Editorial Insight
Optimizing Your Network and Revenues
A word that can be seen and heard throughout the show floor is “optimization.” Network operators are looking to use their available bandwidth as efficiently as possible, and companies throughout the exhibit floor are more than happy to demonstrate their technologies for optimizing that bandwidth. While a satellite is an impressive piece of technology, one of the weaknesses is that once it’s in orbit, it is difficult to upgrade the performance... More»

From The Show Floor
Analysts Assess Prospects for Thaicom Under New Leadership
Thaicom is undergoing a familiar style of leadership change, as Dumrong Kasemset, the man behind the company’s IPStar satellite broadband strategy, is stepping as executive chairman and being replaced by Arak Chonlatanon, who is charged with building the business further. Chonlatanon faces some obstacles to success, according to Rattana Leenuthaphong, a satellite equity analyst at IV Global Securities... More»

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Industry Briefs
ABS Chooses SS/L to Build ABS-2
Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has selected Space Systems / Loral (SS/L) to manufacture the ABS-2 spacecraft, ABS announced June 17. ABS-2, scheduled for launch in 2012 with Arianespace, will be equipped with nearly 14 KW of payload power and a total of 76 active C-band, Ku-band and Ka-band transponders across eight different beams... More»

VTC Selects Tandberg for Playout to Digital Terrestrial, Satellite Networks
Vietnam Multimedia Corp. (VTC) signed a contract with Tandberg Television for encoding, multiplexing and modulation for 10 high-definition (HD) and 32 standard-definition (SD) channels simultaneously played out over satellite and digital terrestrial networks, Tandberg announced... More»

Celestial Moves Renews Agreement for Measat-3 Delivery
Measat Satellite Systems renewed an agreement with Celestial Movies Channel Ltd. to distribute Celestial Movies and Celestial Classic Movies on Measat-3, the Measat announced. “We are delighted with the on-going support from MEASAT,” Terry Mak... More»

TAS to Broadcast TV Channels Via NSS-11
SES Americom-New Skies closed a multi-year deal with TAS (Teleport Access Services Inc.) to provide three transponders on the NSS-11 satellite to distribute up to 50 Chinese television channels to cable households in Taiwan, the satellite operator announced... More»

Arianespace to Launch ST-2 for Singapore and Taiwan
ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte Ltd. (STS) awarded a contract to Arianespace to launch the ST-2 satellite, Arianespace announced July 16. ST-2 is being manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. using the DS2000 platform and will carry C- and Ku-band transponders... More»

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Executive Insight
SpeedCast CEO Looks at Maritime and Cellular Opportunities
SpeedCast, a subsidiary of AsiaSat, is a multi-faceted service provider in Asia specializing in delivering to land or sea communications solutions ranging from broadband Internet to managed bandwidth to triple-play networks.     The company has made some significant moves in the maritime sector, launching earlier this year a new SeaCast service designed for yachts, fishing boats and smaller coastal or river vessels... More»

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