France adopts budget with significant investment in space | Special Report
Joanne Wheeler and her colleagues at Bird & Bird highlight recent regulatory developments affecting the satellite industry and assess what...
Satellite industry M&A and financing mandates | Issue 219
SatelliteFinance compiles the latest M&A deals by country, company, mandate, and mandated. This Mandates Table ran in SatelliteFinance Issue 219. SatelliteFinance...
Satellite launch schedule | Issue 219
SatelliteFinance compiles a schedule of upcoming commercial launches. This Launch Schedule ran in SatelliteFinance Issue 219. SatelliteFinance compiles a schedule of...
Avanti solicits bondholders to amend notes as it mulls more debt under restructuring plan
Long-distressed satellite operator Avanti Communications is seeking consent from noteholders for amendments and waivers in connection with its previously announced debt-for-equity...
Multifaceted Sky acquisition could hinge on losing news business as two other situations play out
Sky could seek to dispose 24-hour media channel Sky News after a British regulator provisionally rejected 21st Century Fox’s €11.7bn (US$16.3bn) bid to acquire the...
Satellite welcomes reopening of US government after brief funding impasse
The satellite industry welcomes the resolution to the US government shutdown, as the Senate voted 81-18 Monday to fund the government through 8...
Hughes views LEO constellations as key road for broadband growth | Q&A
Hughes Network Systems made many major moves in 2017, culminating in a US$190m ground network contract with LEO broadband startup...
RigNet acquires Brazil analytics company amid rising oil prices and consolidation in satcoms
Against a backdrop of rising oil prices, US oil and gas satcoms provider RigNet agreed to acquire Brazil’s Intelie Soluções...
Rumour mill begins to turn again as timing might be right for Inmarsat and Avanti takeovers
The timing for an acquisition of UK-based satellite operator Inmarsat could be opportune in part because of the company’s valuation,...
2018 tolls with multiple satellite orders and an upbeat outlook for manufacturers
Satellite manufacturers are generally buoyant about the prospects for orders in 2018 following announcements of multiple contracts to begin the...
