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Mobile Satellite Ventures said it selected Evercore Partners to provide financial, fundraising and strategic advisory services to the company to ensure there is the financial and partner support necessary for...

It has been a busy few days for U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB. Firstly, its managing director of Sky Networks, Dawn Airey gave a keynote speech at Reed Midem‘s MIPTV...

Arrowhead Global Solutions said that former SES Americom President and CEO Dean Olmstead will succeed Mary Ann Elliot as the company’s president. Elliot will continue on as Arrowhead chairman. “The...

LAS VEGAS–A quick tour of the exhibit halls at this year’s National Association of Broadcasters annual trade show held last week, revealed that high-definition TV (HDTV) and IPTV (television over...

Russia is one of the largest potential markets for pay-TV worldwide. It has a population in excess of 140 million people and with still very low digital television penetration; the...

For Southern California, which has been plagued in recently years with wildfires, earthquakes, flooding and other disasters, having a satellite-based emergency response system is crucial for keeping its emergency services...

LAS VEGAS–With the company’s initial public offering (IPO) on the market for about a month and its quiet period officially over, Panamsat Corp. CEO Joseph Wright sat down with Satellite...

With much of the talk on Panamsat‘s IPO last month focused on the dividends that were paid out from the proceeds and from a dividend declaration that took place only...

In a previous Spotlight, we highlighted the use of satellite telephones to help keep soldiers in Iraq in touch with their families. WorldGate Communications Inc. is looking to take that...

GlobeCast no longer sees itself purely as a satellite services provider. That is the key message as the operator gets ready to launch a new offering, which it believes will...