Author: Staff Writer

Foxtel, the Australian pay-TV operator, announced some impressive new ratings figures that show the strong performance of subscription television. In the latest week ending Oct. 30, subscription television’s share of...

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association’s (SBCA’s) government affairs staff is focused on fighting the National Association of Broadcasters’ (NAB) “ridiculous petition” opposing the delivery of local weather and traffic...

Iridium Satellite LLC said 2,500 aircraft have been fitted with Iridium satellite communications equipment, and the market is growing at a rate of more than 100 percent annually. “One of...

Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems (HNS), a global provider of satellite broadband products and services, introduced what it calls a comprehensive package of services for companies looking to distribute high-impact...

Satellite Today learned the Express AM-1 satellite, built by the Reshetnev scientific research association, was successfully launched aboard a Proton-K launch vehicle from the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:11...

Herndon, Va.-based iDirect Tech-nologies, a privately held company that designs, develops, and markets bi-directional, satellite-based broadband access solutions is broadening its product offering. The new iDirect iNFINITI series product line...

The U.S. Air Force just deployed technology designed to jam satellite transmissions from enemy satellites. According to reports, the ground-based technology can knock out transmissions using electromagnetic radio frequency energy...

A new portable Global Positioning System (GPS) unit with as much as 300 percent more battery power will be available commercially this month through Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Automotive Capital Group Inc....

Conax, a leading European-based Conditional Access (CA) supplier, announced two key appointments and it hopes to drive more revenues out of the Asia Pacific market. It has created a new...

Honeywell [HON] rolled out a 150-nanometer, 15-million-gate integrated circuit (IC) technology it says exponentially increases speed and bandwidth capabilities for processing and transmitting data in aerospace systems, including space satellites...