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by Gerry Oberst China experienced its equivalent of “Captain Midnight” in late June this year. Although the facts are murky, and may never be fully known, it appears that the...

by Armand Musey The business of building new commercial satellites is severely depressed. A number of factors are driving this slow down. One main factor is that the satellite industry...

James Careless Despite economic hard times, distance learning via satellite is alive and well. That is the message Via Satellite is hearing from one-way and two-way satellite carriers, equipment manufacturers...

by David Hartshorn When the meeting began, there were about 50 of us in the room, mostly regulators, who had flown in from emerging regions of the world–Africa, Asia, the...

Then and Now–Some Parting Words From The Via Satellite Podium For the past 11 years, I have had the privilege of observing, analyzing and interacting with the commercial communications satellite...

People COMMUNICATIONS CENTER Founder Passes Away Walter Morgan, a well-known international consultant specializing in satellite communications, died on June 19, 2002, from pancreatic cancer in Clarksburg, MD. Morgan, 71, was...

Neun Live, the successful German viewer participation channel that replaced the ill-fated women’s channel TM3 in September 2001, has revealed plans to expand into other European countries. According to Neun...

Premiere, the ill-fated pay-TV broadcaster majority owned by troubled German media company Kirch Group, now considers itself saved from the risk of having to file for insolvency after a milestone...

Pramer ,a wholly-owned unit of Liberty Media and one of Latin America’s largest cable programmers, has signed a deal with New Skies Satellite to expand Pramer ‘s capacity on the...

EchoStar VIII,a direct broadcast satellite built for EchoStar by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L),was successfully launched on Aug.22.EchoStar VIII is located at the 110 degrees West longitude orbital position.It is designed to...