Eos

Eos is the joint satellite operating service from Carte Telecom and fourtsnetworks Group, merged from their previous divisions, Carte Satellite Company and fourtsnsat. They currently own and operate two communications satellites, namely Eos 1 and Eos 2. The satellites are used as part of the integral backbone for communications systems and television broadcasts.

Background
Parent companies Carte Regal Media and fourtsnmedia have worked closely together before, on projects including programming, back-ups, service sharing and joint investments on projects such as Flux.

Transition
The original merger had been in discussion for a while, with the original plan for Six Satellite Broadcasters, but the initiative later dissolved, but was struck up again in June, and it was finally confirmed.

The platform system used was known as the Helios Platform, a system designed and developed by Carte Labs. The origin of the names come from Greek mythology, Eos was the titanic goddess of the dawn, who surrounded the world, who woke to herald her brother, Helios, the sun.

On September 30th, the 'No Feed' card on Eos 2, stopped on all channels. It was either replaced by the corresponding feed for the channel, or was replaced by a "Welcome to New Horizons" caption card. It is unknown whether this has any relation to the "New Things Are On The Horizon" image from Regal Media.

Eos 1

 * For full details, including transponder listings, see Eos 1

Eos 1 was launched originally by fourtsnsat, which was originally named fourtsnsat 1. Eos 1 made the transition to the Helios Platform over late September/early October.

Eos 2

 * For full details, including transponder listings, see Eos 2

Eos 2 was launched later on in May by Carte Satellite Company, originally named CarteSat1. Eos 2 made the transition to the platform much earlier, during September,