Author: Staff Writer

Operators Eye Universal Broadband

Large satellite operators increasingly are looking to play a key role in the deployment of universal broadband services. With certain governments calling for universal broadband access within five years, satellite...

Spotlight: China Gains Two-way Satellite Broadband

Chinese satellite services operator ChinaCast is introducing two-way broadband service by teaming with Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems. Both companies will jointly market the two-way networking services in China as...

Build Programming, Listeners Will Come

By Jimmy Schaeffler One of the great maxims of the multichannel subscription services industry is that consumers really don’t care about the technology. They just care about the content. That...

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ORBIMAGE Prepares For Post-bankruptcy World

Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Imaging (ORBIMAGE) is readying plans to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy court protection by the end of October. The remote sensing company, fresh off the successful launch...

Stamerjohanns Named Galileo GM

Galileo Industries‘ shareholder committee approved the appointment of Gunter Stamerjohanns as general manager. For now, Stamerjohanns will be responsible for the daily management of the company with its headquarters in...