Although the subscriber loss meant lower installation costs for Dish, which helped lift its second-quarter profit above expectations, analysts said that the customer loss boded ill for the company's growth prospects. Dish said it lost a net 25,000 subscribers during the second quarter. A year ago, Dish added 170,000 subscribers in the second quarter. The […]

Mobile satellite systems use radio spectrum to provide services between a mobile earth station and one or more stations either in space or on the ground at fixed locations. They have the capability to cover a large territory and reach areas where such services were not economically viable before. The new European selection procedure could […]

Analysts said the figures, following 2007-2008 numbers from Eutelsat last week, confirmed that the market was solid. SES nevertheless lowered its forecast for 2008 revenue to between E1.568 and E1.598 billion and for EBITDA to between E1.08 and E1.11 billion. Its previous forecasts were E1.58 to E1.62 billion and E1.086 to E1.126 billion

Net income totalled $336 million for the quarter, compared with $224 million during the corresponding period in 2007. Basic earnings per share were $0.75 for the quarter, compared with basic earnings per share of $0.50 during the corresponding period in 2007. The service lost approximately 25,000 net subscribers, ending the quarter with approximately 13.79 million […]

“It has proved very successful and is a particularly good way of trying out new offers, because you get the most direct kind of customer feedback,” Jeremy Darroch, chief executive of BSkyB, told the Financial Times. The move harks back to Sky's earliest days when Sky Direct salesmen were crucial to the ';scorched earth' policy […]

This new functionality is part of DISH Network’s expansion in high definition services, which includes the rollout of TurboHD, the industry’s first 100 per cent, all-HD suite of programming packages. DISH Network has also launched 17 new national HD channels, surpassing its goal of reaching 100 national HD channels five months ahead of schedule. DISH […]

Satellite communications play a key role in achieving Europe’s objectives. As the Chairman of ESOA and CEO of Eutelsat, Giuliano Berretta, explained, satellites are “an integral and indispensable part of everyday life whether we talk about TV or emergency communication, connectivity in villages, mountains, islands, in-flight and at sea”. The European Parliament is now debating […]

XM Satellite Radio had added 322,000 new net subscribers in the second quarter and now has about 9.7 million. The total represents a 17 per In a preliminary report, the company said gross additions for the quarter included a record 857,000 gross new subscriptions for radios in automobiles. It marked 224,000 retail additions. XM forecast […]

Sky Italia has chosen Pace as its launch partner for high definition personal video recorders (HD PVRs) for the launch of its HD PVR service. The Pace HD PVR (model TDS850NS) comes with dual DVB-S2 tuners, H.264 compression and a 250GB hard drive to store up to 60 hours of HD programming. It comes integrated […]

Satellite operator SES has revealed plans to combine SES Americom and SES New Skies to form a new operating segment of SES. Robert Bednarek, currently President and CEO of SES New Skies, will become President and CEO of this new operating segment.The SES Americom and SES New Skies satellite fleets will remain separately owned and […]