Author: Staff Writer

SES Astra, L1 Ink Broadcasting Deal

SES Astra announced July 4 it entered into an agreement with Netherlands-based regional broadcaster L1 to provide free-to-air broadcasts of L1 TV and L1 Radio via the Astra satellite at...

Spot Image Names New CEO

Spot Image announced July 4 that its board of directors named Herve Buchwalter as the company’s new chairman and CEO at a June 22 meeting. He succeeds Jean-Marc Nasr, who...

Kadish Joins Board Of Orbital Sciences

Orbital Sciences Corp. named Ronald Kadish, the former director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, to the company’s board of directors, Orbital announced June 30. Kadish retired from the Air...

Viasat Brings In Extra Channels

Viasat Broadcasting, a wholly owned subsidiary of Modern Times Group (MTG), signed content deals to boost its direct-to-home and Internet protocol television packages in the Nordic and Baltic regions. Viasat...

Satellite Broadcasts Across National Borders

By Gerry Oberst While U.S. policy makers are concerned about the broadcasting of indecent material and adult content, Europeans are wrestling with a different kind of content issue–satellite- delivered programming...