Mark Holmes

[Satellite News 06-08-09] Australian microwave technology company Codan hopes its recent $3 million acquisition of U.S.-based Locus Microwave will significantly enhance Codan’s prospects in the market, Mike Heard. Codan’s managing […]

[Satellite News 06-03-09] BSkyB’s decision to team up with Microsoft to offer satellite-provided Sky Player TV content through its Xbox 360 gaming consoles in the United Kingdom and Ireland is […]

Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. has embarked on a unique growth strategy in recent years, strengthening its position in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region and making it one of the largest […]

With the Beijing Olympics serving as a landmark event for China and the global broadcasting industry, many hoped the event would be the catalyst for greater things in terms of […]

Whether it is a natural disaster, such as a hurricane, earthquake or tsunami, or man-made conflicts, in the blink of an eye, an infrastructure that took years to build can […]

[Satellite News 05-29-09] Nilesat hopes to have a new satellite up in May 2010 as it looks to bring new capacity to the severely constrained Middle Eastern market, CTO Salah […]

[Satellite News 05-28-09] Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) President Jean-François Cazenave believes that perceptions towards satellite technology for disaster management and recovery are changing – a shift which puts greater focus […]

[Satellite News 05-25-09] Bell, one of Canada’s largest telcos, hopes to bring a new ‘Freesat’ service to Canada next year, Mirko Bibic, Bell senior vice president of regulatory and government […]

[Satellite News 05-19-09] Eutelsat Communications saw a seven percent increase in revenues, at 700 million euros ($944.93 million), for the nine-month fiscal period ending in March.     Despite Eutelsat reporting […]

[Satellite News 05-19-09] Tivu Sat, a new free-to-air (FTA) digital satellite TV platform, hopes to make a strong impact in Italy, with a population of close to 60 million people, […]

Inmarsat’s acquisition of a 19 percent stake in SkyWave Mobile Communications in April was a “small investment” for the company in its efforts to expand Inmarsat’s presence in the satellite […]

[Satellite News 05-13-09] In a strategic initiative, SES Astra teamed up with Yahsat in April to create a company targeting DTH markets in the Middle East, North Africa and South […]

[Satellite News 05-06-09] Swedish Space Corp. (SSC) will run a U.S. corporation, Universal Space Network (USN), as a subsidiary after the U.S. government approved SSC’s acquisition of USN with no […]

[Satellite News 04-30-09] Greater cooperation, better security and managing space debris were some of the key issues discussed at MilSpace 2009 in Paris.     At the week-long event, Brig. Gen. […]

[Satellite News 04-28-09] French TV platform BIS could look to offer more services via satellite in the next year, Gregg Bywalski, marketing and development director at BIS’ managing company, AB […]

The Middle East is a market in desperate need of more satellite capacity. It seems as fast as the satellites are going up, the capacity is being snapped up by […]

[Satellite News 04-24-09] Satellite industry analysts praised the strength and potential of the broadband sector in new research reports. According to NSR senior analyst Patrick French and IDATE satellite analyst […]

Mediascape has launched a satellite pay-TV platform, Cignal Digital TV, in the Philippines, targeting the 2 million households not served by cable.     “We are trying to hit 40,000 to […]

[Satellite News 04-22-09] The link-up between Yahsat and SES Astra to create a company to target DTH markets in the Middle East, North Africa and South West Asia, announced by […]

The link-up between Yahsat and SES Astra to create a company to target DTH markets in the Middle East, North Africa and South West Asia, announced by the companies April […]

Like a number of DTH operators, New Zealand-based Sky Televisions’s multi-platform strategy is in full swing. At the end of 2009, the company announced a deal to launch services to […]

DirecTV already has seen better than expected take-up of its video-on-demand (VOD) services launched in spring 2008, DirecTV CTO Rômulo Pontual told Via Satellite.      The U.S. satellite pay-TV operator, […]

[Satellite News 04-16-09] Sky Television New Zealand is seeing strong demand for its recently launched high-definiton (HD) services that the uptake of the service has been the fastest in the […]

TP Group, the largest telecom in Poland, is one of an increasing number of operators complementing its IPTV offering with satellite service. The launch of an IP-satellite service is considered […]

IPTV Americas (IPTVA), a satellite-based IPTV solutions provider, is searching for outside investments as it looks to go to the next level of its growth strategy, CEO Alvaro Gazzolo told […]

[Satellite News 04-10-09] Russia’s Gazprom Space Systems could need to lease capacity from other operators while it waits for the launch of a slew of new satellites, according to a […]

[Satellite News 04-10-09] SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, in a speech to an executive luncheon at Satellite 2009, said he expects to sign deals in the commercial arena for its Falcon […]

[Satellite News 04-09-09] DirecTV already has seen better than expected take-up of its video-on-demand (VOD) services launched in spring 2008, DirecTV CTO Rômulo Pontual told Satellite News. “We are seeing […]

[Satellite News 04-07-09] Inmarsat’s acquisition of a 19 percent stake in SkyWave Mobile Communications was a “small investment” for the company in its efforts to expand Inmarsat’s presence in the […]

With a backdrop of a new U.S. presidential administration, the beginning of a shift in troop strength from Iraq to Afghanistan and a global economic recession, 2009 likely will be […]