Mark Holmes

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-11]  DirecTV has started field trial testing for its DirecTV Home Media Center, the company announced May 18. It will ultimately provide customers with a ‘receiver-less’ solution for […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-11]  Stratos Global has won a new communications contract with a major Indian shipping operator, the company announced May 18.             It has been selected by the Shipping […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-20-11] Intelsat General has won a contract to provide comprehensive satellite connectivity to the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS). The deal was announced May 18. […]

[Satellite News 05-20-11] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has reached another important milestone having secured another $215 million in financing that will fund most of its capital expenditure plans in the […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-19-11] Asia Broadcast Satellite has secured $215 million in new funding, the company announced May 18. It has closed a $215 million five-year senior bank loan from a […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-19-11]  Orbcomm has completed a deal to acquire substantially all of the assets of StarTrak Systems from Alanco Technologies, the company announced May 18.             StarTrak is a […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-19-11]  VT iDirect (iDirect) will offer new Web and UDP optimization solutions through a reseller agreement with XipLink, the two companies announced May 17.             The new optimization […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-19-11] ViaSat has won a new contract worth $40 million from Thales Alenia Space, the company announced May 17. ViaSat will supply Ka-band transmit-receive (T/R) modules to Thales […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-19-11] Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Kratos) has sealed a deal worth $266 million to acquire Integral Systems in a cash and stock transaction. Integral will be […]

[Satellite News 05-19-11] The consequences of the U.S. Congress not providing adequate funding for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program could be “catastrophic” in the long-term. This is the […]

[Satellite News 05-18-11] Global Crossing recently signed a new satellite capacity deal with SES World Skies to support growth it is seeing in Latin America. Pablo Yañez, Senior Data Product […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-18-11] Gilat Satellite Networks saw strong increases in revenues and profits its first quarter, the company reported May 17.             The company noted revenues of $80 million in […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-18-11] TS2 Satellite Technologies has won a significant new contract with the Government Protection Bureau (GPB) in Poland, the company announced May 17.      TS2 will provide global […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-17-11]  Cyfrowy Polsat has now close to 3.5 million DTH subscribers in Poland. This was one of the highlights of its first quarter results issued May 17.      […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-18-11]  RRSat Global Communications has appointed Shlomo Shamir as its new chairman, the company  announced May 16.       Shamir will replace Gilad Ramot, who will remain as a […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-18-11] Sky Deutschland, Germany’s largest satellite pay-TV operator, could reach the breakeven point by 2012. Morgan Stanley equity analyst Patrick Wellington issued a new report on the […]

 [Satellite TODAY 05-17-11]  The price for broadband service is falling dramatically across the globe, according to the ITU. According to recent figures, consumers and businesses are paying on average more […]

 [Satellite TODAY 05-17-11] Joseph Clayton is to become the new CEO and President of Dish Network, the company announced May 16.       Charlie Ergen, who formerly held the positions […]

 [Satellite TODAY 05-17-11]  [Satellite TODAY 05-17-11]  Eutelsat Communications has announced details of a new deal with Russian satellite operator, Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC). The two companies will look to […]

 [Satellite TODAY 05-17-11]  Telenor Connexion, a provider of M2M solutions to business for life critical applications, has made a series of new appointments in North America. The company has appointed […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-17-11] EMS Technologies, which offers connectivity solutions across a number of different segments, saw its space and defense business struggle in the first quarter this year. This […]

[Satellite News 05-16-11] European satellite analysts’ continue to remain positive on the satellite sector after noting the latest results issued by European FSS heavyweights Eutelsat Communications and SES. In its […]

SES’s plan to launch its SES-8 satellite on a SpaceX vehicle may be the first sign that more competition — and possibly lower prices — could be coming to the […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-18-11] Global pay-TV subscriptions rose 6 percent last year, with satellite pay-TV giants DirecTV and Dish Network contributing 19.6 million and 14.1 million subscribers, respectively in 2010, […]

Albanian broadband provider Starsat’s focus over the next year is to bring the benefits of satellite data services to rural parts of Albania where there is no terrestrial infrastructure. The […]

Gilat Satellite Networks incorporated manufacturers Raysat Antenna Systems and Wavestream as  key elements of the company’s strategy to beef up its overall capabilities and focus on civil government, defense and […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-15-11] Gilat won a contract with Telecom Namibia to provide a SkyEdge 2 broadband satellite network to serve hundreds of locations throughout Namibia, Gilat announced April 14. […]

[Satellite News 04-15-11] Albania’s communist past has left the Eastern European country of 3 million people with very little terrestrial infrastructure, making it a healthy market for satellite TV and […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-14-11] SES selected Arianespace to launch the Astra 2E satellite in the 2013 second quarter as part of SES’s multi-launch agreement with Arianespace, the companies announced April […]

[Satellite News 04-14-11] Tullow Oil has exploration operations spread around the globe, making its communications needs very complex. Tullow looks to use a mix of satellite and fiber to meet […]