Author: Mark Holmes

[Satellite News 08-18-08] Foxtel has seen a strong early take-up of high-definition (HD) services in Australia, attracting nearly 40,000 HD subscribers since launching the service in June.     Patrick Delany,...

[Satellite News 08-13-08] Set-top boxes (STB) for the satellite market will account for less than 50 percent of total unit shipments in 2008, according to U.S. research firm In-Stat expects....

[Satellite News 08-11-08] The European Commission (EC) unveiled Aug. 7 the selection procedure for operators seeking a license to provide pan-European mobile satellite services. Satellite operators will for the first...

 

[Satellite News [08-07-08] TrueVisions UBC, the main direct-to-home (DTH) platform in Thailand, plans to launch high-definition (HD) services in 2009, Ongard Prapakamol, the company’s chief commercial officer, told Satellite News....

[Satellite News [08-07-08] TrueVisions UBC, the main direct-to-home (DTH) platform in Thailand, plans to launch high-definition (HD) services in 2009, Ongard Prapakamol, the company’s chief commercial officer, told Satellite News....

[Satellite News 08-05-08] It is little surprise that Toshiba Corp. decided to shut down Mobile Broadcasting Corp. (MBC), its satellite digital multimedia broadcasting business, considering the subscriber numbers have been...

[Satellite News 08-04-08] On July 31, Eutelsat Communications issued its full year results for the year ending June, which once again saw the operator post solid revenue growth driven by...

With the Chinasat-9 satellite in orbit, officially sanctioned satellite-TV services are set to become a reality in the world’s biggest market. With a population of more than 1.3 billion people,...

[Satellite News 07-31-08] Korean Digital Satellite Broadcasting (SkyLife) expects to have 220,000 subscribers for its high-definition (HD) services by the end of the year, the company’s CTO said.     The...