Satellite News articles from May 2009

Satellite News archives from May 2009

Harmonic Executives Say Company May Have Hit Bottom in First Quarter 2009.
May 6, 2009... [Satellite News 05-06-09] End-to-end broadcasting solutions provide Harmonic suffered heavy losses in its 2009 first quarter financial report, the company announced May 5. CFO Robin Dickson said the 22 percent drop in Harmonic's revenues...

SSC Forms Independent Ground Station Network Through U.S. Acquisition.
May 6, 2009... [Satellite News 05-06-09] Swedish Space Corp. (SSC) will run a U.S. corporation, Universal Space Network (USN), as a subsidiary after the U.S. government approved SSC's acquisition of USN with no changes to its corporate structure or...

AIA President: Shrinking Aerospace Workforce Threatens U.S. Defense Interests.
May 6, 2009... [Satellite News 05-04-09] The health of the U.S. national security space industrial base is being threatened by a shrinking aerospace workforce, according to an April 30 statement by Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) President and CEO...

MilSpace Panels Stress Urgency of Space Debris and Security Issues.
May 6, 2009... [Satellite News 04-30-09] Greater cooperation, better security and managing space debris were some of the key issues discussed at MilSpace 2009 in Paris. At the week-long event, Brig. Gen. Susan Helms, director of plans and policy for...

SES Executive Explains What Drives Satellite HD Revenues.
May 6, 2009... [Satellite News 04-29-09] SES Americom has added six high-definition (HD) channels from MTV networks to its HD-Prime distribution platform, bringing the total number of HD channels delivered by SES platforms to 136 and demonstrating that the...

Yahsat CEO Talks About Broadcast Partnership with SES Astra.(chief executive officer Jassem Al Zaabi)(Interview)
May 13, 2009... [Satellite News 05-13-09] In a strategic initiative, SES Astra teamed up with Yahsat in April to create a company targeting DTH markets in the Middle East, North Africa and South West Asia. The new company will operate under the YahLive...

ATC Opportunities May Offset Challenges of U.S. Mobile Consumer Market.
May 13, 2009... [Satellite News 05-13-09] The launch of ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) networks and complementary ground infrastructure marks the merge of the wireless world with the consumer electronics market, Internet service providers and digital...

Dish Network Swings and Misses on Digital TV Transition Campaign.
May 13, 2009... [Satellite News 05-12-09] Dish Network reported a 21 percent increase in its first quarter earnings to $312.7 million, the satellite pay-TV operator announced May 11. Dish reported revenues of $258.6 million in the 2008 first quarter. ...

Harmonic Executives Say Company May Have Hit Bottom in First Quarter 2009.
May 13, 2009... [Satellite News 05-06-09] End-to-end broadcasting solutions provider Harmonic suffered heavy losses in its 2009 first quarter financial report, the company announced May 5. CFO Robin Dickson said the 22 percent drop in Harmonic's...

Over 80 Percent of U.S. Military Capacity Provided by Commercial Satellites.
May 20, 2009... [Satellite News 05-20-09] The bandwidth needs of the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Defense and its coalition forces have increased to the point where the U.S. government now relies on commercial satellite providers for 80...

IP Satellite Summit Coverage Part 1 - Opening Session Addresses Telecom Concerns Over Satellite Scalability.
May 20, 2009... [Satellite News 05-14-09] Executives and engineers from a variety of satellite and telecommunications companies established new talking points and dialog over the challenges and benefits of delivering IP over hybrid terrestrial networks at...

IP Satellite Summit Coverage Part 2 - MSS Executives Debate Distributors Over Scope of Mobile IP Customer Base.
May 20, 2009... [Satellite News 05-15-09] The mobile IP-satellite industry does not cater to a "mass market," according to Vizada Vice President of Business Development Larry Paul, whose statement sparked a panel debate at the IP Satellite Summit over...