http://satellitetoday.com Satellite Today en-us 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:03:15 EST The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted the first C-Band Earth Station on Vessels (ESV) licenses, and applicants are looking to enter the maritime markets with always-on telecommunications applications and are seeking licenses that authorize them to use stabilized antennas on C-band... http://satellitetoday.com/via/satellitegetspersonal/25756.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST Universal Service Fund and its Impact on the Satellite Sector The Universal Service Fund (USF) is a mechanism by which providers of telecommunications services subsidize the cost of communications for rural... http://satellitetoday.com/via/satellitegetspersonal/24987.html Sat, 1 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EDT Satellite service providers wishing to offer services to or from the United States often are faced with having to figure out what regulations to follow. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is responsible for authorizing carriers that offer telecommunications services to and from the United... http://satellitetoday.com/via/satellitegetspersonal/24715.html Wed, 1 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT I want to discuss an interesting comment made at a Hughes Network Systems’ analyst day in June regarding potential target markets for satellite broadband services. The comment came in a discussion of... http://satellitetoday.com/via/satellitegetspersonal/24220.html Mon, 1 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT I have discussed the basic business models for direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting (wholesale and retail) and the implications of these models for the structure of the organization that provides them. I also have noted that in order to provide DTH directly to consumers an organization must have an... http://satellitetoday.com/via/satellitegetspersonal/23646.html Tue, 1 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Last time we discussed the general North American model for the direct-to-home (DTH) business. This month we will consider another structure for delivering DTH programming. Unlike North American DTH providers, those in much of the rest of the world operate on what might be called a wholesale model. Eutelsat... http://satellitetoday.com/via/satellitegetspersonal/22877.html Mon, 5 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT In my last column I sketched out the path by which the satellite industry transitioned from one wholly dependent on government and public switched telephone network (PSTN) customers to one that now has a thriving sector directly serving consumers. One might ask why this matters. In some cases it... http://satellitetoday.com/via/satellitegetspersonal/22105.html Sat, 1 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EST Welcome to Satellite Get Personal, a bimonthly column on how the consumer affects — and is affected by — the satellite industry. Why does this matter? Well, according to the Satellite Industries Association (SIA), in 2001 satellite industry revenues were $64.4 billion, of which $32.3 billion (or... http://satellitetoday.com/via/satellitegetspersonal/21686.html Tue, 1 Jan 2008 0:00:00 EST