Satellite News articles from November 2007

Satellite News archives from November 2007

Emerging Pay-TV Players Driving NDS Business.
November 5, 2007... NDS, the conditional access and middleware vendor which generates around 80 percent of its revenues from satellite players, has signed another deal with a start-up direct-to-home player, adding leading Indian cellular operator Bharti Airtel,...

SES Global CEO Reveals New Satellite Needs.
November 5, 2007... SES Global is likely to order two new satellites over the next few weeks, SES Global CEO, Romain Bausch said Oct. 29 during a conference call to discuss the operator's third quarter results. One of the new satellites will be an SES New...

WRC-07 Report.
November 5, 2007... GENEVA -- During the first week of the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-07), administrations from Asia, Africa, and Latin America made clear their broad and deep support for keeping the status quo for satellite services by calling for...

Isle of Man At The Forefront In Hunt For Space Talent.(Interview)
November 5, 2007... Finding the next generation of executives and talent is one of the key challenges facing the space industry, and the Isle of Man is set to play a pivotal role in the space education arena. The International Space University (ISU), located...

AeroAstro: Making A Big Splash With Small Satellites.(Company overview)
November 5, 2007... AeroAstro, a microsatellite company based in Ashburn, Va., recently was acquired by Radyne Corp.. President and CEO Rick Fleeter talks with Satellite News about how being a part of an established corporation has changed how AeroAstro...

Analysts Bullish on Latest DirecTV Figures.
November 12, 2007... [11-08-07 - Satellite News] DirecTV, the U.S. satellite pay-TV operator, issued a strong set of third quarter results, which largely were ahead of analyst forecasts. Spencer Wang, a satellite equity analyst at Bear Stearns commented in a...

Satellites and Conflict: The Changing Conundrum (Part One).(Company overview)
November 12, 2007... [11-08-07 - Satellite News] The Global MilSatCom 2007 show in London from Nov. 5 to Nov. 7 saw a variety of speakers highlight the ever-increasing importance of satellite communications in the military arena, as well as the changing dynamics...

Vizada Exec Looks Forward to Non-Telco Era.
November 12, 2007... [11-08-07 - Satellite News] Vizada aims to use its improved product portfolio and distribution reach to become a greater force on the satellite communications landscape. Vizada now incorporates the former France Telecom Mobile Satellite...

WRC-07 Report.(World Radiocommunication Conference)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... [11-06-07 - Satellite News] As the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) enters its third week in Geneva, the campaign for No Change in C-band has continued to gain momentum. In contrast to the usual practice -- where fissures appear...

Government, Industry Needs To Work Together To Improve Space Programs, Armor Says.
November 19, 2007... [11-15-07 - Satellite News] While relying more and more on commercial satellite services, the government is a "terrible customer" for the industry, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. James Armor said Nov. 13. "I did spend 34 years as a space...

MSV Hopes To Delay Satellite Payments Due To Financing Concerns.
November 19, 2007... [11-14-07 - Satellite News] While Mobile Satellite Ventures' (MSV) financial performance "remains on track," the company only has enough cash on hand to last through June and is negotiating with vendors, including satellite manufacturer...

SSTL CEO Outlines U.S. Ambitions.
November 19, 2007... [11-14-07 - Satellite News] Small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has been growing at an impressive rate throughout the last few years, building satellites for European, African and Asian customers . The...

Satellites and Conflict: The Changing Conundrum (Part Two).
November 19, 2007... [11-13-07 - Satellite News] Space has become "a lifeline to military forces," U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Victor See, commander, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command's Space Field Activity, said at Global MilSatCom 2007 in London, However,...

WRC Affirms C-Band Spectrum Reserved For Satellite Communications.
November 19, 2007... [11-16-07 -- Satellite News] The satellite industry scored a resounding victory at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2007 (WRC-07), as the meeting closed with delegates rejecting requests from terrestrial players that they have more...

GeoEye Foundation Donates Gorilla Habitat Images.
November 26, 2007... [11-20-07 - Satellite News] The GeoEye Foundation has donated nine high- quality satellite images to wildlife conservation groups including the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, to aid in gorilla preservation efforts. The...

Satellite Pay-TV Operators Post Mixed Results In Third Quarter.(Financial report)
November 26, 2007... Satellite pay-TV operators DirecTV and EchoStar continued to post subscriber gains in the 2007 third quarter, even as new competition from alternative pay-TV sources begins to ramp up. The main European direct-to-home (DTH) operators, already...

Bausch Outlines Latin American Ambitions for SES.
November 26, 2007... [11-19-07 - Satellite News] It has been an eventful year for SES Global, as the satellite operator reshuffled its presence in the Latin American market. Earlier this year, SES divested its 20 percent stake in Brazil's Star One as part of...

Satellite News Early Delivery.
November 26, 2007... Satellite News will is being delivered early this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. We will resume our normal publication schedule with the next issue. [Copyright 2006 Access Intelligence, LLC. All rights...