http://www.viasatellite.com Satellite Today en-us 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:19:19 EST While the satellite sector generally remains in good health, a financial crisis that has cast a huge shadow over the globe also threatens the necessary funding that many companies will need as they look to expand their operations and capitalize on new technology and initiatives. There are warning signs... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/operators/25757.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST ProtoStar hopes to make an impact in the promising DTH markets in Asia by providing capacity aboard its ProtoStar 1 satellite. The spacecraft, placed in orbit in July, carries 16 Ku-band and 38 C-band transponders that allows DTH operators to provide services without purchasing their own satellite. ProtoStar... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/manufacturers/25753.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST 2008 closes with a potential bottom of the financial institutions/credit crisis that began in the summer of 2007 and spread from the subprime mortgage market to the entire financial services industry in the second and third quarters of 2008. This crisis has ended the independent existence of all five leading... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/equities/25766.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST Like its fixed satellite services counterparts, SES some very interesting growth strategies in play. The operator of the second largest communications satellite fleet has an IPTV offering in the United States with IP Prime, and subsidiary SES Astra has teamed with Eutelsat to serve the mobile services market... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/operators/25788.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST [Satellite Today 11-20-08] Growth in set-top box shipments will peak in 2012, followed by a slow decline, according to a study by ABI Research.      Set-top box unit volumes for all platforms — digital terrestrial... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/headlines/29142.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST  [Satellite Today] The Nigcomsat 1 spacecraft, shut down Nov. 9 after suffering power problems, has lost both solar arrays and is “a total loss,” according to press reports.      T. Ahmed Rufai, CEO of... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/headlines/29143.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST [Satellite Today 11-20-08] GMV and Astronautic Technology Sdn. Bhd. (ATSB) won an a contract for Malaysia’s coastal Differential GPS (DGPS) network, GMV announced Nov. 20.      Under this agreement, signed with the Marine... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/headlines/29144.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST [Satellite Today 11-20-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) has been granted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) communications licenses for two new MSV gateways in the United States, the company announced Nov. 20.      MSV is constructing a network with gateways in... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/headlines/29145.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST [Satellite Today 11-20-08] Thales Alenia Space España, signed an agreement with prime contractor Hispasat for the development and supply of the Redsat Advanced Communication Payload for the AG1 satellite, Thales Alenia Space announced Nov. 20... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/headlines/29146.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST [Satellite Today 11-20-08] SES New Skies will provide Arrowhead Global Solutions capacity on the NSS-12 satellite that will support U.S. government needs over the Middle East and East Africa, SES New Skies... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/headlines/29148.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST