AsiaSat Sees Profits And Revenues Dip
AsiaSat, the leading Asian satellite operator, has seen its revenues and profits drop in the first six months of 2003. Its revenues in the first half of 2003 were HK$456...
Author: Staff Writer
Premiere Continues Slow Progress
Premiere, the German satellite pay-TV operator, added less than 100,000 net subscribers in the first six months of 2003. The operator continues to make slow progress towards profitability. By June...
New Skies Continues To Outperform Expectations
New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK] continues to show healthy revenue numbers, which are above most analysts’ expectations. In its second quarter results announced on Aug. 12, the operator announced quarterly...
EchoStar Dishes It Out Once Again
By Thomas Watts EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] continues to outpace the competition, as shown by its second quarter results. EchoStar’s DISH network added 270,000 net new subscribers in the quarter,...
Satellite Regulatory Reform Needed To Bridge International Digital Divide
By Keith Bernard Last month, two officials representing the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) held a press conference in Washington, D.C., outlining developments and upcoming activities for the...
Frownfelter: PanAmSat Unworried By Intelsat
The North American satellite landscape has dramatically changed with Intelsat securing a deal to acquire some of the Loral Space & Communications satellite assets. But, Loral has now confirmed that...
EchoStar Adds Intrigue To Loral Auction
EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] is livening up the bankruptcy court auction for Loral’s North American satellite assets by making an informal proposal to top Intelsat’s $1 billion offer. Loral entered...
Loral's Financial Results Show Steep Slide
New York-based Loral Space and Communications’ financial performance slipped during the second quarter, reflecting a continuing deterioration of the company’s condition that led it to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy court...
Satellite TV Providers Challenge Law
DirecTV and EchoStar Communications [NYSE: DISH] have filed a lawsuit against Tennessee’s Commissioner of Revenue that challenges the sales tax imposed on direct broadcast satellite (DBS) customers. The sales tax...
Loral, Mitsubishi Complete Testing
The Optus C1 communications satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for SingTel Optus and the Australian Department of Defence under a contract with Mitsubishi Electric, has successfully completed a complex...