One Moment Please: The Internet is Calling--by Satellite
By Peter Brown At the Internet Protocol (IP) via satellite cafe, voice over IP (VoIP) has slipped quite quietly onto the menu. Is VoIP via satellite ready for the main...
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FOREIGN SERVICES PLATFORM LAUNCHES ON 8 WEST
The foreign services platform Fremdsprachenplattform (FSP) which wants to provide independent German cable operators with international radio and television channels from September, will use capacity on Eutelsat’s new ‘Hot Bird’...
Regultory Review: No Satellite Auctions
by Gerry Oberst A small provision in the recent Intelsat privatization law adopted by the United States in mid-March this year could have large implications for the international satellite field....
ONYX TV'S DIGITAL PACKAGE LAUNCHES THIS SUMMER
German adult-oriented music channel Onyx TV is to launch its digital package this summer. In addition, the main channel currently only available in digital on Hot Bird (13 degress East)...
Satellites and Distance Education: Teaching's Final Frontier?
By Katie McConnell Halfway through the first year of the 21st century (or halfway through the last year of the 20th century, depending on which philosophy you subscribe to), the...
INTERNET VIA SATELLITE SATXPRESS LAUNCHES ON SESAT
The operators of medium and large cable networks can provide their customers with high speed Internet access through the soon to be launched SatXpress. The Cologne-based company vsatnet.com is offering...
Dollars and Sense: SPOT Goes On Line
By Mark Crossman and Anh Steininger Panamsat has finally outlined its long-awaited Internet strategy, Net/36, and this will be very positive for the company’s growth prospects going forward. Unfortunately, investors...
MESSIER WANTS STREAM BANNED FROM PLATCO
Jean-Marie Messier, the chairman of French utility and communications giant Vivendi, has requested that Italian pay-TV platform Stream should be excluded from Rupert Murdoch’s planned global satellite holding Platco. The...
Latin America: Satellites Add Spice to an Already Hot Market
By Theresa Foley The face of competition for satellite services in Latin America is changing. Restructurings at Satmex and Embratel are transforming those companies into more effective players. At the...
BANKRUPTCY COURT LEAVES BIDDING FOR IRIDIUM ASSETS OPEN
Gene Curcio, a California-based telecommunications entrepreneur who is leading the $50 million (52.47) bid of Venture Partners. to acquire the assets of the failed Iridium LLC satellite constellation, said he...