Author: Mark Holmes

DirecTV already has seen better than expected take-up of its video-on-demand (VOD) services launched in spring 2008, DirecTV CTO Rômulo Pontual told Via Satellite.      The U.S. satellite pay-TV operator,...

[Satellite News 04-16-09] Sky Television New Zealand is seeing strong demand for its recently launched high-definiton (HD) services that the uptake of the service has been the fastest in the...

TP Group, the largest telecom in Poland, is one of an increasing number of operators complementing its IPTV offering with satellite service. The launch of an IP-satellite service is considered...

IPTV Americas (IPTVA), a satellite-based IPTV solutions provider, is searching for outside investments as it looks to go to the next level of its growth strategy, CEO Alvaro Gazzolo told...

[Satellite News 04-10-09] Russia’s Gazprom Space Systems could need to lease capacity from other operators while it waits for the launch of a slew of new satellites, according to a...

[Satellite News 04-10-09] SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, in a speech to an executive luncheon at Satellite 2009, said he expects to sign deals in the commercial arena for its Falcon...

[Satellite News 04-09-09] DirecTV already has seen better than expected take-up of its video-on-demand (VOD) services launched in spring 2008, DirecTV CTO Rômulo Pontual told Satellite News. “We are seeing...

[Satellite News 04-07-09] Inmarsat’s acquisition of a 19 percent stake in SkyWave Mobile Communications was a “small investment” for the company in its efforts to expand Inmarsat’s presence in the...

The combination of increased demand for video, data and Internet services on a large land mass with many rural communities means satellite could be at the forefront of the new...

With a backdrop of a new U.S. presidential administration, the beginning of a shift in troop strength from Iraq to Afghanistan and a global economic recession, 2009 likely will be...