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The closing of the June issue of Via Satellite marked the end of a busy two months for the editorial team. In a nine-week stretch, members of the Via Satellite...

Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. has embarked on a unique growth strategy in recent years, strengthening its position in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region and making it one of the largest...

The European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) has been especially active recently, and in early April released its latest report, "Space-based services in Europe." The report’s goal is to investigate challenges...

In my last column, I concluded that direct-to-home (DTH) video was more vulnerable to bad economic times than wholesale video distribution or VSAT services. This month I consider broadband satellite....

A thriving industry will see its share of buying and selling, not always in products and services but also within itself in the form of equity transfers. Whether it is...

Satellite operators doing business in Asia are thriving despite the global recession, with revenue from transponder leasing in the region remaining strong even as other sectors of the world’s economy...

With the Beijing Olympics serving as a landmark event for China and the global broadcasting industry, many hoped the event would be the catalyst for greater things in terms of...

Although worries persist about a potential market downturn in the satellite industry, a panel of executives at SATELLITE 2009 see a handful of opportunities — digital media and IPTV, mobility,...

Whether it is a natural disaster, such as a hurricane, earthquake or tsunami, or man-made conflicts, in the blink of an eye, an infrastructure that took years to build can...

U.S. government and Department of Defense procurement of commercial satellite services is handled by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) under a regime called the Defense Information Systems Network...