Author: Staff Writer

by Gerry Oberst European regulators have commenced an exercise to review the regulatory needs and problems of the satellite industry, this time in an effort to obtain a comprehensive overview...

Interactivity and bandwidth on demand reside at the nucleus of the new cluster of emerging Ka-band services where the emphasis is on transforming exciting concepts into profitable ventures. And yet,...

by Armand Musey In a market that has been nothing short of cruel to concept-based companies, share prices of satellite radio initiatives have fallen significantly. As of the close on...

By Nick Mitsis The satellite industry emerged strong in 2000 after surviving two dismal years plagued with numerous launch failures and multibillion-dollar business catastrophes. In fact, monolithic business transactions, a...

The Ka-band (18.8-19.3 GHz downstream/28.6-29.1 GHz upstream): Without a doubt, it’s the next great frontier for VSATs (very small aperture terminals). Offering substantially more bandwidth than either C- or Ku-band,...

Worth by Theresa Foley Will the market for satellite broadband be worth a few billion dollars later in the decade, or four to 10 times that amount? The analysts at...

by Phillip Clark The communications satellite program of the People’s Republic of China (China) has frequently posed quite a challenge to Western observers seeking to get an overall picture of...

TV Travel Group has completed its first venture outside the UK and plans to launch TV Travel Shop in Germany after signing a joint venture agreement with German tour operator...

As a follow-up to the Franco-African summit in Yaounde, Cameroon’s communication minister Jacques Fame Ndongo presided over the inauguration of satellite broadcasts by the Cameroon Radio Television Corporation (CRTV). The...

Einstein.tv, the science and technology TV-web channel, has gone live on Sky Digital (channel 576) and on the Internet. Marking the birth of the new station, the LG Electronics sponsored...