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In recent years, many telcos have been divesting their satellite activities in order to reduce debt and focus on core activities. However, Norwegian telco Telenor has not yet disposed of […]

Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat is teaming up with TLV to broadcast oil company Shell’s TV channel across its service stations in France. The deal announced June 24 is further indication […]

Gemstar-TV Guide International shares fell sharply following a ruling by an International Trade Commission panel that set-top box manufacturers Scientific Atlanta, Pioneer Corp. and Sanmina SCI Corp and satellite broadcaster […]

By Peter J. Brown The United States is preparing to cope with a wide range of threats on its soil, including bioterrorism and the possible use of nuclear weaponry. Now, […]

By Nick Mitsis Increased defense budgets, a strengthened global military presence and the emergence of homeland security mean that the armed services are being asked to step up to the […]

By Carissa Bryce Christensen Commercial space capabilities are increasingly important to the ability of the United States to achieve its national security objectives. Consequently, fostering commercial space will shift from […]

by David Hartshorn The final countdown is underway. There are just 17 months left until the first liberalization of the Chinese telecom market is scheduled to take effect as part […]

by Gerry Oberst The U.K. government is considering ways to charge additional fees and taxes to satellite receive-only services, even though it recognizes that the notable success of U.K. digital […]

By Armand Musey Satellite companies utilize debt financing fairly extensively, although the degree varies depending on sector and company. Even though we are principally charged with analyzing potential equity investments, […]

By Cynthia Boeke The satellite industry has undergone a turbulent year. Consolidation, competition and continuing retrenchment seem to describe the market forces at work in many sectors of the satellite […]

By James Careless VSATs: the acronym for Very Small Aperture Terminals. Not an exciting term in itself, but as for the technology? Well, as Via Satellite discovered when we spoke […]

By Nick Mitsis At no other time in recent history has space-based technology played a more vital role than it has in the past 10 months. In fact, the same […]

EchoStar Communications and a satellite industry trade group lost their bid for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments on satellite “must carry” rules that require direct broadcast satellite (DBS) […]

In a move reflecting the slow growth of digital television in Germany, Deutsche Telekom has decided to close down its loss-making digital pay-TV platform MediaVision. The bouquet, which was launched […]

Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 83 degreesE: Insat 2E&3B D – Doordarshan’s DD8 for Andhra Pradesh in South East India on 3980 MHz vertical, SR 5000, FEC 3/4 […]

Canal+ Horizons, the African subsidiary of French pay-TV group Canal Plus, has launched a digital package to DTH viewers on the African continent. The bouquet uses the NSS-7 satellite (21.5 […]

NDS has acquired interactive TV application software company VISIONIK in a deal worth up to $14 million. VISIONIK has built its reputation in recent years on enhanced TV shows and […]

Nordic Satellite AB (NSAB) is still evaluating options concerning the possible launch of its planned Sirius 4 satellite. NSAB CEO Lennart Hallkvist told Interspace in an exclusive interview that the […]

In recent days, rumours have been circulating that troubled mobile satellite provider Globalstar is in talks with Inmarsat for a possible bailout. Fuelling this rumour is the fact that Globalstar […]

Telenor Plus and Canal+ have settled their dispute surrounding the sale of Nordic digital television platform, Canal Digital. Telenor will acquire Canal+’s 50 percent stake in Canal Digital for 290 […]

MTV Networks International has signed deals with Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, CTV in Canada, Channel 10 in Australia and TV New Zealand for terrestrial broadcast rights for MTV’s […]

Eutelsat has launched a new IP-based communications network between its Paris headquarters and its three European satellite suppliers. The fully satellite-based interactive network enables Eutelsat and its suppliers to track […]

Canal+ Technologies CEO Francois Carayol is looking to take participate actively in the consolidation of the conditional access (CA) system and middleware industry consolidation. He told the PricewaterhouseCoopers’ European Media […]

Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 100.5 degreesE: Asiasat 2 D – Pakistan TV (PTV) have announced that they are to launch a dedicated news channel on July 1. […]

Last year will not go down as one of the greatest for satellite operators. In fact, with capacity pricing pressure and harsh operating conditions, the game for many was about […]

Although U.S. satellite operators have bitten the bullet and gone ahead with the development of large Ka-band satellite systems, Europeans operators are merely dipping their toes in the higher frequency […]

In a move that could breath new life into Deutsche Telekom’s aging DFS Kopernikus 1 FM3 satellite, the Greek-Cypriote consortium Hellas-Sat has decided to take over the bird and move […]

In an effort to reduce its operational costs, the highly indebted Kirch Group has implemented a far-reaching cost savings plan, which will affect not only its core business, but also […]

AsiaSat is making a further investment in SpeedCast, a broadband enabler of satellite-based services in the Asia Pacific region. AsiaSat is injecting a further $4 million by way of cash […]

Embratel has launched Business IP Sat, a new satellite Internet service designed to tap into the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) markets in Brazil. The services are aimed at SMEs […]