Author: Mark Holmes

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-29-11] Avanti Communications’ Hylas-1 has completed in-orbit testing and is ready to enter commercial service to provide broadband services across Europe, Avanti announced March 28.     The...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-29-11] Eutelsat’s broadband subsidiary Skylogic signed an initial five-year contract worth 3 million euros ($4.22 million) with SkyDSL to market its Tooway broadband service provided by Ka-Sat,...

One of the closing panels  of SATELLITE 2011 focused on a highly discussed topic in terms of the future of the satellite sector — broadband. The panel “Satellite Broadband: Ready...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-28-11] AsiaSat reported a 25 percent increase in its full-year 2010 revenues at $187.31 million compared with its prior year results. The improved performance drove $89.16 million...

[Satellite News 03-25-11] Speaking at the IP & TV World Forum in London, DirecTV Senior Vice President of Engineering Henry Derovanessian talked of the operator’s strategy to leverage its recently...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-25-11] Amino Communications is shopping for partnership deals with satellite pay-TV providers to deploy its Over-The-Top (OTT) television box Freedom Jump, Amino CEO Andrew Burke told Satellite...

[Satellite News 03-23-11] Gilat Satellite Networks’ acquisitions of Raysat Antenna Systems and Wavestream were key elements of the company’s strategy to beef up its overall capabilities and focus on defense...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-23-11] DirecTV signed a contract with NDS to develop addressable advertising insertion technology and enhanced audience measurement capabilities for the pay-TV operator’s platform, DirecTV announced March 22....

[Satellite News 03-21-11] Speaking on a broadband panel at the SATELLITE 2011 conference, satellite executives debated the impact of the industry’s response to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that...

As SATELLITE 2011 celebrates its 30th anniversary, the CEOs of the largest FSS operators, Eutelsat, Intelsat, SES and Telesat, discussed the challenges for the sector as they look to stay...