executive in charge of production at AEW 

Kyle Clouse, DVB engineer for sports and events at SES

Derek Ortman, Sports and Events Operator for sports and events at SES

Copyright for all live match actuality belongs to All Elite Wrestling.

Satellite Stories podcast is presented by SES senior creative, Kristina Smith-Meyer.

For more about what SES does, visit SES.com

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.

In this first 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.

With thanks to our guests:

Susanna Mandel-Mantello, VP of strategic accounts in sports and events at SES

Chris Harrington, senior VP of business strategy for AEW

Sonjay Dutt, VP of production and creative coordination at AEW

Copyright for all live match actuality belongs to All Elite Wrestling.

Satellite Stories podcast is presented by SES senior creative, Kristina Smith-Meyer.

For more about what SES does, visit SES.com 

“When Robert first went to the South Pole, back in 1985, believe it or not there were actually more people that had been to the moon than had actually been to the South Pole!”

Gez Draycott, Vice President of Sales Engineering at SES returns to the Satellite Stories podcast with a follow up of the latest twists and turns working with explorer Robert Swan. 

He announces that SES will be sponsoring him to head back to Antarctica for Robert’s next expedition - but this time they’ll be pushing the boundary further physically and technically than any of SES’s other ESG feats to date: #ChallengeAccepted

Listen back to our earlier episodes, when we supported Robert and the 2041 ClimateForce expedition in March 2022: 

https://www.ses.com/podcasts/live-streaming-antarctica-part-1-why

https://www.ses.com/podcasts/live-streaming-antarctica-part-2-how

And to follow Gez’s progress visit instagram.com/gez_antarctica and www.gdraycott.co.uk

Satellite Stories podcast is presented by SES Senior Creative, Kristina Smith-Meyer.

If you’d like to find out more about the technology and causes we’re supporting with our Corporate Social Responsibility team - you can read more on our ESG page.

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.

In this episode of Satellite Stories, hear how our technical team made these partnerships happy and why together with our industry partners, we do the extraordinary in space to deliver amazing experiences everywhere on earth.

Thanks to our guest Elodie Maurer, SES marketing manager for O3b mPOWER.

To find out more about our Occasional Use services, visit SES.com

For Tomorrowland’s digital offering, check out tomorrowland.com/en/digital

Head to Cercle.io to watch Cercle’s videos, including the performance we’ve highlighted with Ry X in Brazil.

Satellite Stories podcast is presented by SES Senior Creative, Kristina Smith-Meyer.

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

From space innovation, cloud dominance, the emergence of 5G to technology tackling climate change; the SES Vice President of Strategy and Market Intelligence offers a deeper insight into where next when it comes to satellite possibilities.

Satellite Stories podcast is presented by SES Senior Creative, Kristina Smith-Meyer.

For more about what we do, visit SES.com

‘Build the new’ is one of the many phrases Nick Thompson uses to define L192’s mission. This exciting team based out of our Washington DC base specialise in collaborating with idea generators, technology innovators and market leaders. 

Together, SES combines expertise in network technology, automation, cloud and productization with customers to create prototypes, test, launch and monetize new, disruptive services.

Nick, responsible for Product Delivery at SES Networks, shares why and what the team gets up to. 

Satellite Stories podcast is presented by SES Senior Creative, Kristina Smith-Meyer.

To find out more visit the “Sparking Innovation with L192” webpage on ses.com (under Insights section). On this webpage you can watch the roundtable films and read more on L192, its mission and why it matters to our customers and partners.

When the world came to a halt early 2020 due to the global pandemic, there were two big changes for the satellite industry:

Number one - the cruise and aviation industries came crashing to a halt. We were concerned for our customers. Knowing it could take years to rebuild economically, we wondered whether they’d survive such devastating consequences financially?

And number two - with more people working and staying at home than ever before, there was a surge in demands for more capacity, as well as faster and more reliable connectivity.

But it wasn’t all bad news. For some - the pandemic offered a chance to take stock, to pause, to refill, to renew and refresh. Like our aviation customers who used the opportunity to update satellite technology on their grounded aircraft.

On this episode of Satellite Stories we share a handful of the headlines captured during our recent Roundtable event, filmed in Luxembourg with market specialists based at our head office. 

What impact has the pandemic had on all segments in the satellite industry? And how has SES had to adapt to continue to serve customers’ changing needs?

You can watch the films in full on our website. Visit ses.com/insights to find out more.

Satellite Stories podcast is presented by SES Senior Creative, Kristina Smith-Meyer.

Guest speakers include Bishwajit Gogoi, Deepu Pillai, Piia Kupari and Elisabeth Eberhardt.

Connecting Antarctica to the world: This time we share what happened next. How SES's technical solution made dreams become reality as we supported the 2041 ClimateForce expedition in March 2022.

Gez Draycott, Vice President of Sales Engineering at SES talks us through how he enabled capacity to connect in such a remote place, what impact the trip to Antarctica had on him personally, and how this project may shape our company’s future in the way it reports carbon emissions moving forwards.

Satellite Stories podcast is presented by SES Senior Creative, Kristina Smith-Meyer.

If you’d like to find out more about the technology and causes we’re hoping to support with our Corporate Social Responsibility team - you can read more at ses.com/about-us/environmental-social-and-governance

And to see some of the videos and photos from Gez’s time in Antarctica: instagram.com/gez_antarctica/ 

When record-breaking polar explorer Robert Swan asked whether SES could help live-stream from his next expedition across Antarctica - frankly, we jumped at the opportunity to play our part.

SES's Senior Manager Amber Ledgerwood shares how she and her team work to support social and environmental initiatives. Robert Swan’s ‘2041 Mission’ included.

In this fascinating episode, Amber and Robert discuss how they’re hoping the project will unfold - live - on board the expedition vessel in March 2022.

Plus, we hear why and how SES takes our environmental, social and corporate governance objectives seriously. 

Satellite Stories podcast is presented by SES's Senior Creative, Kristina Smith-Meyer.

If you’d like to find out more about the technology and causes we’re hoping to support with our Corporate Social Responsibility team - you can read more at ses.com/about-us/environmental-social-and-governance

GEO, MEO and LEO... What is what exactly when it comes to the world of multi-orbits? And why is SES choosing to invest its future in multiple orbits, not just one of them?

“It’s naive to now think that one solution will serve all markets equally.”

Stewart Sanders, Executive Vice President of Technology, talks tech of where it all started in Lower Earth Orbit; to where SES’s future is headed with Medium Earth Orbit, and O3b mPOWER.

Satellite Stories podcast is presented by SES Senior Creative, Kristina Smith-Meyer.

If you’d like to find out more about the technology and industries we’re hoping to support with O3b mPOWER - you can download our insight paper for free at ses.com/o3b-mpower