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03.19.2010 No WorldSpace Deal for Liberty Media; Sirius XM Closes Financing
[Satellite TODAY 03-19-10] WorldSpace has ended talks with Sirius XM major stakeholder Liberty Media over an unkown transaction that has been in the works for a year, WorldSpace announced March 18.      Liberty Media bought WorldSpace debt in...
03.16.2010 Sirius XM to Raise $800 Million in Debt Sale
[Satellite TODAY 03-16-10] Sirius XM Radio is attempting to raise $800 million through a debt sale that carries 8.75 percent interest per year over five years, the...
03.10.2010 MTG Makes Two Executive Appointments
[Satellite TODAY 03-10-10] Modern Times Group (MTG) has appointed Laurence Miall-d'Aout chief of staff for its free-TV operations and Martin Lewerth in...
03.10.2010 Eutelsat Names Director of In-Orbit Resources Division
[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] Ethan Lavan has been appointed director of Eutelsat’s In-Orbit Resources division, the satellite operator announced March 9.    Prior to joining Eutelsat, Ethan was responsible for regulatory policy and management of...
03.10.2010 GlobeCast Adds Capacity Over Asia
[Satellite TODAY 03-10-10] GlobeCast signed a deal for an additional full transponder on the AsiaSat 5 satellite, GlobeCast announced March 9.    The increased...
03.10.2010 Intelsat Posts Record Revenues in 2009
[Satellite TODAY 03-10-10] Intelsat reported record revenues of $2.5 billion in 2009 but recorded a loss of 781.7 million, the satellite operator announced March 9. The loss included non-cash charges of $499.1 million incurred in the first quarter for orbital...
03.05.2010 Canal+ Sees Digital Numbers Rise in France
[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] French Broadcaster Canal+ Group reported 2009 revenues of 4.55 billion euros ($6.2 billion), a 1.6 percent increase compared to 2008, in its...
03.04.2010 Dish Network Reaches 14 Million Subscribers in 2009
[Satellite TODAY 03-04-10] Dish Network now has more than 14 million subscribers in the United States, the company announced in its 2009 full-year financial results, issued March...
03.02.2010 DishTV COO: “HD Launch at Least a Year Away”
[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Indian DTH platform, DishTV is still a year away from launching HD services in India, COO Salil Kapoor told Satellite News.      “We are working on HD services, but...
03.02.2010 BBC Selects Stratos BGAN X-Stream for Mobile Video Coverage
[Satellite TODAY 03-02-10] Stratos Global has been contracted by the BBC to provide the U.K. broadcaster with an Inmarsat BGAN X-Stream mobile broadband satellite service to broadcast live coverage of a charity event in the Amazon region, Stratos announced...
03.02.2010 SES Plans 3-D TV Component Tests
[Satellite TODAY 03-02-10] SES World Skies will join broadcasters, programmers, TV makers and technology providers in a series of tests aimed at accelerating the delivery of 3-D TV, the company announced March 1.     The trials, planned for...
03.01.2010 Sky Deutschland Losses Spiral in 2009
[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Sky Deutschland saw revenues and profits fall to 902.1 million euros ($1.22 billion) in 2009 from 941.1 million euros ($1.47 billion) in 2008, the operator announced in its...
03.01.2010 Sirius XM Expects 500,000 New Subscribers in 2010
[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Sirius XM Radio expects to add 500,000 new subscribers in 2010 after posting fourth-quarter 2009 net income of $14.2 million, compared a net loss of $245.8 million in the same quarter in 2008, the operator announced in its latest...
02.25.2010 MENOS Expansion Announced
[Satellite TODAY 02-25-10] Newtec, Arabsat and the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) are expanding the Multimedia Exchange Network over Satellite (MENOS), Newtec announced Feb. 24.     Additional bandwidth will be provided on the new...
02.25.2010 News Corp Acquires Rotana Stake
[Satellite TODAY 02-25-10] News Corp has acquired a 9 percent stake in the Rotana Group, a Middle East media group, the company announced Feb. 23. News Corp. will acquire newly-issued shares in Rotana for $70 million...
02.24.2010 UPC Consolidates DTH Activities
[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] UPC Broadband consolidated its European DTH businesses to create a new company, UPC DTH, the company announced Feb. 22.     The consolidation will combine UPC...
02.24.2010 NDS Wins South African DTH Deal
[Satellite TODAY 02-24-10] NDS has signed a contract with On Digital Media to provide a comprehensive set of services for its TopTV DTH platform in South Africa, the company announced Feb. 22.     On Digital Media will secure NDS’ MPEG4...
02.23.2010 ATIS, VSF Partner to Establish IP Video Quality Measurements
[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] ATIS has entered into a partnership with the Video Services Forum (VSF) to define additional IP video performance metrics, the organizations announced Feb. 22.     The partnership aims to establish precise...
02.19.2010 ATAC Launches TV Ad Campaign to Push CASBAA Initiatives
[Satellite TODAY 02-19-10] Network partners of the CASBAA-led Asia TV Advertising Coalition (ATAC) are promoting a TV marketing campaign targeted at regional advertisers and media agencies, CASBAA announced Feb. 18...
02.19.2010 New Conditional Access System Aims to Simplify Network Management
[Satellite TODAY 02-19-10] Latens, a developer of middleware and software-based security solutions for IPTV and cable services, launched CAS 5, a software-only conditional access system (CAS) compatible with cable, DTH, DTT, IP...
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