Focus: Broadcasting

Showtime, the Middle East DTH operator, is unlikely to have an initial public offering (IPO) this year as CEO Marc-Antoine d’Halluin admitted that an IPO "is not part of our […]

After a delay of approximately two years, a new Freesat service is likely to launch in the United Kingdom early next year. The BBC and ITV, two of the U.K.’s […]

Norsat Norsat International Inc. made a final payment on its $1 million short-term debt, the company announced May 31, marking the first time since 1983 that the company had been […]

The world is becoming more mobile as populations demand continuous access to content for business and for pleasure. This increased desire for mobility presents strong opportunities for satellite players in […]

Bahrain Telecommunications Co. (Batelco) believes satellite technology will be a vital element in its growth strategy as it looks to become a bigger player across the Middle East. The Bahrain-based […]

SES Global posted positive results in the 2007 first quarter that were in line with expectations, but the talk among analysts stemmed from comments by SES hinting at potential savings […]

Sirius Satellite Radio reported a narrower loss in its latest quarter, signing up more subscribers than rival XM Satellite Radio in the first three months of 2007. New York-based Sirius […]

India will be one of the biggest markets for satellite pay-TV services throughout the next few years. Dish TV, backed by Zee Telefilms, already is seeing strong growth in this […]

BSkyB’s acquisition of a 17.9 percent stake in ITV could be heading the way of the U.K. Competition Commission after both Ofcom, the U.K. communications regulator, and the Office of […]

As governments throughout the world make improving education a more important goal, many are beginning to embrace — and help fund — satellite-enabled initiatives. Satellite-related technology has proven to be […]

Customers are seeking robust encoding solutions that are futureproof and can be easily adapted to meet the needs of a marketplace where mobile content delivery requirements are emerging to join […]

Thales Alenia Space signed its first commercial deal with a new customer, Telenor. In what ultimately proved to be a two-horse race, Thales Alenia Space beat out Orbital Sciences Corp., […]

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. reported revenues of $264 million in the 2007 first quarter, an increase of 27 percent over revenues of $208 million in the same period in […]

Germany’s Premiere signed an agreement to use SES Astra’s Entavio digital satellite platform, the first pay-TV client for the service, SES Astra announced April 19. "The agreement with Premiere is […]

Avanti Screenmedia has completed the demerger of Avanti Communications, which will allow the satellite networks business to concentrate on building a successful business in the satellite arena. Now that the […]

Jacinto Palacios, the new CEO of Ondas Media, believes his experiences at Hispasat and other technology companies provides him with the tools to lead Ondas through the challenge of launching […]

Gateway Communications will launch a new direct-to-home (DTH) platform in sub-Saharan Africa one of the biggest potential markets for DTH services anywhere in the world, with a target market of […]

Envivio Inc. will supply a Mobile TV headend for a DVB-H pilot program operated by India’s Doordarshan, Envivio announced April 12. Doordarshan, the national television service of India, provides public […]

SISLink has secured a contract to supply Sky News and Five News with satellite services for the next five years, SISLink announced April 12. Included in the deal are 17 […]

Turner Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS) signed a multi-year agreement with SES Americom for two additional transponders aboard the AMC-3 and AMC-5 satellites to deliver CNN news gathering and special events […]

Batelco, the main telco in Bahrain, entered into an agreement with Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) for capacity on the southern Ku-band beam of the ABS-1 satellite to provide VSAT services […]

Globalstar Inc. has launched a satellite airtime rate plan, which will provide customers in the United States with unlimited satellite voice minutes for calls to the United States, Canada and […]

SES Americom unveiled a high-definition service intended to provide a bandwidth home to customers using IP-based connectivity platforms for providing voice and data communication to satellite newsgathering (SNG) trucks, the […]

Modulus Video Inc. introduced the MRE2000 family—a new class of video receiver/encoder systems intended to streamlines direct broadcast satellite (DBS) and IPTV headend operations, the company announced April 10. Based […]

Mobile TV will produce a variety of satellite opportunities for S-band direct access and Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) channel distribution/backhauling in many markets, a study from NSR found. S-band services […]

Direct-to-home provider Home2US signed a contract with SES Americom to deliver content via the IP Prime service, SES announced April 9. Under the agreement, SES will begin delivering channels such […]

Telesat’s Anik F3 satellite was carried into orbit aboard a Proton rocket, Telesat and International Launch Services (ILS) announced April 10. The spacecraft, manufactured by EADS Astrium, is equipped with […]

Optus, the Australian telco owned by Singapore Telecom, already has 25 percent of the capacity sold on its D3 satellite. Optus announced April 3 it will invest in a new […]

The continued flow of rhetoric between the interested parties concerning the proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio has seemed itself to provide enough content for a […]

SISLink, which recently signed a deal to supply ITV Sport with satellite facilities for its Formula 1 race coverage over the next four years, hopes the deal will be a […]