Mark Holmes

[Satellite News 10-09-08] Premiere, Germany’s leading satellite pay-TV operator, is in a state of flux, mired in a scandal over bloated subscriber figures which already has claimed the company’s CFO […]

Orange (France Telecom) is one of the top performing telcos in the TV space, with about 1.4 million IPTV subscribers for its Orange TV service in France. The operator leads […]

[Satellite News 10-06-08] Serbia Broadband is the largest pay-TV operator in Serbia and one of a growing number of operators offerings services on multiple infrastructures. The operator started life as […]

[Satellite News 09-30-08] The United Kingdom is paying the penalty for a cautious approach to major European space programs, John Auburn, chairman of Ukspace, told Satellite News.     “I think […]

[Satellite News 09-25-08] With demands for broadband services increasing in many regions around the globe, VSAT players see opportunities in markets such as Pakistan, Brazil and Africa, according to attendees […]

[Satellite News 09-2208] The Americas region, driven principally by the United States, continues to lead the globe in terms of demand for high-definition (HD) TV services, while Japanese consumers are […]

HDTV, IPTV, delivering content to mobile devices, and hybrid set-top boxes (STBs) were some of the hottest topics at IBC 2008. IBC e-Daily caught up with a number of top […]

GlobeCast, which provides content management and worldwide transmission services, announced during IBC that it was acquiring French software company Netia, which offers software solutions for audiovisual content management. IBC e-Daily […]

[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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

There are many interesting trends on the European broadcast landscape. The number of high-definition (HD) channels is on the rise, telcos are entering the TV markets and the capability of […]

[Satellite News 09-11-08] How to finance all the planned mobile satellite services (MSS) systems remains a hot topic on the final day of World Satellite Business Week in Paris as […]

[Satellite News 09-10-08] Regional operator growth strategies were one of the key themes today at World Satellite Business Week in Paris. Most regional operators, while naturally smaller than industry giants […]

[Satellite News – 09-0908] CEOs of the globe’s largest commercial satellite operators says that despite the overall credit crunch, there are expecting good revenue growth over the next few years. […]

[Satellite News 09-09-08] Eutelsat Communications has seen its share of headlines in recent months, though not the type that the company normally seeks.     The operator has had issues with […]

[Satellite News 09-04-08] The termination of the merger agreement between Gilat Satellite Networks and a private equity consortium could “get somewhat ugly,” CEO Amiram Levinberg said. Gilat announced Aug. 29 […]

[Satellite News 09-03-08] ND SatCom likely will generate the majority of its revenues from the military/defence sector going forward, Karl Classen, ND SatCom’s CEO, said.     “Due to the business […]

In the September edition of Via Satellite, we have an in-depth article looking at the European broadcast landscape. Here, in an extra, bonus article, we turn our attention to Central […]

The European broadcast landscape is a hotbed of innovation as operators and broadcasters rollout different strategies to attract customers. With telcos moving into the broadcast sector and high-definition

The Middle East has become one of the globe’s most vibrant regions for satellite communications. With diverse TV markets, strong demand for satellite capacity to support military operations and businesses

We live in a multimedia age where it seems as though information has become as important as oxygen, and the demand for satellite capacity for military purposes have increased by […]

The United States sets the standard for military satellite operations, but as nations around the globe enhance their capabilities and new nations enter the space arena, U.S. Air Force Gen. […]