Standing Out in a Difficult Environment
3.01.2010 | Via Satellite | Jason Bates
In this issue, we honor Peter Shaper, CEO of CapRock Communications, as the Via Satellite Executive of the Year 2009. CapRock performed exceptionally well under Shaper’s leadership during a year that brought both the worst of economic times and the best... read more

Michel de Rosen CEO, Eutelsat Communications
3.01.2010 | Via Satellite | Staff Writer
Michel de Rosen took over the role of CEO of Eutelsat Communications from Giuliano Berretta in November. For most of the previous decade, he served as chairman and CEO of ViroPharma, a U.S. pharmarceutical company and since 2008 as chairman and CEO of SGD, a... read more

Scripps Networks Looks to Serve Globe
3.01.2010 | Via Satellite | Staff Writer
Scripps Networks is carving a niche for itself in terms of lifestyle media channels. The company launched HGTV in 1994, and among its five other networks, probably is best known is the Food Network channel, which is available in more than 99 million... read more

Technology News
3.01.2010 | Via Satellite | Staff Writer
Comtech EF Data Releases CDM-750 Trunking Modem Comtech EF Data introduced its CDM-750 high-speed trunking... read more

Services News
3.01.2010 | Via Satellite | Staff Writer
Astra, Intersat Partner for Satellite Service in Africa Astra Broadband Services and Intersat Africa launched... read more

Contracts News
3.01.2010 | Via Satellite | Staff Writer
Arianespace Wins Contract for 10 Galileo Satellites The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Arianespace... read more

Executive Moves News
3.01.2010 | Via Satellite | Staff Writer
CapRock Names DISA Officer as Director of Operations CapRock Government Solutions named Augustine Ponturiero... read more

Awards News
3.01.2010 | Via Satellite | Staff Writer
ISRO Wins IEEE Resnik Award for Satellite Navigation Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) technology... read more

Capacity Extremes Could Impact MENA
3.01.2010 | Via Satellite | Mark Holmes
Belief that demand for capacity serving the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) soon will skyrocket has been building for more than a year, spurred by a combination of increasing demand for satellite-based services and government deregulation that is... read more

Teleport Operators Find Ways to Trim Costs
3.01.2010 | Via Satellite | Greg Berlocher
Teleports often are characterized as the ground-based infrastructure of a satellite network, but the term means different things to different people. There is a surprising amount of diversification in the field, and the term teleport covers a wide range of... read more

New Efforts to Mitigate Satellite Interference
3.01.2010 | Via Satellite | Giovanni Verlini
The success enjoyed by the commercial satellite sector over recent decades comes as no surprise to the engineers, technicians and managers who have been contributing to its remarkable growth by providing customers with accurate and reliable services around... read more

Satellite Network Neutrality
3.01.2010 | Via Satellite | Gerry Oberst
Network neutrality is a hot topic in the United States that is generally viewed to apply to Internet services and IP networks. Although this topic arose in the United States and is being debated at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Europe... read more

Launch Vehicle Manifesto
3.01.2010 | Via Satellite | Owen D. Kurtin
The launch services marketplace always has been a tough place to earn a living. These days, there is a combination of strong demand and heavy backload, high barriers to entry, consolidated supply but with new market entrants and former players threatening... read more

Should Your Opinion Count?
3.01.2010 | Via Satellite | Raul Magallanes
  Speak now or forever hold your peace or at least hold it for a long time until provision can be made to hear your arguments. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is required to consider your comments in the process of making rules. Public... read more