Author: Mark Holmes

SES’s plan to launch its SES-8 satellite on a SpaceX vehicle may be the first sign that more competition — and possibly lower prices — could be coming to the...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-18-11] Global pay-TV subscriptions rose 6 percent last year, with satellite pay-TV giants DirecTV and Dish Network contributing 19.6 million and 14.1 million subscribers, respectively in 2010,...

Albanian broadband provider Starsat’s focus over the next year is to bring the benefits of satellite data services to rural parts of Albania where there is no terrestrial infrastructure. The...

Gilat Satellite Networks incorporated manufacturers Raysat Antenna Systems and Wavestream as  key elements of the company’s strategy to beef up its overall capabilities and focus on civil government, defense and...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-15-11] Gilat won a contract with Telecom Namibia to provide a SkyEdge 2 broadband satellite network to serve hundreds of locations throughout Namibia, Gilat announced April 14....

[Satellite News 04-15-11] Albania’s communist past has left the Eastern European country of 3 million people with very little terrestrial infrastructure, making it a healthy market for satellite TV and...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-14-11] SES selected Arianespace to launch the Astra 2E satellite in the 2013 second quarter as part of SES’s multi-launch agreement with Arianespace, the companies announced April...

[Satellite News 04-14-11] Tullow Oil has exploration operations spread around the globe, making its communications needs very complex. Tullow looks to use a mix of satellite and fiber to meet...

Amino’s Freedom Jump device aims to help pay-TV operators add Over-The-Top (OTT) content without costly existing device change-outs. The box works alongside a cable or satellite set-top box to add...

In an attempt to link multi-screen delivery services and growth in social media platform interest, ITI Neovision CEO Tomasz Berezowski, conducted a recent trial where customers could access TV services...