Author: Lisa Daniel
November 1, 2007
Fixed satellite services (FSS) companies abandoned some traditional forms of satellite insurance in the early 2000s due to high premiums and insurance rates, relying instead on self-insurance through the use of backup satellites. Now as more money flows into the market and insurance rates and premiums decline, more innovative insurance arrangements are luring FSS operators…
September 1, 2007
The average consumer may not be familiar with the phrase average revenue per user, but they definitely buy into the business strategy. Pay-TV was one of the first mediums to embrace the idea of replacing a large quantity of subscribers with a smaller number of quality subscribers willing to spend more money. Now it appears…
April 1, 2007
There is much romanticism about the early days of the satellite industry. The history of scientists and engineers such as Conny Kullman, Bob Berry and Steve Dorfman leading the development of such technological achievements as the first Ariane rocket, Globalstar and the Pioneer Venus program, respectively, are legendary. It seemed a natural progression that these…
January 1, 2007
While satellite traditionally has enjoyed a virtual monopoly in rural markets, operators are finding more terrestrial competitors entering these growing regions. The small towns of Fairfield, Mont., Bridgeport, W.Va., and Bennington, Vt., are not used to being on the radar screens of corporate marketing departments. The towns have been so ignored by the communications industry…