Connectivity

A quarter century has passed since Wal-Mart rolled out its M/A-COM (later acquired by Hughes) Ku-band VSAT network. The innovative technology allowed the retailer to displace a terrestrial network made...

With consumers growing ever more demanding in terms of accessing content, the job for the traditional set-top box manufacturer has become much tougher. As content providers and distributors look to...

I did not intend to have three stories in the September issue that expressed the same theme, but by the time the writers had finished their work, articles that looked...

KidsCo is emerging as a key player in the ultra-competitive kids broadcasting market, particularly in Europe. With young audiences some of the most demanding around the globe, the broadcasters that...

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has taken stock of development goals for worldwide information and communication technologies (ICTs) midway between the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2005...

Numerous studies forecast massive growth in the consumption of video services via mobile devices, some predicting that mobile video will account for two-thirds of mobile handheld data use by 2015,...

If a maritime vessel is in no-man’s land, does that equate to being in no-rules land? With regards to satellite maritime communications, it may appear so, but it’s not quite...

French broadcaster Lagardère Active signed a deal in April to make its content available to the YouTube community in France, as Lagardère Active looks to cater to consumers who want...

Eutelsat and ictQatar announced in May a strategic alliance for the joint procurement of a communications satellite to be positioned in Eutelsat’s 25.5 East orbital slot. ictQatar is the Qatari...

[Satellite TODAY 09-01-10] France Telecom has partnered with Newtec to expand Orange’s IP-over-satellite broadband services in Africa to sub-Saharan countries, Newtec announced Aug. 31. Orange has initiated a program of...