Author: Mark Holmes

[Satellite News – 1-22-08] Irdeto Access believes Asia will be a strong market for its conditional access and middleware services. Such is its determination to drive revenues from Asia, CEO...

[Satellite News – 1-18-08] DirecTV, which has nearly 17 million subscribers to its satellite broadband service, hopes to improve that number greatly within the next few months as the company’s...

[Satellite News 1-15-07] Eutelsat’s satellite broadband plans have gained momentum last week, as the company announced plans to procure a dedicated Ka-band satellite in conjunction with ViaSat Inc., which is...

[Satellite News – 1-11-08] The Middle East has seen many interesting satellite projects unveiled in the past year, and while communications satellites dominate the headlines, a technology project could be...

[Satellite News – 1-8-08] Investment firm Mountain Super Angel is confident that it can turn around the SkyDSL satellite broadband business, which the current owner, Teles, considered shutting down.    ...

[Satellite News – 1-4-08] The Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (Rascom) is facing the prospect that its Rascom-QAF1 satellite will have a much shorter commercial lifetime than expected,     The...

Digital TV solutions company Tandberg Television found itself as the center of attention in 2007 as a variety of suitors stepped up to the plate to try and acquire Tandberg....

With cable and IPTV players putting more pressure on satellite pay-TV providers around the globe, the satellite operators are looking to move beyond their traditional business boundaries. Direct-to- home (DTH)...

[12-26-07 – Satellite News] From changes of ownership to new operators, the fixed satellite services sector landscape continued to undergo significant changes throughout 2007. Intelsat and SES Global remain the...

[12-19-07 – Satellite News] French broadcaster AB Groupe has launched a new satellite pay-TV platform, BIS, hoping to exploit the demand for low-cost pay-TV in France.     The basic package...