Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite Today – 2-13-08] DirecTV Group Inc. increased revenues in the fourth quarter 17 percent, the company announced Feb. 13.     Revenues for the quarter ending Dec. 31 increased 17 percent to $4.88 billion, operating profit before depreciation and amortization (OPBDA) increased 21 percent to $1.10 billion and operating profit increased 4 percent to $617...

[Satellite News – 2-13-08] Echostar Corp., Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund 1 Ltd. and Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund LP (collectively, Harbinger) and other investors have agreed to invest $300 million into TerreStar Corp., TerreStar announced Feb. 7.     $200 million will be made available at closing and the balance will be dedicated to...

[Satellite Today – 2-12-08] Redknee Solutions Inc. will provide a turnkey billing system to Inmarsat PLC, the satellite operator announced Feb. 11.     Under the first phase of the agreement, Redknee set up new billing functionality for subscribers of Inmarsat’s satellite phone service. For the second phase, Redknee is working on a similar solution for...

 

 

[Satellite News – 2-12-08] OpenTV, the U.S. based technology vendor, hopes the structural changes made in 2007 will better position the company in 2008.     The supplier of middleware and TV solutions to satellite pay-TV operators has a much leaner focus than before, said Ben Bennett, OpenTV’s COO and acting CEO. “We have removed some...

[Satellite Today – 2-11-08] A Proton Breeze M carrying the Thor 5 satellite has been launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, International Launch Services (ILS) announced Feb. 11.     Thor 5 is Telenor Satellite Broadcasting‘s first satellite in its replacement and expansion program and will operate at 1°West to deliver broadcast and interactive services...

[Satellite Today – 2-8-08] KVH Industries Inc. posted revenues of $19.7 million in its 2007 fourth quarter, an increase of 13 percent of the same period a year ago, the company announced Feb. 7. For the year, KVH revenues were $80.9 million, a 2 percent increase from $79 million in 2006.     KVH recorded a...

[Satellite Today – 2-8-08] EchoStar Corp. is among the companies that have agreed to invest $300 million into TerreStar Corp. to help fund the manufacturing and launch of TerreStar’s satellites, TerreStar announced Feb. 7.     TerreStar, a subsidiary of Motient Corp. intends to build and operate an integrated mobile satellite and terrestrial communications network to...

[Satellite News – 2-8-08] SatLink Communications, which launched a new MCPC (multi channel per carrier) platform on Eutelsat‘s W2 satellite Feb. 4, is hoping to deal with generate stronger revenues from new markets such as Asia and Eastern Europe in 2008.       The company, a provider of end-to-end solutions for content transmissions over satellite...