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Click Below to Download April 2007 Worldwide Satellite Magazine Vol. 5 No. 1 ? The Future of Satellite Broadcasting 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Vol. 5 No. 1, April 2007 Click on the title to go directly to the story COVER STORY FEATUREFEATURE REGIONAL UPDATES T 19 / The Future of 23 / The Satellite 26 / Exploring the 30 / High-Jinks over Broadcasting Channel Wars Fixed Satellite the Middle East Service by Chris Forrester Market A new entrant into the market is shaking things up By Howard Greenfield By Patrick French, NSR by Bruce R. Elbert in the Middle Eastern satellite market. The explosion of new Commercial satellite The FSS satellite applications and hybrid operators are scrambling .business has been broadband models are driving to get as many video marked by stable growth CASE STUDY channels under their the future of broadcasting. and profitability due to the 35 / Tools for wing. steadily increasing demand for new Broadcasters to VIEWPOINT applications. Deliver Interference- free HD Content by Bob Potter 38 / After Iraq: What’s Communications Systems Next for the Satellite Monitors (CSMs) are providing Industry? an essential tool for broadcasters wanting to deliver by Alan Gottlieb interference-free HD content. New opportunities exists in a post-Iraq War satellite industry. REGULAR DEPARTMENTS 3 / Notes from the 43 / Market Intelligence: 41 / EXECUTIVE Editor India’s Satellite Crisis: SPOTLIGH Capacity Barriers and Interview with 4 / Calendar of Events “Spectrum Grab” presented by the Global Integral Systems 5 / Industry News VSAT Forum CEO Peter Gaffney 46 / Stock Quotes / Peter Gaffney who took 10 / Executive Moves over as CEO of Integral Advertisers’ Index Systems from founder 15 / New Products and Steve Chamberlain Services: speaks to SatMagazine Update on Satellites April 2007 on a variety of issues. and Wi-Fi by Bernardo SATMAGAZINE.COM Schneiderman Back to Contents 3 NOTE FROM THE EDITOR Published monthly by The Future of Broadcasting Satnews Publishers 800 Siesta Way, his might be the most interesting and significant NAB Sonoma, CA 95476 USA Tin recent memory. Great changes are happening in the Phone (707) 939-9306 broadcasting industry--the transition to digital television Fax (707) 939-9235 (DTV) and hot new applications such has IPTV, mobileTV E-mail: [email protected] and HDTV. However, unlike in recent years where the new Website: www.satmagazine.com applications were just showing their potential, now these EDITORIAL hot applications have had time to gestate and are making Silvano Payne their mark in the market. Publisher This issue focuses on the broadcasting market--long a standby of the Virgil Labrador satellite industry--the broadcast or video market has been consistently Managing Editor one of the top market for satellite services. The broadcast industry is and Editor, North America now undergoing a revolutionary transition with the advent of DTV, [email protected] HDTV, IPTV and Mobile TV which( is changing the way we view and receive video signals and in this issue we will show how the satellite Chris Forrester industry can benefit from these developments. Editor, Europe, Middle East and Africa Speaking of hot new markets, the military satellite market has been growing exponentially in the last few years and has proven to be one of Bernardo Schneiderman most vital markets for the satellite industry today. In response to this Editor, Latin America growth and the need to provide accurate and quality information on this vital market, we at Satnews Publishers launched this month the inaugural Peter Galace issue of MilsatMagazine--the first e-magazine exclusively focusing on Editor, Asia-Pacific the military satellite market and its relationship with the commercial satellite industry. Please be sure to check out a copy and get a free John Puetz, Bruce Elbert subscription at www.milsatmagazine.com Dan Freyer, Howard Greenfield Contributing Writers, Keeping up with developments in technology is our business. So, if you The Americas haven’t noticed we’ve redesigned our website, Satnews.com with a streamlined , more user-friendly format. We will also be introducing news David Hartshorn, Martin Jarrold features such as RSS feeds which will enable you to receive Satnews Contributing Writers, Europe Daily on your cellphones or PDAs. At the NAB in Las Vegas this month, we will be introducing a new mutltimedia feature in the website called Baden Woodford SatVideos. Watch out for all this. Contributing Writer, Africa See you all at NAB! Jill Durfee Advertising Sales [email protected] Satnews Publishers is the leading provider of information on the Article Contributions to SatMagazine worldwide satellite industry. For more information, go to Satmagazine accepts article contributions from the industry. We www.satnews.com encourage contributions that deal with issues affecting the industry as Cover Design by: Simon Payne opposed to company or product-specific articles. We are specifically interested in case studies, opinion (op-ed) pieces, features or market Cover photos courtesy of studies and trends. To submit proposals for possible articles , send a Samsung, Nokia, Divitel and Interlink SRL. one-paragraph or less abstract of the proposed article or to obtain more Copyright © 2007 information on our editorial calendar, publishing guidelines and deadlines, Satnews Publishers please send an e-mail to [email protected] All rights reserved. April 2007 SATMAGAZINE.COM Back to Contents 4 Apr. 9-12, National Space Symposium 2007 May 21-23, 2007, DGA’s Military Satellites 2007 Colorado Springs, CO, USA Arlington, VA 1-800-691-4000 [email protected] 719-576-8000 416.597.4710 Fax: 719-576-8801 http://www.idga.org/us/milsat http://www.spacesymposium.org/ May 21-23, Mobile Satellite Users Association Apr. 10-13, 25th AIAA International Communica- International Conference and Exhibition tions Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC-2007) Baltimore, MD, USA "Evolution Toward a Ubiquitous Network Society" Tara Blair / Betsy Kulick Coex, Seoul, KOREA Tel: 1-757-747-2342 Anna Kim E-mail: [email protected] APSCC secretariat http://www.msua.org/msua4 Tel: +82 2 508 4883~5 Fax: +82 2 568 8593 JUNE 2007 E-mail: [email protected]://www.icssc2007.com Jun. 5-7, ISCe 2007:, Satellite and Hybrid Network Apr. 11-13, Caspian Telecoms 2007 Solutions for the Entertainment and Istanbul, TURKEY Military/Government Markets Elena Peredel'skaya San Diego Hilton Resort at Mission Bay, Tel : + 44 (0) 20 7596 5205 / 5000 San Diego, California Fax : + 44 (0) 20 7596 5208 David Bross E-mail : [email protected] http:// Tel: +1.301.916.2236 www.caspiantelecoms.com/ April 14-19, NAB - National Association Introducing of Broadcasters Las Vegas Convention Center, USA the first e-magazine Tel: 202-429-4180 / Fax: 202-429-4180 [email protected] focusing exclusively http://www.nabshow.com/ on the May 15-16, Prague, CZECHOSLOVAKIA global Ingrid Anusic Tel: +44 1173 116 220 / Fax: +44 1173 116 221 military E-mail: [email protected] http://www.iptv-easterneurope.com satellite May 17-18, Building the Broadband Economy: market The Intelligent Community Forum’s annual conference Polytechnic University, New York City Louis Zacharilla, Co-Founder +1-646-291-6166 (x102) or +1-212-249-0624 Now available Fax: 212-825-0075 for free at [email protected] www.milstmagazine.com http://www.intelligentcommunity.org April 2007 SATMAGAZINE.COM Back to Contents 5 INDUSTRY NEWS Falcon 1 Reaches Space But Loses incorporated into the vehicle since its first March 2006 failure Control and is Destroyed on Re-Entry were a success. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — ”I think it’s fair to characterize this as a success and a good Falcon 1 lifted off success- day,” Musk said. “Not a perfect day, but a good day.” fully but failed to reach its target orbit and most likely DARPA bankrolled the second Falcon 1 flight to the tune of $7 burned up on re-entry after a million. The primary aim of the mission was to gather flight data roll control problem threw it for the U.S. Department of Defense, which is a major customer off course. The sad ending to for SpaceX’s future launches. Falcon 1 payload was a 50 the widely anticipated and kilogram experimental satellite that was to have been placed into watched (via Webcast) a circular 685 kilometer high orbit. The payload included an Falcon 1 saga, however, was automated flight safety system, low-cost satellite communica- declared a success by tions transceiver and mechanical payload adapter ring. SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies), owner and ”The malfunction could have been due to a range of issues, SpaceX Falcon 1’s first operator of Falcon 1. such as helium leak or a roll control jet glitch, but only a stage falling back toward subsequent analysis will root out the cause,” Musk said. Earth with the second SpaceX said the two-stage On the company website, he noted that “operationally respon- stage rocket engine in the Falcon 1 was launched from sive (ie fast) launch has become an increasingly important foreground. (SpaceX photo) its Omelek Island launch site at 9:10 p.m. EDT (0110 March national security objective, so demonstrating rapid loading of 21 GMT), but suffered a roll control malfunction 300 kilometers propellents and launch in less than an hour, as well as a rapid above Earth before completing its flight plan. recycle following the first engine ignition are major accomplish- ments.” The roll control anomaly affected control of Falcon 1’s second stage booster. This loss of control threw the booster off course Hanging in the balance is the fate of the third Falcon 1 mission. and sent it crashing to an unscheduled re-entry over the Pacific SpaceX is scheduled to launch the TacSat-1 military communi- Ocean without completing a full orbit. The first stage para- cations satellite this summer aboard another Falcon 1.
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