Rooftops of Marrakech With a population of just over 50 million people, South Africa is one of the world’s most interesting DTH markets as operators battle for new business there....

Broadcasters in markets such as Central and Eastern Europe and Africa are all facing some of the same challenges that broadcasters are in markets such as Western Europe and North...

The market is small, but capacity is expanding. As costs fall, operators will expand their broadband satellite service into the B2C market. But are there limits? Demand for broadband in...

Encompass Digital Media’s acquisition of TIBA Satellite Services (TIBA) has been described as “the missing piece of the puzzle” as the teleport operator finally has the global presence it really...

With a series of new developments in electric-propulsion, high-throughput and Ka-band satellites as well as industry consolidation, 2012 has been quite a year in the satellite industry. There have been...

[Satellite News 11-26-12] Increases in the use of mobile data have a positive effect on the GDP-per-capita growth rates across 14 countries, according to recent studies released by the GSMA...

[Satellite News 11-12-12] SES continues to perform strongly with its latest numbers showing increases in revenues and profits. In the first nine months of this year, the operator generated revenues...

The launch of the IS-22 satellite with a hosted payload for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) heralded a new era in international milsatcom. Now, the commercial satellite industry will wait...

[Satellite News 10-30-12] Indonesia is one of Asia’s top potential markets for pay-TV services. The country, which has a population of close to 250 million people, could offer rich pickings for...

[Satellite News 10-16-12] Stabilization in military data procurement following the awards of the NGA EnhancedView contracts to DigitalGlobe and GeoEye slowed the commercial Earth observation (EO) data market significantly in...