Author: Staff Writer

U.S.-based satellite service provider PanAmSat is hoping for a successful year in Latin America despite the recent announcement that one of its biggest customers in the region, DirecTV Latin America...

The interactive TV revolution is well underway. This was the main message coming out of the recent MILIA 2003 show in Cannes, France. With seemingly more and more channels being...

Telesat Canada and Storm Internet Services, an Ottawa, Canada-based subsidiary of International Datacasting [Toronto: IDC], are teaming to provide satellite-based broadband services to rural and remote areas of Canada. The...

In the previous edition of Interspace (issue 765), in the AsiaSat story titled “Despite lower revenues, AsiaSat CEO still hopeful,” the table within the story states that AsiaSat 4’s final...

Space Imaging, a Thornton, Colo.-based provider of Earth imagery and related services to commercial and government markets, has signed contracts with four Brazilian companies – Engesat, GisPlan, Infostrata and Threetek...

SES Americom’s deal with EchoStar to provide satellite capacity on its AMC-15 satellite is a key first step in bringing a European wholesale model for direct-to-home (DTH) services across to...

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a Miramar, Fla.-based provider of satellite-based communications to the cruise and offshore oil and gas rigs, has signed an agreement with Holland America Line to provide...

News Corp has had a double boost in the last week. Its deal to merge Telepiu and Stream in Italy is expected to be approved by the European Commission. It...

Canal+ Technologies CEO Francois Carayol expects conditional access and middleware technology vendor to play a key role in industry consolidation. He pointed to Thomson Multimedia’s acquisition of Canal+ Technologies from...

Canal Satellite, the French satellite pay-TV operator, is raising the stakes in the personal video recorder (VCR) arena by deploying Pilotime, a next-generation set-top box (STB) designed by Thomson, with...