Author: Mark Holmes

[Satellite News 09-2208] The Americas region, driven principally by the United States, continues to lead the globe in terms of demand for high-definition (HD) TV services, while Japanese consumers are...

GlobeCast, which provides content management and worldwide transmission services, announced during IBC that it was acquiring French software company Netia, which offers software solutions for audiovisual content management. IBC e-Daily...

HDTV, IPTV, delivering content to mobile devices, and hybrid set-top boxes (STBs) were some of the hottest topics at IBC 2008. IBC e-Daily caught up with a number of top...

[Satellite News 09-18-08] SES expects the combination of its SES Americom and SES New Skies operations into a single operating segment will generate more business than the two units did...

[Satellite News 09-17-08] The Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) is one of the largest fixed satellite services operators in the Middle East and likely will play a strong role in...

A deal with SkyPerfect, one of the largest satellite pay-TV operators in Japan, could prove to be key breakthrough for OpenTV, CEO Ben Bennett told IBC e-Daily.      “Japan is...

Harmonic provides next-generation video delivery solutions to pay-TV operators, and the company is seeing its business jump as customers make the move to high-definition (HD) content and on-demand services. Harmonic...

Eric Cooney, head of TV solutions at Ericsson, wants to expand the Ericsson brand name into the satellite community. Cooney, the CEO of Tandberg Television when it was acquired by...

Providing a European focus to news, the popular euronews can be found on pay-TV platforms around the world. However, the rules of the broadcast landscape have changed, raising a number...

Satellite operators have seen the prices for launch services rise, and continued growth could begin have an impact on future satellite purchases. There has been “huge increases in launch service...