Author: Mark Holmes

France Telecom (Orange) has been one of the most successful telcos adapting to the video environment, attracting a healthy number of subscribers for both its DTH and IPTV services in...

Russia Today, the Russian free-to-air news channel, is determined to extend the reach of its channel across as many different platforms as possible. In order to help it achieve this...

Canal Digital provides DTH services across Scandinavia and already offers around 20 HD channels, making it one of the more progressive providers of HD services in Europe. However, operating in...

UPC Direct serves about 500,000 DTH customers in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania. With Eastern Europe seen as a strong growth market for satellite services, UPC Direct could...

While BSkyB plans to launch a 3-D HD channel in the United Kingdom as early as next year, the reality is that the adoption of HD remains fairly low, and...

[Satellite News 09-10-09] The fall of U.S. commercial launch service Sea Launch may offer an opportunity for both Boeing Launch Services (BLS) and Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services (LMCLS) to...

Telcos are still truggling to make a huge impact across pay-TV markets in Europe, according to some analysts.     “Telco-led IPTV has not made the deep impact on European TV...

The European Commission (EC) wants to bring the benefits of modern communications and media to people throughout Europe, and with the switch off of analog signals approaching quickly, how the...

[Satellite News 09-11-09] In the ‘Satellite Manufacturers Adapting to Changing Requirements’ panel at Euroconsult’s World Satellite Business Week, industry leaders admitted some of the biggest issues facing satellite manufacturers was...

[Satellite News 09-09-09] CEOs of the four largest FSS operators, Intelsat, SES, Telesat and Eutelsat, discussed the state of their businesses and future growth strategies on a panel at Euroconsult’s...