Resellers ride stable prices through busy '96. (satellite resellers)(Special Report: Satellites)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, August, 1996 by Dickson, Glen

July has come and gone, and thankfully for satellite resellers, transponder prices have stayed steady. After last summer's monumental price jump--up to 300% in some cases--resellers were holding their breath as they reached the midpoint of one of the busiest-ever transmission years. "But the prices stayed pretty level," says Rick Creel, Broadcast Satellite International vice president/GM.

"This falls in line with what the operators said they were going to do." Despite the launch of some new birds, the capacity situation also has stayed the same, Creel says: "There's a severe Ku-crunch, with zero capacity. When C-band went into a crunch, everyone migrated, and now they're still on Ku[-band]." Global Access Telecommunications (now a subsidiary of Vyvx)...

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