Industry At Large
People GILAT: Names New Spacenet CEO Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. named Bill Gerety as the new CEO of its Spacenet subsidiary. Prior to joining Spacenet, Gerety served as acting CEO...
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FCC FOCUS: FCC Adopts Further Measures To Streamline Satellite Licensing
By John Quale, Brian Weimer and John Beahn Seeking to further expedite the review of satellite and earth station applications, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in July 2003 released yet...
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Linking Winners By Satellite
Harrah’s Creates Customer Excitement by James Careless When it comes to attracting and keeping customers, Harrah’s Entertainment does not rely on casinos disguised as theme parks. Instead, this veteran of...
Regulatory Review: Europe's Satellite Action Plan Plenary
by Gerry Oberst This past July, the European Commission (EC) sponsored a plenary meeting in Brussels regarding the longstanding EC Satellite Action Plan (SAP). The EC initiated the SAP in...
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Europe And SNG: What Broadcasters Need And What SNG Providers Are Offering
Like their North American counterparts, European satellite news gathering (SNG) crews are furiously busy these days. Whether it is covering breaking news such as the recent Iraq War, political events...
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...