Author: Mark Holmes

[Satellite News – 2-8-08] SatLink Communications, which launched a new MCPC (multi channel per carrier) platform on Eutelsat‘s W2 satellite Feb. 4, is hoping to deal with generate stronger revenues...

[Satellite News 2-4-08] Verizon has surpassed 1 million customer barrier for its Fios IPTV service in the United States ramping up the pressure on its satellite and cable competitors.    ...

[Satellite News – 2-1-08] Star One hopes to become more of a force in the Latin America region with the launch of a pair of new satellites, Gustavo Silbert, the...

For a while, the satellite industry’s battle to retain C-band spectrum seemed to be a losing proposition, as well-financed telecommunications players were lobbying hard to gain access to the bandwidth....

[Satellite News – 1-30-08] France Telecom (FT) is set to be the first major telco in Europe to launch satellite-based television services alongside an IPTV service. A report, originally in...

[Satellite News – 1-25-08] The acquisition of Telesat Canada by Loral Space and Communications, completed in October, instantly created the fourth largest fixed satellite services operator in the world. The...

[Satellite News – 1-24-08] SES Global, the world’s second largest communications satellite operator, has made a bid to acquire Israel’s Space-Communication Ltd. (Spacecom), both SES and Spacecom have confirmed to...

[Satellite News – 1-22-08] Irdeto Access believes Asia will be a strong market for its conditional access and middleware services. Such is its determination to drive revenues from Asia, CEO...

[Satellite News – 1-18-08] DirecTV, which has nearly 17 million subscribers to its satellite broadband service, hopes to improve that number greatly within the next few months as the company’s...

[Satellite News 1-15-07] Eutelsat’s satellite broadband plans have gained momentum last week, as the company announced plans to procure a dedicated Ka-band satellite in conjunction with ViaSat Inc., which is...