Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite News 11-04-08] Sirius XM Satellite Radio has been sued by Save Sirius, a group formed by 500 shareholders of the formerly independent Sirius Satellite Radio.     The group charges […]

[Satellite News 11-03-08] While ICO Communications may win up to a total of $707 million in a lawsuit judgment it won against Boeing Satellite Services International and parent company, Boeing […]

[Satellite News 10-23-08] WorldSpace Inc.’s filed to reorganize under bankruptcy protection primarily due to liquidation and cash flow problems the satellite radio operator faced, spokeswoman Judith Pryor told Satellite News. […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] A jury awarded ICO Global Communications at least $371 million plus interest in its breach of contract lawsuit filed against Boeing Co. and Boeing Satellite Systems International […]

[Satellite News 10-21-08] Niether Boeing nor Lockheed Martin were notified by the U.S. Department of Defense of any delay in the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) program, despite the Pentagon’s […]

[Satellite News 10-20-08] CEOs from the satellite industry’s largest companies remain largely optimistic about their prospects despite the current worldwide economic crisis.     “The good news is, nobody blames the […]

[Satellite News 10-16-08] Commercial satellite operators used the Satcon 2008 conference as a forum to push and develop military partnerships to provide communications services to combat forces and military command […]

[Satellite News 10-16-08] The U.S. military’s desire for a dedicated, exclusive military communications network has turned into a future partnership and dependency on commercial satellite operators. But that paradigm shift […]

[Satellite News 10-15-08] The discussion between financial analysts and satellite executives at the ISIS Satellite Investment Symposium was dominated by talk of the recent financial crisis on Wall Street.     […]

[Satellite News 10-10-08] TerreStar is leveraging its research, chipset development efforts, base stations and financing from its U.S. subsidiary into European programs as part of a push to create a […]

[Satellite News 10-08-08] Advancements on DigitalGlobe’s next-generation imagery satellite, WorldView-2, will allow the company to deliver the detailed imagery that is in high demand from its U.S. government customers, especially […]

The number of subscribers to IPTV services is expected to rise by more than 64 percent in 2008, as revenue generated for telecoms soars by 93.5 percent, according to a […]

Future IPTV service subscribers may experience a sense of déjà vu when watching television commercials. Commercial advertisements will seem to speak directly to them and reflect the television habits of […]

[Satellite News 10-07-08] Tesacom, Stratos Global and Addvalue Communications delivered the largest single contract for the purchase of Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) services to Brazilian regional elections in […]

[Satellite Today 10-07-08] Bharti Airtel, an Indian telco, will launch its DTH service, Airtel Digital TV, in India before the end of the week, the company said Oct. 7.     […]

[Satellite News 10-03-08] The cost of the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) has jumped nearly $6 billion due to faulty management of the program by the U.S. Department of Defense, […]

[Satellite News 10-02-08] According to ViaSat Senior Vice President Tom Moore, if you combine all of the satellite broadband capacity in the United States today, the total will not add […]

[Satellite News 09-30-08] September was a rough month for the commercial satellite market. The overall market decline that followed the U.S. House of Representatives’ rejection of the Emergency Economic Stabilization […]

[Satellite News 09-29-08] After six years and three failed attempts, Space Exploration Technology Corp. (SpaceX) launched the first privately funded, liquid-fuelled rocket into orbit Sept. 28, the company said.     […]

[Satellite News 09-25-08] Two important moves have happened recently in the realm of satellite cellular communications – TerreStar Corp. sold its remaining shares in SkyTerra Communications to private equity firm […]

[Satellite News 09-23-08] Iridium signed an agreement with GHL Acquisition Corp. Sept. 23 that will eliminate Iridium’s debt of about $131 million and allow the mobile satellite service provider to […]

[Satellite News 09-23-08] Iridium signed an agreement with GHL Acquisition Corp. Sept. 23 that will eliminate Iridium’s debt of about $131 million and allow the mobile satellite service provider to […]

[Satellite News 09-22-08] Arianespace’s recent order for ten Soyuz launch vehicles from the Russian space agency, Roskosmos, represents an investment in increased launch capacity and scale according to the Arianespace […]

[Satellite News 09-18-08] Globecomm Systems Inc. has launched Cachendo, a professional services and information technology solutions company intended to serve telecommunications firms, media and entertainment companies, and government and other […]

[Satellite News 09-16-08] While there was not much of a satellite presence in the largely warfighter-dominated showroom of the 2008 AFA Air & Space Conference and Technology Expo, Satcom exhibits […]

[Satellite News 09-15-08] Northrop Grumman kicked off a three-day event on Monday, Sept. 15 in Washington D.C. The “2008 AFA Air & Space Conference and Technology Expo” unveiled new projects […]

Newtec has selected Altera Corp.’s Cyclone 2 field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) to deliver broadband services to its Sat3Play broadband terminal. The Sat3Play broadband terminal is part of a two-way […]

Network Electronics integrated Skyline Communications’ DataMiner multi-vendor network management system with Network Electronics’ Flashlink, VikinX and Ventura product ranges, the company announced.       The integration enables customers to monitor and […]

Mobile TV and mobile video services offered over broadcast and unicast distribution are projected to grow almost ten-fold from the end of 2007 to 2013, according to NSR.      A […]

  The floor at IBC 2008 likely will be buzzing with an broad array of industry concerns, as xecutives, analysts and insiders from around the globe converge on Amsterdam with […]