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Then and Now–Some Parting Words From The Via Satellite Podium For the past 11 years, I have had the privilege of observing, analyzing and interacting with the commercial communications satellite […]

by David Hartshorn When the meeting began, there were about 50 of us in the room, mostly regulators, who had flown in from emerging regions of the world–Africa, Asia, the […]

James Careless Despite economic hard times, distance learning via satellite is alive and well. That is the message Via Satellite is hearing from one-way and two-way satellite carriers, equipment manufacturers […]

by Armand Musey The business of building new commercial satellites is severely depressed. A number of factors are driving this slow down. One main factor is that the satellite industry […]

by Gerry Oberst China experienced its equivalent of “Captain Midnight” in late June this year. Although the facts are murky, and may never be fully known, it appears that the […]

Several satellites have emerged as the best in the business for serving cable systems after years of development, and have aggregated attractive neighborhoods of top programmers. They include SES Americom’s […]

Theresa Foley The biggest customers in the satellite world often control 20, 50 or even 100 transponders, giving them as much clout and influence over the industry as satellite operators […]

Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 90 degreesE: Yamal 102 D Russia’s Radio Yunost (Youth Channel) has launched on 3530 MHz LHCP via APID 257 in clear MPEG-2. 83 […]

Eutelsat has concluded an agreement with the InterSputnik International Organisation of Space Communications, under which InterSputnik will sell Eutelsat’s satellite capacity and satellite communications services. InterSputnik Director General Gennady Kudryavtsev […]

U.S. satellite radio operators are facing real funding problems right now. Interspace recently reported that XM Satellite Radio might need an extra $600 million to reach cashflow breakeven. It now […]

Astrium is one of the main players in the European satellite manufacturing market. It has recently seen EADS take full control of the company. Astrium has undergone a widespread restructuring […]

The merger between Spanish satellite pay-TV platforms Via Digital and Sogecable moved a step nearer completion after the European Commission announced earlier this month that it was up to the […]

The third satellite owned and operated by Saudi Arabia will be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in November.According to Prince Turki ibn Muhammed,who is in charge of the country ‘s […]

EchoStar VIII,a direct broadcast satellite built for EchoStar by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L),was successfully launched on Aug.22.EchoStar VIII is located at the 110 degrees West longitude orbital position.It is designed to […]

Pramer ,a wholly-owned unit of Liberty Media and one of Latin America’s largest cable programmers, has signed a deal with New Skies Satellite to expand Pramer ‘s capacity on the […]

Premiere, the ill-fated pay-TV broadcaster majority owned by troubled German media company Kirch Group, now considers itself saved from the risk of having to file for insolvency after a milestone […]

Neun Live, the successful German viewer participation channel that replaced the ill-fated women’s channel TM3 in September 2001, has revealed plans to expand into other European countries. According to Neun […]

Premiere, the ill-fated German pay-TV broadcaster majority owned by troubled media company Kirch Group, has recently gained fresh support from the receiver manufacturers. Joining Humax, Galaxis, TechniSat, Hirschmann and Samsung, […]

D = Digital A = Analog 83 degreesE: Insat 2E & 3B D Jeevan TV has officially launched in clear MPEG-2 on 3645 MHz vertical, VPID 513, APID 660. This […]

Canal Satelite Digital (CSD), the satellite pay-TV satellite platform of Spain’s Sogecable, gained less than 80,000 subscribers during the fiscal year ended June 2002. The poor performance of Canal Satelite […]

PanAmSat has launched a video-on-demand (VOD) and a digital store & forward (DSF) service that aims to reduce the costs involved in distributing video content. The two new services upgrade […]

BSkyB’s latest results only serve to reinforce its role as the standard bearer for pay-TV operators in Europe. Its six million subscribers as of June 30 were ahead of most […]

New Skies Satellites expects to clear any debt it picks up through its satellite rollout programme by the end of 2004. The operator, which has recently launched its NSS-7 satellite, […]

LAS VEGAS–A major thrust for satellite radio is to convince consumers that commercial-free music channels are worth a monthly subscription fee and equipment costs. XM Satellite Radio offers most of […]

NDS and Kudelski could be in a two-way fight for Canal+ Technologies, the conditional access (CA) vendor put up for sale by Vivendi Universal. NDS CFO Rick Medlock denied any […]

Fox Kids Europe (FKE) has announced that CEO Ynon Kreiz will leave FKE in November this year. Kriez has been CEO of FKE for over five years. During his time […]

BT Openworld is stepping up its effort at selling broadband satellite services. In a recently commissioned survey of 190 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), BT Openworld revealed that two-thirds of […]

Hughes Networks Systems (HNS) has unveiled a new digital satellite recorder for U.S. satellite broadcaster DirecTV. The recorder, which will retail for $200, has dual tuners, enabling customers to record […]

Peter J. Brown The transformation of teleports is ongoing and a variety of trends and market forces are impacting this vital sector of the global telecommunications industry. Is the curtain […]

James Careless In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, and the “Iron Curtain” was raised from Eastern Europe. With the end of the Soviet Union, it seemed self-evident that free markets […]