New Skies Satellites CEO Dan Goldberg believes the trend of private-equity firms investing in the satellite industry is a positive one. New Skies recently signed a definitive agreement for the sale of the company to affiliates of The Blackstone Group, a private-investment firm, for $956 million in cash. Goldberg told Satellite Today, “These are investors who are very well-informed. They will be very focused owners, and I think that is a good thing. They will bring a high degree of discipline, and a strong commercial focus and approach to the industry.”

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