Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 10-08-10] Telecoms and broadcast performance indicator research issued Oct. 7 by The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) finds that there were more than 23 million DTH subscribers […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-08-10] About 50 million 3-D TV sets will be sold around the globe by 2015, accounting for about 18 percent of worldwide flat panel TV sales, ABI […]

[Satellite News 10-07-10] Solaris Mobile, the joint venture between Eutelsat and SES Astra, is in discussions with potential service providers and may sign its first commercial deal in the next […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-07-10] Horizon Satellite Services is finding it more difficult to secure capacity deals in the Middle East as the satellite telecommunications industry continues to boom in emerging […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-10] Microsemi Corp., a manufacturer of analog mixed-signal integrated circuits, high reliability semiconductors and RF subsystems, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Actel Corp. for approximately […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-10] GlobeCast signed a deal with IMG Sports Media Production, a division of IMG Worldwide, to provide HD coverage of up to six English Premier League football matches […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-10] Sky Perfect JSat’s Senior Executive Vice President Yutaka Nagai has been appointed President of the Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC), effective in January.     Nagai will lead APSCC for […]

[Satellite News 10-06-10] As the U.S. broadcasting industry looks to projected increases in third quarter advertising sales to help recover from a damaging 2010 second quarter with, analysts and investors […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-06-10] OnAir will bring its Internet connectivity services to Singapore Airlines, OnAir announced Oct. 5. The multimillion-dollar collaboration between OnAir and Singapore Airlines includes a full suite […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-10] Harbinger Capital Partners has sold a 14.1 percent stake in mobile satellite operator Inmarsat for about $652 million, the U.S. hedge fund announced Oct. 4.     Harbinger […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-10] GlobeCast has acquired a multi-channel HD playout facility in Asia from Technicolor, the company announced Oct. 5.     As part of the deal, GlobeCast will acquire new […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-10] Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) selected International Launch Services (ILS) to launch the AsiaSat 7 satellite on an ILS Proton from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2011, ILS announced […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-06-10] Iridium closed its $1.8 billion credit facility agreement with Coface at lower interest rates than Iridium’s management expected, the company announced Oct. 4.     The blended […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-05-10] LightSquared has acquired an $850 million credit facility from UBS AG and will accelerate its capacity lease deal with Inmarsat to begin by the end of […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-10] Astrium has acquired German space sensors and optical systems specialist Jena-Optronik, Astrium announced Oct. 4.     Jena-Optronik develops attitude sensors and space-based optics for a variety of […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-10] IP-based solutions provider International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) has entered into a partnership to supply Arqiva with digital cinema-specific content distribution applications and remote site equipment, IDC announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-10] David Butorac has been named CEO of DTH operator Orbit Showtime Network, the company announced Oct. 3.     Butorac replaces Marc-Antoine d’Halluin, who stepped down at the […]

[Satellite News 10-05-10] In the past two months, global analyst firms have released reports that unanimously predict strong five-year growth in the Asian mobile voice and data markets.    On […]

[Satellite News 10-05-10] After the European Commission (EC) revealed its latest plans last week to deliver broadband to remote locations across Europe with little minimal inclusion of a satellite element, […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-02-10] One of the United Kingdom’s more remote areas will see a $208.5 million broadband project roll-out from BT and Cornwall Council, which could have implications for […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-02-10] Euronews signed a deal with Viasat Broadcasting to launch the Euronews channel on a number of satellite pay-TV platforms across the Nordic and Baltic region, the broadcaster […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-02-10] Cobham Satcom signed a reseller agreement and expanded its technical partnership with remote network management provider Uplogix, Cobham Satcom announced Oct. 1.     The companies will integrate […]

[Satellite News 05-04-10] While Sky Deutschland has struggled to connect with Germany’s frugal consumer base since it acquired and rebranded Premiere in 2009, Morgan Stanley Media Equity Analyst Patrick Wellington […]

MediaCorp is the largest broadcaster in Singapore, and with Singapore likely to be one of the early adopters of 3-D TV in the Asia-Pacific region, MediaCorp likely will be at […]

For years now, legal, finance and government intelligentsia have propounded a purely competition-based theory of regulation, in which, as long as markets were competitive and transparent, industry-specific types of regulation […]

The launch of the third Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite in December, along with the planned launches of several next-generation commercial satellites, has ushered in a new broadband satellite era […]

Satellite networks come in all manner of shapes and sizes and use a multitude of technologies to transmit information. Each type of network has its own idiosyncrasies and set of […]

We’ve heard this story before – Apple has released another device that will, according to the media, forever change the broadcasting business. Since the company behind the device is Apple, […]

Arsat, the satellite operator owned by the Argentinean government, could ultimately gain 50 percent of its revenues from outside of Argentina and even could look to form a partnership with […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10]  Latens will provide content security to Dish Nepal’s new DTH platform, the company announced Sept. 30.     Latens’ will supply Dish Nepal with card-less Conditional Access (CA) […]