DirecTV Warns FCC It Needs to Move a Satellite Before It Explodes
‘Thermal damage’ to batteries in Spaceway-1, now a ‘back-up’ satellite for the operator, poses risks to other satellites in the same orbital path
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STELAR to Sunset Dec. 31
Senate passes bills ending 20-year cycle of renewals and vehicle for retrans reforms
STELAR Successor Bills Pass House
Would end five-year cycle of compulsory license, good faith bargaining, renewal
House Schedules Vote on STELAR-Related Compromise Bill
Bill would make retrans good faith negotiation mandate permanent
Sen. Wicker Pitches STELAR Renewal on Senate Floor
Warns of lost signals to hundreds of thousands of viewers
Nadler Offers Latest STELAR Renewal Effort
Would condition permanent renewal of trucker/RV license on local-into-local
Sen. Graham Proposes STELAR Sunset Transition Plan
Seeks one-year of carriage at compulsory license rate before move to 'free market'
FCC: LPTVs Have No Satellite Carriage Rights
The FCC's Media Bureau: 'Limited' qualification for cable must-carry means nothing in satellite context
Orby TV Hitches Ride with Eutelsat to Launch New Satellite TV Service
Start-up pay TV operator reveals a few more technical details at IBC
Start-up Orby TV Beams into U.S. Satellite TV Biz with Pre-Pay Play
Co-founded by former Starz CRO Michael Thornton, ex Disney exec Tres Izzard, and former DirecTV operative Carl Crabill, new pay TV service aims for rural consumers with limited broadband access
Cable, Satellite Help Unspool ‘Ultimate Movie Weekend’
Films from big studios discounted via digital retail
Sources: Stars Aligning for Hill STELAR Act Hearing Kick-offs
To renew or not renew (and how); those are the questions
Dish Names Colorado State Tech Secretary Nallapati Its New Chief Digital Officer
Satellite TV operator continues to replenish its recently depleted executive ranks
DirecTV Facing Continued Churn as Promos Expire
Satellite TV operator, which lost 359,000 users in Q3, braces for more subscriber pain as 2016 discounts continue to end
FCC Considers Opening Skies Wide for Satellite Broadband
November meeting will boldly go into numerous space-related items
Hughes Beefs Up Throughput on ‘Jupiter’ Satellite Platform
Also starts to ship gateways for OneWeb’s low earth orbit broadband satellite effort
ViaSat-2 Satellite Deemed ‘Ready for Service’
Will be used to deliver downstream speeds up to 100 Mbps, paired with unlimited data plans
Viasat to Sunset ‘Exede,’ ‘WildBlue’ and ‘Yonder’ Sub-Brands
Viasat to be master brand as it establishes itself as a global satellite player, extends to new markets
EchoStar III Satellite Recovered, Placed in ‘Graveyard Orbit’
‘Anomaly’ had interrupted communications with old satellite
Kagan: Pay TV Loses 976K in Q2
Record customer losses point to “unprecedented” annual decline, researcher says
EchoStar Loses Contact With Older Satellite
Says ‘anomaly’ has caused communications with EchoStar III to be interrupted