Author: Staff Writer

By Theresa Foley The ranks of bankers and finance professionals involved in the satellite industry have multiplied in the last few years to match the need for investment to build...

By Jimmy Schaeffler Say what you will about competition, it works. Clearly, there can be no better example of competition at work than the growth of the Direct Broadcast Satellite...

By Gerry Oberst The satellite sector seems to rely on a vast library of arcane terms and acronyms that complicate the entire area and freeze out newcomers. Little-known groups at...

By James Careless “It’s an ill wind that blows no good.” In modern English, what this old cliché means is that something good usually comes out of every tragedy. In...

An Interview With Romain Bausch By Cynthia Boeke For many years, Intelsat, and more recently Panamsat, has enjoyed top billing as the”world’s largest satellite operator.” Last year, however, another company...

By Nick Mitsis The global satellite manufacturing marketplace continues to be a highly competitive business. Thinner margins and shorter production cycles are often cited as the cause of a recent...

Cyfra+ has unveiled its new channel line-up in Poland. The “new” Cyfra+ (called Nowa Cyfra+ in Polish) is a combination between the old Cyfra+ and UPC’s satellite platforms. It is...

Call for the building and commercialisation of a new satellite for Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus emerged from a ministerial meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Feb. 14. According to a memorandum...

Reports are emerging that Chinese authorities are cracking down on the illegal use of satellite dishes. Shanghai is a particular focus of attention. Dish-ownership is tightly controlled and so-called “work...

Debt-strapped satellite, transmission and cable company NTL is quitting Australia, selling out its 578 towers to Macquarie Bank for A$850 million (US$439 million) in cash. NTL bought Australia’s National Transmission...