Author: Staff Writer

by Theresa Foley When will fiber make satellites obsolete? The question has been posed for decades, and now the answer appears to be…Never! New high-capacity undersea fiber cables with 50...

by Stephane Chenard Well, here it is: the year 2000. It looks like personal helicopters are missing from the picture (but then, so are those unpleasant food pills and seceding...

by Robustiano Fernandez With the beginning of a new millennium, much attention will be given towards taking stock of past achievements and setting new goals for the future. The commercial...

By Theresa Foley Via Satellite’s annual crystal-ball gazing exercise, involving some of the top CEOs in the satellite industry, finds few surprises in store for the year ahead: too many...

by Cynthia Boeke In many respects, 1999 was a roller-coaster year in satellite history. It will be remembered as the year when two high-profile mobile satellite ventures declared bankruptcy, U.S....

by Peter J. Brown Several companies are making substantial contributions in terms of enhancing the performance of satellite networks. Greater reliability and efficiency means getting more bang for the buck...

European satellite operator Eutelsat launched a new thematic arts channel on December 12 launched, which will be on the air up till December 31. Ars TV Eutelsat Premium Channel is...

Described as Europe’s only network to cater exclusively for family entertainment, the Dream Family Network (DFN) went live last week (December 1) from Sirius 2. Dream Family Network is backed...

London-based media consultancy Inview Media has won a major marketing contract from The Money Channel. The agreement follows Inview’s ongoing negotiations for the distribution of the channel throughout Europe. In...

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter has given a ‘neutral’ rating to Silvio Berlusconi’s broadcasting company Mediaset, currently the subject of sell-off rumours involving News Corp (see Interspace 682). Morgan Stanley argues...