The launch industry is in a very deep mess. The past few days have seen SpaceX cancel three planned launches for satellite operator Orbcomm. The best the rocket company can do is to launch the first week of July, says the company. But this delay has severely impacted AsiaSat of Hong Kong. They have two […]

Intelsat, a global provider of satellite services,  has signed a 15-year agreement with Encompass Digital Media, a global player in mission-critical media capture, management and distribution services, for capacity on Intelsat 34, one of the three satellites comprising Intelsat’s premier video neighborhoods serving Latin America. Encompass will transition from Intelsat 805 at 304.5° East to […]

There will be more than 1 billion digital TV households across 138 countries by end-2014, up by 130 million on 2013 and by 461 million from the 590 million recorded in 2010, according to a report from Digital TV Research. The Digital TV World Household Databook estimates that

Randall Stephenson, Chairman, CEO, and President of AT&T, has told the United States House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Laws that there are “significant” consumer benefits of AT&T’s acquisition of DirecTV, and that the transaction would enhance rather than reduce competition. He also claimed that a merger […]

For the past week or so, Advanced-Television has been cataloguing the numerous delays affecting the rocket launch sector, and the growing number of satellite operators facing serious delays to their launch – and business – plans. Now SpaceX, backed by billionaire Elon Musk, having been forced to delay the planned launch of six Orbcomm satellite […]

Yahsat, the UAE-based satellite operator, a wholly owned company of the Mubadala Development Company, has announced plans to launch their third satellite in 2016, extending their commercial Ka-band coverage to an additional 17 countries and 600 million users. This third satellite places Yahsat as the world’s eighth largest operator in terms of revenue and as […]

US satellite broadband supplier ViaSat is seeking a Court-imposed injunction to stop Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) building at least one satellite. ViaSat alleges that SS/L is continuing to violate patents that it holds. ViaSat has already been awarded $283 million in damages and compensation following on from a jury trial against SS/L. Loral Space & Communications, […]

SpaceX twice abandoned its planned launch of six Orbcomm satellites. The first came late on June 20th citing weather problems. The six satellites were originally planned to launch on May 10th. An urgently re-scheduled launch on Sunday evening was also scrubbed without reason, although local reports say both the rocket and payload are in good […]

Industry experts gathered in Singapore for the annual CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum 2014, recently concluded on June 16th at the Shangri-La Singapore. Over 230 speakers, delegates and media were on hand to explore how the satellite industry will be ‘Remaining Relevant in a Time of Transition’. “With a speaker pool drawn from the biggest and […]