Author: Mark Holmes

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-17-11] SES Astra and Eutelsat Communications continue to ramp up their capacity market rivalry, as both companies secured long-term deals with major broadcasters in Europe, the FSS...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-16-11] Avanti Communications expects its 2011 full-year revenues to see a significant upward curve in the second half of the year following the launch of its first...

Visit Via Satellite’s Digital issue for an exclusive video interview with Petra Mateos.  When appointed chairwoman of Hispasat in 2004, Petra Mateos felt the company needed to have more of...

[Satellite News 02-16-11] Croatia’s T-Hrvatski Telecom is using satellite capacity from the three transponders it leased from Eutelsat in January to extend the reach of its MAXtv pay-TV service. T-Hrvatski...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-15-11] SkyVision Global Networks, a provider of IP connectivity over satellite and fiber, is targeting more revenues from the African market, SkyVision CEO Doron Ben Sira told...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-14-11] Pakistani satellite service provider Supernet inked a capacity deal with SES World Skies for Ku-band transponder capacity on the NSS-6 satellite to support a large VSAT...

[Satellite News 02-14-11] Rene Oosterlinck was the European Space Agency’s (ESA) first full-time director of the Galileo program, serving from early 2008 through the end of 2010. Oosterlinck was tasked...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-11-11] Norwegian company Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) received approval from its board to procure and launch the Thor 7 satellite by the end of 2013, the company...

[Satellite News 02-10-11] Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall is ramping up for a busy year in 2011 with plans to launch Soyuz and Vega rockets alongside its Ariane 5 workhorse...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-10-11] O3b Networks has entered into a framework agreement with Middle East telco Etisalat to enable its operating companies to benefit from O3b services under a separate...