Author: Mark Holmes

[Satellite News – 2-25-08]  While many satellite industry CFOs understandably highlighted the strong fundamentals of the industry, not all are optimistic that investment conditions will improve any time soon.    ...

[Satellite News – 2-26-08] While fixed satellite services operators remain intent on expanding their core video markets, opportunities for new services dominated the conversation at SATELLITE 2008’s opening general session,...

[Satellite News – 2-22-08] Eutelsat entered 2008 running, including a January announcement that it ordered a Ka-band satellite as the operator looks to become more of a force in the...

[Satellite News – 2-21-08] Canada’s OmniGlobe Networks hopes the company’s acquisition of Bandwidth Technologies International Group Ltd. (BTIG), a U.K.-based international provider of satellite communications systems, will be the springboard...

[Satellite News – 2-19-08] The satellite industry is very much a global industry. In 2007, there were numerous interesting developments around the world. In Africa, Nigcomsat launched a satellite. In...

[Satellite News – 2-19-08] In 2007, there were some interesting financial dynamics within the satellite industry. BC Partners struck a deal to acquire Intelsat. Abertis, a Spanish infrastructure company, was...

[Satellite News – 2-19-08] In 2007, there were some interesting financial dynamics within the satellite industry. BC Partners struck a deal to acquire Intelsat. Abertis, a Spanish infrastructure company, was...

[Satellite News – 2-19-08] Satellite pay-TV has peaked in terms of subscribers in the Nordic region, according to Modern Times Group (MTG) CEO Hans-Holger Albrecht. MTG owns Viasat Broadcasting, which...

[Satellite News – 2-19-08] From satellite broadband to consolidation within the FSS industry, there are many hot topics within the satellite industry. The Satellite 2008 Show Daily spoke to Andrea...

[Satellite News – 2-14-08] With the news that the German pay-TV operator Premiere‘s encryption system has been compromised, the issue of piracy in the pay-TV arena has come back into...