Satellite News articles from February 2008

Satellite News archives from February 2008

Verizon Milestone Sends Warning Sign To Satellite Pay-TV Players.
February 6, 2008... [Satellite News 2-4-08] Verizon has surpassed 1 million customer barrier for its Fios IPTV service in the United States ramping up the pressure on its satellite and cable competitors. Verizon reached the milestone Jan. 28, adding nearly...

Star One President Wants More Regional Focus Going Forward.
February 6, 2008... [Satellite News - 2-1-08] Star One hopes to become more of a force in the Latin America region with the launch of a pair of new satellites, Gustavo Silbert, the president of Star One told Satellite News. The Brazilian operator closed...

SES Americom Launches Satellitewiki.com.
February 6, 2008... [Satellite News - 2-1-08] SES Americom has thrown its hat into the new media ring with the introduction of Satellitewiki.com, a Web site devoted to the satellite industry that allows users to add and edit content collectively. SES is...

France Telecom Considers Satellite Options.
February 6, 2008... [Satellite News - 1-30-08] France Telecom (FT) is set to be the first major telco in Europe to launch satellite-based television services alongside an IPTV service. A report, originally in the French newspaper Les Echos, said the operator...

Restructured OpenTV Targets Era Of Sustained Profitability.
February 13, 2008... [Satellite News - 2-8-08] 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...

SES Sees Spacecom Bid Rejected.
February 13, 2008... [Satellite News - 2-11-08] Israeli satellite operator Spacecom rejected a takeover bid by SES Global, Motty Slomovitz, Spacecom's vice president of sales & marketing, North America, told Satellite News. "One of the reasons was the...

SatLink CEO Reveals Expansion Plans.
February 13, 2008... [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...

Integral Looks Into Bright Future.(Integral Systems )(Interview)
February 13, 2008... [Satellite News - 2-7-08] Alan Baldwin has served as interim president and CEO of Integral Systems for nearly nine months, presiding over three quarters of record profits and growth as well as bringing in more government contracts. ...

MTG CEO: Satellite Pay-TV Market Has Peaked In Nordic Region.
February 20, 2008... [Satellite News - 2-19-08] Satellite pay-TV has peaked in terms of subscribers in the Nordic region, according to Modern Times Group (MTG) CEO Hans-Holger Albrecht. MTG owns Viasat Broadcasting, which operates a Viasat- branded direct-to-home...

Pay-TV Operators Continue Fight Against Piracy.
February 20, 2008... [Satellite News - 2-14-08] With the news that the German pay-TV operator Premiere's encryption system has been compromised, the issue of piracy in the pay-TV arena has come back into the spotlight. Premiere said Feb. 6 that missed its...

TerreStar Receives $300 Million In Investment Funds.
February 20, 2008... [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...

Satellite Experts Look Back On 2007, Ahead To 2008.(Company overview)
February 20, 2008... [Satellite News - 2-19-08] From satellite broadband to consolidation within the FSS industry, there are many hot topics within the satellite industry. The Satellite 2008 Show Daily spoke to Andrea Maleter, technical director, Futron Corp,...

Asia, Middle East And Africa Markets To Watch In 2008, Experts Say.(dialogue with Maria Velez de Berliner, Simon Twiston Davies and William Barrett)(Interview)
February 20, 2008... [Satellite News - 2-19-08] The satellite industry is very much a global industry. In 2007, there were numerous interesting developments around the world. In Africa, Nigcomsat launched a satellite. In the Middle East, Yahsat emerged. Every...

Financial Experts Optimistic On 2008.(Interview)
February 20, 2008... [Satellite News - 2-19-08] In 2007, there were some interesting financial dynamics within the satellite industry. BC Partners struck a deal to acquire Intelsat. Abertis, a Spanish infrastructure company, was prepared to invest heavily to...

FSS CEOs Discuss New Market Opportunities.(Discussion)
February 27, 2008... By Mark Holmes And Jessica Pearce While fixed satellite services operators remain intent on expanding their core video markets, opportunities for new services dominated the conversation at SATELLITE 2008's opening general session,...

Industry CFOs See Continued Need For Financial Discipline.
February 27, 2008... By Mark Holmes While many satellite industry CFOs understandably highlighted the strong fundamentals of the industry, not all are optimistic that investment conditions will improve any time soon. "I think the optimism from the...

Eutelsat CEO Sees Promise In Broadband Market.
February 27, 2008... [Satellite News - 2-22-08] Eutelsat entered 2008 running, including a January announcement that it ordered a Ka-band satellite as the operator looks to become more of a force in the broadband arena. The satellite, along with a similar...

OmniGlobe CEO Expects Broadband Deals "In Next Six Months".
February 27, 2008... [Satellite News - 2-21-08] Canada's OmniGlobe Networks hopes the company's acquisition of Bandwidth Technologies International Group Ltd. (BTIG), a U.K.-based international provider of satellite communications systems, will be the...

Financial Experts Optimistic On 2008.(Interview)
February 27, 2008... [Satellite News - 2-19-08] In 2007, there were some interesting financial dynamics within the satellite industry. BC Partners struck a deal to acquire Intelsat. Abertis, a Spanish infrastructure company, was prepared to invest heavily to...