Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite Today – 6-17-08] SES New Skies has announced its second major capacity deal in 24 hours with a DTH service in Asia. The company said June 17 that it has signed a capacity deal with Chinese Satellite Communications Inc. (CSTV) to provide transponder capacity on the NSS-6 satellite for their A-Sky-Net DTH satellite television...

[Satellite Today – 6-12-08] China Central Television (CCTV), the national broadcaster of the People’o;s Republic of China, renewed a multi-year contract on Intelsat’s Galaxy 3C satellite, Intelsat Ltd. announced June 12.     CCTV, which has used Intelsat services since 1995, will use the Ku-band capacity to distribute its regional direct-to-home (DTH) services in the United...

[Satellite News – 6-10-08] After a very active tenure in the satellite industry, Joseph Wright resigned as chairman and director of Intelsat Ltd. and has moved on to a different business, but his impact will be felt in the satellite field for years to come. “I spent 12 years with PanAmSat and Intelsat, from the...

[Satellite Today – 6-9-08] A Chinese Long March 3B rocket placed the Chinasat 9 satellite into orbit June 9, satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space confirmed.     The communications satellite, based on the Spacebus-4000C2 platform, will be used to provide coverage of the 2008 Olympics and also will help provide high-definition satellite services in China. Chinasat...

[Satellite Today – 6-9-08] Peak8 Solutions, a provider of customer service and support solutions launched a premium technical support service for WildBlue Communications customers, Peak8 announced June 9.     The service, dubbed Support Services Live, targets WildBlue’s retail high-speed Internet subscribers who need service outside the normal scope of issues covered by WildBlue’s standard technical...

[Satellite News – [6-6-08] At the end of March, the major telcos in the United States and Europe’s top five markets — the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Italy — reported just more than 3.9 million subscribers for their IPTV services, according to industry statistics, and that figure is set to grow rapidly.    ...

[Satellite Today – 06-06-08] U.K. communications regulator Ofcom plans to use spectrum freed up as a result of digital switchover to enable services such as mobile broadband and ultra-fast mobile broadband as well as more digital and high-definition services, the organization announced June 6.     The spectrum in the UHF band, known as the digital...

[Satellite News – 6-5-08] The satellite industry is well-placed to help industry meet the  challenges of connecting people around the globe, Hamadoun Touré, secretary general of  International Telecommunications Union (ITU), said June 3 at Intelsat’s Global Telecommunications Meeting (GTM) in Washington.     “No other technology can quickly achieve large scale coverage to dispersed populations,” Touré...

[Satellite Today – 06-05-08] Detecon Al Saudia Co. Ltd. signed a multi-year agreement with Intelsat to distribute Intelsat’s Network Broadband Global Maritime service to Detecon’s maritime customers, Inelsat announced June 5.      Detecon, a German-Saudi Arabian joint venture telecommunications and information technology company, will provide the service to its cargo vessel and oil rig customers...

[Satellite Today – 06-04-08] WorldSpace secured a debt deferral agreement which gives the company more time to make its satellite radio strategy internationally a success, the company announced June 4.     Four holders of WorldSpace’s debt agreed to defer the company’s obligation to pay $17.7 million in principal until June 30 and not to exercise...