Mark Holmes

Like its fixed satellite services counterparts, SES some very interesting growth strategies in play. The operator of the second largest communications satellite fleet has an IPTV offering in the United […]

Eutelsat Communications, which has Spanish company Abertis Telecom as one of its main shareholders, has made a number of interesting strategic moves over the last year. While continuing to grow […]

Intelsat CEO David McGlade feels the fixed satellite services (FSS) sector is in a good position today, but he would like to see the industry as a whole “spend more […]

Telesat, led by former New Skies Satellite CEO Dan Goldberg returned to the upper echelon of fixed satellite services (FSS) operators following the acquisition of Telesat Canada by Loral Space […]

[Satellite News 11-17-08] China represents a huge potential market for satellite communications, and with huge pent-up demand for communications, Internet and video services among the country’s 1.3 billion people, it […]

[Satellite News 11-11-08] South Africa is looking to develop its military satellite communications capabilities. The country has long used commercial capacity for its military satellite communication needs. However, with bandwidth […]

The U.K. military is seeing more evidence of network enabled capability, as officials from the U.K. Ministry of Defense emphasized the importance of satellite communications in next-generation warfare.     “We […]

[Satellite News 11-07-08] Thales Alenia Space has seen a significant leadership change this year. Reynald Seznec replaced Pascale Sourisse as the company’s new CEO in May. It should be an […]

[Satellite News 11-06-08] A number of key figures from the U.K. Ministry of Defense emphasized the importance of satellite communications in next generation warfare at the Global MilSatCom conference.     […]

[Satellite News 11-05-08] Gilat Satellite Networks has filed lawsuits against Mivtach Shamir Holdings, LR Group, Gores Capital Partners, and DGB Investments Inc., accusing the companies of failing to pay a […]

Industry Studies Indicate Sector in Good Health The satellite industry is in strong health, with the industry showing strong increases in overall revenues and satellite players able to participate in new

Economic uncertainty and a global credit crunch do not look to be having an impact on the satellite industry, as demand for communications remains strong. The world’s four largest fixed satellite services

[Satellite News 10-31-08] Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) is the latest satellite operator to believe there potentially is strong demand for satellite broadband services in the consumer market as […]

[Satellite News 10-31-08] France Telecom (Orange), which launched Orange TV via satellite in France in July, has reached 70,000 subscribers for the service, the company announced Oct. 30. The service […]

[Satellite News 10-28-08] ProtoStar hopes to make an impact in the promising DTH markets in Asia by providing capacity aboard its ProtoStar 1 satellite.     The spacecraft, placed in orbit […]

[Satellite News 10-23-08] Cyfrowy Polsat has staked a place as a satellite success story in Eastern Europe, as the company has overtaken Cyfra+ Cyfrowy to become the largest DTH operator […]

[Satellite News 10-21-08] Paradise Datacom won a significant satellite modem contract in Asia, which the company believes shows it can compete better with archrival Comtech EF Data.     Paradise Datacom […]

[Satellite News 1016-08] U.K.-based set-top box vendor Pace is trying to transform itself into a company that could play an integral role in the networked home of the future, CEO […]

[Satellite News 10-14-08] The rebuilding of Iraq’s communications infrastructure topped the agenda at Iraq Telecoms 2008, and satellite is one of six main areas the Iraqi government is focusing on […]

[Satellite News 10-09-08] The spiralling cost of launch services remains a major concern for fixed satellite services (FSS) operators around the globe.     “I believe satellites and launchers are too […]

[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 […]