Author: Mark Holmes

[Satellite News 09-18-08] SES expects the combination of its SES Americom and SES New Skies operations into a single operating segment will generate more business than the two units did...

[Satellite News 09-17-08] The Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) is one of the largest fixed satellite services operators in the Middle East and likely will play a strong role in...

Harmonic provides next-generation video delivery solutions to pay-TV operators, and the company is seeing its business jump as customers make the move to high-definition (HD) content and on-demand services. Harmonic...

A deal with SkyPerfect, one of the largest satellite pay-TV operators in Japan, could prove to be key breakthrough for OpenTV, CEO Ben Bennett told IBC e-Daily.      “Japan is...

Providing a European focus to news, the popular euronews can be found on pay-TV platforms around the world. However, the rules of the broadcast landscape have changed, raising a number...

Eric Cooney, head of TV solutions at Ericsson, wants to expand the Ericsson brand name into the satellite community. Cooney, the CEO of Tandberg Television when it was acquired by...

Thomson is one of the key technology vendors to satellite pay-TV operators world-wide, and its technology will be key in helping satellite pay-TV operators stay ahead of cable and IPTV...

Satellite operators have seen the prices for launch services rise, and continued growth could begin have an impact on future satellite purchases. There has been “huge increases in launch service...

The European broadcast landscape has seen unprecedented change in recent years. With more competition than ever before in television markets as well as new consumer behaviors emerging in the way...

Cyfrowy Polsat, the largest DTH platform in Poland, hopes to become a major player on the Polish communications/media landscape by becoming “a triple-play or even a quadruple-play operator,” CEO Dominik...