http://satellitetoday.com Satellite Today en-us 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:17:37 EST Blog Special To comment on this article, visit Mark Holme’s blog at www.SatelliteToday.com/blog/?p=90 While the satellite sector generally remains in good health, a financial crisis that has cast a huge shadow over the globe also threatens the necessary funding that many companies will need as they... http://satellitetoday.com/commercial/operators/25757.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST Like its fixed satellite services counterparts, SES some very interesting growth strategies in play. The operator of the second largest communications satellite fleet has an IPTV offering in the United States with IP Prime, and subsidiary SES Astra has teamed with Eutelsat to serve the mobile services market... http://satellitetoday.com/commercial/operators/25788.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Eutelsat Communications, which has Spanish company Abertis Telecom as one of its main shareholders, has made a number of interesting strategic moves over the last year. While continuing to grow its primary fixed satellite services (FSS) business, the operator also ordered its first dedicated Ka-band... http://satellitetoday.com/commercial/operators/25787.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Intelsat CEO David McGlade feels the fixed satellite services (FSS) sector is in a good position today, but he would like to see the industry as a whole “spend more time looking for big growth opportunities” in order to prepare for the future.     “We talk about what has... http://satellitetoday.com/commercial/operators/25786.html Tue, 18 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Telesat, led by former New Skies Satellite CEO Dan Goldberg returned to the upper echelon of fixed satellite services (FSS) operators following the acquisition of Telesat Canada by Loral Space and Communications in October 2007.     The company's 12-satellite fleet is far smaller than its... http://satellitetoday.com/commercial/operators/25785.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST [Satellite News 11-14-08] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted a request by TerreStar Networks for further extensions of the company’s launch and operational milestones, TerreStar announced Nov. 14.     The latest in a series of delays requested by TerreStar... http://satellitetoday.com/commercial/operators/25790.html Fri, 14 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST [Satellite News 11-13-08] The key factors in the third quarter financial success of satellite operators Inmarsat and Intelsat have been efficiently managing and maximizing bandwidth for customers and strong support from government customers, according to Futron Corp. Technical Director Andrea Maleter... http://satellitetoday.com/commercial/operators/25779.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST [Satellite News 10-20-08] CEOs from the satellite industry’s largest companies remain largely optimistic about their prospects despite the current worldwide economic crisis.     “The good news is, nobody blames the telecom industry for the crisis and satellite is in a pretty good... http://satellitetoday.com/commercial/operators/25032.html Mon, 20 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 10-16-08] Commercial satellite operators used the Satcon 2008 conference as a forum to push and develop military partnerships to provide communications services to combat forces and military command centers. Intelsat has been a frequently mentioned player in this field, not only from industry... http://satellitetoday.com/commercial/operators/25022.html Fri, 17 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 10-16-08] The U.S. military's desire for a dedicated, exclusive military communications network has turned into a future partnership and dependency on commercial satellite operators. But that paradigm shift will not come easy.     On a military satellite communications panel at... http://satellitetoday.com/commercial/operators/25023.html Fri, 17 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT