http://www.viasatellite.com Satellite Today en-us 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:53:09 EDT Last month, we reviewed the preliminary "Master Contribution and Support" agreement by hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners, which has invested broadly in the mobile satellite service (MSS) sector to acquire leading MSS operator Inmarsat. Harbinger already has a 28.8 percent stake in Inmarsat... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/dollarsandsense/24725.html Wed, 1 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT In 2003 and 2004, the satellite industry was abuzz with speculation about the entry of private equity firms into the fixed satellite service sector, and we analyzed many potential positive and negative impacts... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/dollarsandsense/24231.html Mon, 1 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT The saga of the proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio entered a new chapter in June when Kevin Martin, chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), announced his support for a conditional approval of the deal. The proposed merger between satellite digital audio... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/dollarsandsense/23888.html Fri, 1 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT While this column has examined the impact on the satellite industry of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) regime, the April decision by Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice to block the $1.3 billion acquisition of Canadian space systems manufacturer MacDonald, Dettwiler &... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/dollarsandsense/23651.html Tue, 1 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT A full year after initiating its review, the U.S. Department of Justice approved March 24 the proposed merger between satellite digital audio radio service providers XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. The approval was granted without conditions. At the time of writing, the U.S. Federal... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/dollarsandsense/23238.html Sun, 1 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT There has been plenty of gloom in the first months of 2008 stemming from the credit crisis born of the subprime mortgage meltdown and the end of easy and cheap debt financing that underpinned the highly leveraged private equity transactions that transformed the satellite sector starting in 2003... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/dollarsandsense/22883.html Thu, 1 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT As we move past a period of intensive financial engineering and consolidation, the satellite industry increasingly is focused on how it will compete with and complement terrestrial communications providers in the future. The man-made and natural catastrophes of the early years of the 21st century were no... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/dollarsandsense/22454.html Tue, 1 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT The private equity investment of capital into the satellite sector since 2003 has fuelled industry growth, consolidation, and rationalization. The subprime mortgage crisis and resulting credit crunch across investment and commercial banking groups threatens to undermine the source of leveraged finance key to... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/dollarsandsense/22110.html Sat, 1 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EST The recent turmoil in credit markets has caused acquirers and their lenders in several high-profile pending merger and acquisition transactions to seek ways to withdraw from or renegotiate signed deals, because the expected financing either is not available or available only on terms that substantially... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/dollarsandsense/22060.html Fri, 1 Feb 2008 0:00:00 EST The use of so-called “reverse mergers” in the United States has blossomed in recent years. What formerly was an “on-the-cheap” method of attaining public company status — employed by sometimes shady promoters — has developed into a mainstream capital markets technique... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/dollarsandsense/21690.html Tue, 1 Jan 2008 0:00:00 EST