Author: Mark Holmes

[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] 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] 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 – 2-19-08] 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 – 2-14-08] 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...

[Satellite News – 2-12-08] OpenTV, the U.S. based technology vendor, hopes the structural changes made in 2007 will better position the company in 2008.     The supplier of middleware and...

[Satellite News – 2-11-08] Israeli satellite operator Spacecom rejected a takeover bid by SES Global, Motty Slomovitz, Spacecom’s vice president of sales & marketing, North America, told Satellite News.    ...

[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.    ...