Mark Holmes

The September failure of an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton rocket is the latest incident that has led to a tightening of capacity in the launch services market. The Proton […]

Approximately a year after becoming an independent company, International Launch Services Inc. (ILS) was in the midst of a record year in 2007 before a September Proton failure halted the […]

[11-01-07 – Satellite News] NDS, the conditional access and middleware vendor which generates around 80 percent of its revenues from satellite players, has signed another deal with a start-up direct-to-home […]

Boeing, which has had a limited role in the commercial launch market for several years, could be set to make more of an impact in this area, according to Ken […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite News] SES Global is likely to order two new satellites over the next few weeks, SES Global CEO, Romain Bausch said Oct. 29 during a conference call […]

Arianespace is one of the leading players in the launch services arena offering customers a variety of launch vehicles and options and also has signed a number of deals in […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite News] Finding the next generation of executives and talent is one of the key challenges facing the space industry, and the Isle of Man is set to […]

Sea Launch had a rough start in 2008 with the January launch failure that destroyed the NSS-8 satellite. Since then, the company has been working hard toward a return to […]

[10-26-07 – Satellite News] Inmarsat’s launch of SwiftBroadband service, capable of supporting broadband IP data at speeds up to 432kbps, is a significant milestone for the company as it looks […]

[10-25-07 – Satellite News] Over the last couple of weeks, two major research organizations, IMS Research and ABI Research have released detailed market reports on the set-top box arena. ABI […]

[10-23-07 – Satellite News] Dogan TV, a major media group in Turkey, is using satellite technology to extend its reach into the digital TV market. Earlier this year, Dogan announced […]

[10-18-07 – Satellite News] Intelsat’s deal to acquire 10 transponders on Telenor Satellite Broadcasting‘s Thor 6 satellite, to be launched in 2009, is an indication that Intelsat expects strong growth […]

[10-16-07 – Satellite News]  SES Sirius managing director Håkan Sjödin is optimistic that the operator’s Sirius 4 satellite will be in orbit before the end of the year despite the […]

[10-12-07 – Satellite News] Throughout the last three years, the global teleport sector has posted revenue growth of 17 percent, while the number of teleports operated by commercial and broadcast […]

The Conditional Access (CA) market has been dominated by industry heavyweights NDS and the Kudelski Group, as both companies have beefed up their offerings in recent years and now offer […]

‘N’, the Polish direct-to-home (DTH) platform, owned by ITI Neovision, a subsidiary of the ITI Group, one of Poland’s leading media and entertainment groups, is one of a wave of […]

[10-5-07 – Satellite News]  Shin Satellite, the Thai-based satellite operator, will likely launch its groundbreaking ‘HD Cinema’ service outside of Thailand in the next year. The operator announced this week […]

The diversification of traditional direct-to-home (DTH) players is continuing as BSkyB unveiled details of a new digital terrestrial (DTT) service, and EchoStar announced it will acquire Sling Media as well […]

Driven by Communism and the Cold War, Russia ushered in the satellite age in October 1957 with the launch of Sputnik. Today, the country is one of the biggest single […]

Thales Alenia Space, one of the major players in the satellite manufacturing arena, has been boosted recently by winning a huge satellite contract in the Middle East. Al Yah Satellite […]

With a number of satellite operators and direct-to-home players fighting for business, the Middle East remains a fierce region in which to do business. While fixed satellite services operators such […]

September has seen two significant deals in the European military space, as Italian satellite operator Telespazio won a contract from the Italian Defence Ministry for the launch and operation of […]

Belgian satellite solutions provider Newtec is revamping its management structure to better deal with the needs of customers and may also look to make more commercially minded acquisitions, the company’s […]

The satellite set-top box market is a very competitive arena dominated by players such as Thomson, Pace Micro Technology and Philips. But these players received a surprise in August when […]

[09/14/07 – Satellite News] Smart Communications CEO Napoleon Nazareno admitted to Satellite News it was “a possibility” that the operator could use satellite technology when offering mobile TV services in […]

[Satellite News – 9-13-07] It is not every day a major European pay-TV operator enters into a new market with a population of close to 50 million people, but that […]

Inmarsat’s announcement earlier this year that the company planned to enter the handheld market is a bold statement of intent. The company aims to be a key player in the […]

[09/12/07 – Satellite News] Inmarsat’s announcement earlier this year that the company planned to enter the handheld market is a bold statement of intent. The company aims to be a […]

Pace Micro Technology is launching a new business unit, Pace Networks, which it hopes will enable satellite pay-TV operators to effectively deploy advanced solutions to their customers, particularly in urban […]

[09/05/07 – Satellite News] Industry leaders continued to debate the state of the satellite industry today at Euroconsult’s World Summit for Satellite Financing in Paris. Panels today looked at the […]