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| 02.01.2012 |
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Ambitious Plans Showcase Best of Satellite Sector
It does not seem so long ago that I was making my way to Madrid to interview Petra Mateos-Aparicio, chairwoman, Hispasat, who was deservedly crowned Via Satellite 2010 executive of the year. Fast-forward almost 12 months, and we are getting ready to crown the...
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| 01.01.2012 |
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The African Opportunity: A Mirage or Real?
Early next year, the West Africa Cable System (WACS), an ultra-high capacity fiber optic submarine cable system that will link countries in Southern Africa, Western Africa and Europe, will be switched on, and with one stroke bring a huge of amount of new...
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| 12.01.2011 |
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A Taboo Topic Coming Forward
It may seem odd that satellite interference can be a bit of a taboo subject in the industry, given that the recent Satellite Interference Reduction Group (sIRG) event I attended provides an open forum for discussing new ways of tackling this issue. I suspect...
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| 11.01.2011 |
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Fluid Comms Landscape Offers New Hope to Satellite
According to Simon Bull, a senior consultant at Comsys, 2010 was, “the year of the non-event” for the VSAT industry. As he opened up proceedings at Comsys’ VSAT event in London with this statement, I have to be honest — it was not the...
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| 10.01.2011 |
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The Domino Effect
The satellite industry has recently been flooded with strong demand for capacity to support applications for a cross-section of vertical markets, creating a string of new and potentially lucrative business opportunities for those involved. The news sometimes...
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| 09.01.2011 |
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Broadcasters Constantly Looking for ‘Next Big Thing’
As we come to the end of the summer, we now look forward to September and the latest round of industry events, which come one after another. One of the highlights will undoubtedly be IBC, the major broadcast event held annually in Amsterdam. The pace of...
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| 08.01.2011 |
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Latin America: A “Dream” Market for Satellite Going Forward?
The Latin America region has probably frustrated and intrigued the satellite sector in equal measure throughout the years. With economic instability rife in the early part of the previous decade, Latin America always seemed to be one of those regions where...
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| 07.01.2011 |
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A Two-Way Street for Satellite’s Next Technological Evolution
“Times, they are a-changing.” Bob Dylan made the phrase famous in the 1960s and now, almost 50 years later, expansions in technology have made it all too apparent again. We have learned to do more with less and that bigger is not necessarily...
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| 06.01.2011 |
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Hosted Payload Discussion Moving into Mainstream
The concept has been around for a while under the names “secondary payloads” or “piggybacking,” but the first mention of the phrase “hosted payload” in our publications occurred in April 2007 in reference to a planned test...
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| 05.01.2011 |
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To Ensure Satellite’s Future, Some Say Look to the Ground
The satellite industry continues to enhance its offerings in order to both protect its traditional business strongholds and develop new revenue streams. To accomplish this, satellite developers have improved technology for delivering signals. But, the problem...
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| 04.01.2011 |
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Pace of 3-D Growth Steadies; OTT TV Moves into Spotlight
It wasn’t that long ago that 3-D broadcasting was the dominant discussion point throughout much of the satellite sector. It was difficult to attend any satellite-related gathering, visit a Web site or pick up any publication (including this one) and not...
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| 03.01.2011 |
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Latin America Pays Dividends for Sat Exec of Year — and Others
In this issue, we honor Petra Mateos, chairwoman of Spanish satellite operator Hispasat, as the 2010 Satellite Executive of the Year. Mateos earned this honor by guiding the regional FSS operator through a period of growth and expansion that was based, in...
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| 02.01.2011 |
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Technology Pushes Launched in 2010 Could Pay Off in 2011
Our discussions on potential Satellite Executive of the Year nominees always include suggestions that pique one’s interest but don’t quite meet the criteria for inclusion. Our first rule for determining potential nominees, is that we focus on...
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| 01.01.2011 |
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Broadband Divide Grows for Satellite Providers
I found myself on the other side of the interview process in early December when I was contacted by Al Jazeera English to comment on a story about a grassroots effort to buy the TerreStar-1 satellite from the bankrupt operator TerreStar Networks. The group...
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| 12.01.2010 |
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Defense Budget Issue Should Benefit Commercial Satcom
While U.S. defense spending still accounts for a majority of military spending around the globe, rising debts have become such a concern that the once untouchable military budget now is being examined as a cost-cutting target. Some of the measures proposed go...
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| 11.01.2010 |
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Satellite Players, Economists See Business Coming Back
The National Bureau of Economic Research, a private, non-profit research organization that calls the beginning and end of recessions, declared in September that the recession that gripped the globe throughout 2008 and much of 2009 had ended. The bureau says...
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| 10.01.2010 |
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Can Apple Take Bite Out of Broadcasting Business?
We’ve heard this story before – Apple has released another device that will, according to the media, forever change the broadcasting business. Since the company behind the device is Apple, the coverage is a little bigger and helps generates a more...
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| 09.01.2010 |
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Customers Seek One-Box Solution to All Their Needs
I did not intend to have three stories in the September issue that expressed the same theme, but by the time the writers had finished their work, articles that looked at content delivery, set-top boxes and VSATs all honed in on the same idea — users...
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| 08.01.2010 |
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Satellite Sector Needs to Work on its PR Problem
It’s not often that I have the time these days to write stories. But, the chance to collaborate with Associate Editor Mark Holmes on our two-part education series provided me with one of those opportunities. I look forward to interviewing and writing...
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| 07.01.2010 |
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Space Entrepreneurs Win This Day
The opening of CommunicAsia comes at what could be the beginning of a new era in the Asia-Pacific region. For many years, the satellite communications sector has viewed the region with a sense of frustration, as governments throughout the market placed...
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