Mark Holmes

Talia, a satellite voice and Internet service provider, known for its operations in Africa and the Middle East, is now targeting becoming part of the vibrant Latin American communications market […]

The pace of change in broadcasting is always stark when you attend an event like IBC, where the talk will undoubtedly center on the latest innovations in broadcasting such as […]

If 2010 was the year that saw 3-D TV start to enter the mainstream consciousness, 2011 is the year where DTH operators started to make good on their strategies in […]

[Satellite News 09-02-11] MNC Sky Vision has reached one million DTH subscribers in Indonesia, one of Asia’s potentially biggest growth markets for satellite communications. The company has historically grown on […]

To compete in a multi-faceted video environment, DTH operators must answer this question: How can future growth strategies be adapted to leverage technology that works alongside satellite? Today’s broadcast market […]

Airlines operate in an increasingly competitive market and in-flight connectivity could become a key method of gaining passenger loyalty. A number of airlines are now looking to strike deals to […]

There are a number of factors that have placed the military satellite communications landscape in a state of evolution. With most countries in the western world coming to grips with […]

[Satellite News 08-25-11] Satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) rallied back from a slowdown in satellite orders earlier this year, winning contract orders from Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) and Singtel Optus. […]

[Satellite News 08-19-11] Pakistani national satellite operator Paksat could commission new satellites as early as next year, as capacity sales on its new satellite Paksat-1R, launched last week, were better […]

[Satellite News 08-16-11] After struggling to capitalize early on its new broadband services, satellite operator Thaicom is finally reporting healthy revenue contributions from its Ipstar offering, which could help the […]

[Satellite News 08-15-11] SES Astra considers its most recent contract agreement with satellite hardware manufacturer Newtec an important step in developing both its Ka- and Ku-band strategy, according to Patrick […]

[Satellite News 08-15-11] SES Astra considers its most recent contract agreement with satellite hardware manufacturer Newtec an important step in developing both its Ka- and Ku-band strategy, according to Patrick […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 08-10-11] Emerging markets will experience stronger TV set shipment growth over the next four years than more developed markets, according to an IMS Research report issued Aug. […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-11] U.S. telco Verizon is adding mobile satellite solutions to its private IP service suite, the company announced Aug. 8.    By leveraging Verizon’s multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) […]

The satellite capacity situation in Latin America is becoming much more difficult to manage for both satellite operators and capacity buyers. Werner Schuler, CEO of Media Networks Latin America (MNLA), a company […]

The Latin America region has probably frustrated and intrigued the satellite sector in equal measure throughout the years. With economic instability rife in the early part of the previous decade, […]

Exciting government projects, strong demand for capacity and economies showing growth even in difficult times — the Latin American region ticks all the boxes to be a lucrative market for […]

With demands for the finite resource of satellite bandwidth consistently on the rise, the challenge for both operators and service providers is to increase optimization and management efforts. In order […]

[Satellite News 07-29-11] While the latest financial reports issued July 29 from Eutelsat Communications and SES provided an overall positive outlook for the two FSS operators, the conservative results received […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-25-11] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) generated revenues of $44.53 million in its 2011 fiscal second quarter, according to its latest financial results issued July 22. While TSBc’s figures […]

[Satellite News 07-20-11] Satélites Mexicanos (Satmex) only has about five percent of capacity on its fleet left to sell, Satmex Vice President of Business Development Clemente Cabello told Satellite News. […]

[Satellite News 07-12-11] Eutelsat Communications’ much talked about dedicated Ka-band satellite Ka-Sat has now entered into commercial service as the operator finds itself leading the satellite industry into a new […]

“Times, they are a-changing.” Bob Dylan made the phrase famous in the 1960s and now, almost 50 years later, expansions in technology have made it all too apparent again. We […]

Latin America as a region has probably frustrated and intrigued the satellite sector in equal measure through the years. With economic instability rife in the early part of the previous […]

[Satellite News 06-30-11] In May, SES streamlined its management structure as part of a strategy that consolidates SES Astra and SES World Skies’ activities in order to meet the increasing […]

[Satellite News 06-29-11] Earlier this year, SES CEO Romain Bausch said that it was “reaching crunch time” for its Solaris Mobile joint venture with Eutelsat, as its progress in gaining […]

[Satellite News 06-24-11] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) will announce next week which company has won the contract to launch its new Thor 7 satellite, TSBc CEO Cato Halsaa, told Satellite […]

[Satellite News 06-22-11] The satellite capacity situation in Latin America is becoming a “nightmare,” according to the CEO of one of the region’s most influential communications companies, and a major […]

[Satellite News 06-16-11] China Great Wall Industry Corp. (CGWIC), which was established in 1980, is the sole commercial organization authorized by the Chinese government to provide satellites, commercial launch services […]

[Satellite News 06-09-11] Major airlines are confident that the market for in-flight entertainment and connectivity services is going to heat-up in the next year as investments in satellite-based solutions and […]