Mark Holmes

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-10-11] O3b Networks has entered into a framework agreement with Middle East telco Etisalat to enable its operating companies to benefit from O3b services under a separate […]

[Satellite News 02-10-11] Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall is ramping up for a busy year in 2011 with plans to launch Soyuz and Vega rockets alongside its Ariane 5 workhorse […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-09-11] German teleport and satellite service provider Central European Telecom Services (CETel) will acquire SeaMobile Europe in an effort to leverage its strong presence in Africa and […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-08-11] RRSat Global Communications Network saw revenues increase in 2010 compared to 2009, but overall profits fall. These were two of the highlights of its full-year results […]

Astrium Services continues to serve as an important part of Astrium’s space business following its acquisition of ND SatCom its partnership agreements with Cisco and Telesat. The development of the […]

With companies embracing cloud computing solutions, the onus is on service providers to come up with solutions to tailor to customers’ needs. ND SatCom, which has become a ‘Citrix Ready […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-07-11] SES World Skies signed a capacity deal with Buenos Aires-based service provider TIBA to distribute its channels across the Latin American region, SES announced Feb. 4. […]

[Satellite News 02-07-11] The European Commission’s (EC) Galileo and European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) mid-term review, released Jan. 18, revealed that satellite navigation programs would now cost more than […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-04-11] Satellite set-top box shipments in 2010 declined 8 percent in North America and Western Europe, according to research issued Feb. 2 by In-Stat.     In the […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-03-11] SES Astra has entered into a contract with Italian network operator Tivuitalia to provide capacity from the 31.5 degrees East orbital position, SES Astra announced Feb. […]

[Satellite News 02-02-11] The Indian DTH market is set to see explosive growth over the next two years, with potentially another 20 million subscribers being added by the end of […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-01-11] The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST), the organization behind DubaiSat, has teamed up with Bigelow Aerospace to initiate a next-generation human spaceflight program […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-31-11] In an effort to diversify its service portfolio, BSkyB has acquired U.K. public Wi-Fi operator The Cloud, BSkyB announced in its half-year results issued Jan. 27. […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-26-11] Sky Deutschland has raised approximately 165 million euros ($225.08 million) in financing as part of an effort to kick-start 2011 as a turnaround year, the satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-26-11] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has developed a satellite, Surrey’s Training, Research and Nanosatellite Demonstrator (Strand-1), containing advanced commercial-off-the-shelf technologies that include a smartphone payload, the […]

[Satellite News 01-26-11] Astrium Services continues to serve as an important part of Astrium’s space business following its acquisition of ND SatCom its partnership agreements with Cisco and Telesat. The […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-25-11] Astrium Services hopes its contract with the German Bundeswehr to deliver welfare communication services to deployed troops will give the company an opening to provide the […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-24-11] Avanti Communications won two contracts for Hylas-1 satellite capacity for further developing and demonstrating technology to deliver video to the edge of terrestrial networks, the company […]

[Satellite News 01-24-11] Microsat Systems Canada’s (MSCI’s) CommStellation, a 78-satellite constellation to target the North American backhaul market, surprised satellite industry analysts, as the value of its potential growth and […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-21-11] The European Commission (EC) now estimates that the Galileo and European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) satellite navigation programs will cost more than 5.3 billion euros […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-20-11] U.K. set-top box hardware manufacturer Pace signed a deal to provide Canal Digital Sweden with Pace’s MDC1000 head-end platform in an effort to expand the company’s […]

[Satellite News 01-20-11] Microsat Systems Canada (MSCI) hopes its plans to build and launch CommStellation, a constellation of 78 low-Earth orbit microsatellites, will propel the company to the forefront of […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-19-11] SES Astra has entered the Bulgarian pay-TV market through a deal with DTH operator Satellite BG, SES Astra announced Jan. 17.     Satellite BG will use […]

[Satellite News 01-18-11] Despite meeting its targets in the space business in 2010, satellite manufacturer Astrium found it difficult to build off of a strong year in 2009 and saw […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-18-11] Eutelsat continued its fast-paced start to 2011, signing a launch contract with Arianespace and a capacity deal with Eastern European telco T-Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT) in Croatia, […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-17-11] The value of the worldwide pay-TV market increased by 7.1 percent to $381.5 billion in 2010, signaling a return to positive revenue growth after the sector […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-14-11] Sky Deutschland added more than 180,000 subscribers in 2010, picking up about 40,000 during the fourth quarter to reach a total of 2.65 million customers in […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-13-11] Astrium posted preliminary overall revenues of 5 billion euros ($6.47 billion) in 2010, a 4 percent increase compared to 2009, the company announced Jan. 12.     Astrium […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-12-11] John Cresswell has been named Arqiva’s CEO, replacing Tom Bennie, who is stepping down after 32 years with the company, Arqiva announced Jan. 11. Cresswell, who […]

[Satellite News 01-12-10] NTV Plus, one of a new wave of DTH operators in Eastern Europe, is aiming to be the pay-TV market leader in the lucrative Russian market, with […]