Author: Staff Writer

Hughes Network Systems’ European VSAT subsidiary, Milton Keynes-based HOT Telecommunications, which also markets the DirecPC service in Europe, unveiled its third satellite earth station last week. HOT managing director Mike...

Italian TV holding Mediaset has increased its stake in Spanish private channel Telecinco, from 25 to 40 per cent. The quota, worth L300 billion (Pounds 101 million), was previously held...

By Amanda L. Kazdoy Several new commercial launchers are creating an atmosphere of stiff competition. To create a truly competitive edge, launch services providers must furnish reliable and cost-effective vehicles....

By Theresa Foley Caching and multicasting weren’t even in the dictionary a few years ago. Today they are next in line to become the big revenue generators for satellite service...

By Cynthia Boeke and Rob Fernandez Each year, Via Satellite quantifies the satellite industry. We look at how the industry is changing based on information from our own internal database,...

by Marc Crossman A new era for all multichannel programs, cable and DBS operators alike, came to life when the U.S. Senate passed a satellite bill in late May that...

by Gerald E. Oberst Jr. Earlier this year, the satellite industry in Europe submitted extensive comments to the European Commission on spectrum resources. These comments, by the Regulatory Working Group...

by Katie McConnell There was a time when some telecommunications analysts proposed that VSATs were an interim product that would eventually be replaced by terrestrial solutions like coaxial cables and...

PanAmSat Corp.’s [SPOT] newest satellite, the PAS 8, last week became the company’s latest bird to malfunction due to a manufacturing flaw. Space Systems/Loral [LOR] engineers are trying to identify...

Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Atlas IIA rocket launched the U.S. Navy’s Ultra High Frequency Follow-on F9 satellite last Wednesday (10/21) into intermediate transfer orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla. The...