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| 06.01.2012 |
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Executive Moves News
Dish Network Hires New Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer U.S. pay-TV provider Dish Network has appointed James Moorhead to the position of senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Moorhead will be responsible for Dish Network’s...
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| 05.01.2012 |
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Contracts News
DigitalGlobe Inks Two Imagery Licensing Deals With Microsoft High-resolution earth imagery provider DigitalGlobe has signed two licensing agreements with Microsoft. The first agreement more than doubles the volume of high-resolution imagery DigitalGlobe...
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| 03.16.2012 |
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Orbcomm Enjoys Significant Rebound, Subscriber Growth Spurt in 2011 
[Satellite News 03-16-12] While Orbcomm’s 2011 fourth fiscal quarter adjusted EBITDA fell 8 percent short of analysts’ forecast due to weaker-than-expected hardware margins, the metric grew 9 percent sequentially to mark the highest level in the...
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| 03.12.2012 |
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Comtech Negotiating New BFT-1 Deal; Analysts See Promising Signs for 2012
[Satellite News 03-12-12] Comtech Telecommunications is currently holding negotiations with the U.S. Army for a new Blue Force Tracking 1 (BFT-1) contract that would sustain its business after losing its BFT-2 bid in 2010, Comtech CEO Fred Kornberg confirmed...
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| 03.06.2012 |
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SATELLITE 2012 Conference Preview: A Guide to This Year’s Key Topics (Part 1)
[Satellite News 03-06-12] During the past four years, the central discussion topic for many industries has been dealing with the global economic recession. The cable industry, for example, is still trying to figure out the behavior of its budget-conscious...
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| 01.01.2012 |
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Samer Majali CEO, Gulf Air
Gulf Air, based out of Bahrain and one of the largest airlines in the Middle East, aims to be one of the most progressive in terms of providing in-flight entertainment and connectivity services. The airline is going one step further than most by offering live...
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| 09.12.2011 |
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Solaris Mobile CEO: Deadline to Order New Satellite “Fast Approaching”
[Satellite News 09-12-11] Solaris Mobile has launched EUR Radio - a new, free, pan-European digital satellite radio demonstration platform, which will serve the European Union region. Solaris Mobile announced the initiative today at IBC. The aim is to show...
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| 04.01.2011 |
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Next Generation of Satellite: High Capacity, High Potential
High throughput platforms using spot beam technology and frequency re-use have the potential to become engines of growth for the satellite industry, but will require a change to a consumer-focus approach on the part of satellite operators. The growth in...
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| 11.02.2010 |
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Smartphones: Small Portion of Mobile Subscribers, But Use Two-Thirds of Total Mobile Traffic
[Satellite News 11-02-10] Informa Telecoms & Media estimates that the average traffic per smartphone user currently averages 85MB per month as smartphone users are generating two-thirds of the world’s total mobile cellular traffic and that this...
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| 11.01.2010 |
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Canada Opens Up
Canada’s Parliament enacted legislation July 12 to remove restrictions on foreign ownership of Canadian-licensed satellite carriers. Prior to the legislation, Canada limited foreign ownership of telecommunications carriers, including satellite carriers...
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| 11.01.2010 |
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Efficient Use of Orbits and Frequencies
Participants at a workshop held in Wroclaw, Poland, in mid-September discussed efficient use of spectrum and orbit resources. They agreed that ensuring this efficiency is getting “more and more difficult,” but there are tools that can be used to...
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| 10.14.2010 |
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RRSat’s Izkovitz: Live Events Will Help Bring 3-D into Living Rooms in Five Years
[Satellite News 10-14-10] The potential for a consumer market leap to 3-D broadcast content has yielded a fair share of caution from analysts focused on short-term growth, but RRSat Deputy Vice President of Sales Shlomi Izkovitz is much more optimistic about...
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| 10.07.2010 |
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Solaris Mobile CEO Sees First Commercial Deal, Need for New Satellite
[Satellite News 10-07-10] Solaris Mobile, the joint venture between Eutelsat and SES Astra, is in discussions with potential service providers and may sign its first commercial deal in the next few weeks, Solaris Mobile CEO Steve Maine told Satellite News...
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| 09.21.2010 |
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MetroPCS Leads the United States into the LTE Era
[Satellite News 09-21-10] MetroPCS has launched the United States’ first 4G LTE-enabled network in Las Vegas with Samsung’s multi-mode, CDMA Craft handset signed on to support the service, MetroPCS announced Sept. 21. Analysts...
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| 08.10.2010 |
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ViaSat’s Dankberg: Government Program Delays Impacted First Quarter Growth
[Satellite TODAY 08-11-10] ViaSat made strategic gains in its 2011 first quarter with its Blue Force Tracking 2 contract win and the ViaSat-1 program, but government cost overruns and program delays caused the company’s quarterly results to fall short...
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| 07.20.2010 |
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SpeedCast CEO Ready to Seize Acquisition Opportunities in Africa
[Satellite News 07-20-10] Satellite telecommunications service provider SpeedCast may look to make an acquisition in Africa in 2011 to boost its business in the region, SpeedCast CEO Pierre-Jean Beylier told Satellite News. The company...
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| 07.20.2010 |
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Informa: Emerging Market Consumers to Drive Four-Year VAS Market Growth
[Satellite News 07-20-10] The global mobile value-added-service (VAS) industry, which produced revenues of $200 billion in 2009, will see revenues jump to $340 billion by 2014, according to a report released July 20 by analyst firm Informa Telecoms...
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| 05.01.2010 |
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Cloud Formation Provides Growth for Satellite Players
Cloud computing is a new way of harnessing the information at our disposal in an information-dominated world, and the satellite sector can play a role in the development and operation of the cloud. There is no one set definition for cloud computing...
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| 03.01.2010 |
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Via Satellite’s Satellite Executive Of The Year 2009: Peter Shaper, CEO, CapRock Communications
Peter Shaper’s introduction to the satellite communications sector occurred while he was a partner in a private equity firm. Research into telecom companies that were “undervalued” led to CapRock Communications. Shaper’s interest was...
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| 12.22.2009 |
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The Top Satellite Industry Stories of 2009
[Satellite News 12-22-09] The global recession may have dominated global business plans and future outlooks in 2009, but the satellite industry finds itself standing at the end of one of its most active years in recent history. Acquisitions, bankruptcies and...
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