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[Satellite Today 10-12-09] MSS operators reported increased revenues of about 8 percent in 2008 to more than $1.2 billion, Euroconsult announced. Inmarsat held a 51 percent market share in 2008,...

International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) received an order from Media Broadcast in Germany for IDC’s SuperFlex DVB-S2 broadband satellite caching receiver, SFX4104 Pro Video with Datacast XD content management and distribution...

[Satellite Today 10-12-09] Digicel is relaunching its satellite wireless broadband service in of Tonga using the Aptilo Carrier Wireless Service Management System, Digicel announced Oct 7.             The network uses...

Comtech EF Data Vice President Fred Morris has seen global networks evolve and standards come and go over his career. As his company does business in the DVB-S2 era, Morris...

[Satellite Today 10-12-09] Norsat International Inc. signed a non-exclusive agreement for distribution, installation and service of C2SAT products, Norsat announced Oct. 9.             The agreement will add C2SAT stabilized antenna...

[Satellite Today 10-12-09] DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 satellite was launched Oct. 8. aboard a Boeing Delta 2 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., DigitalGlobe announced.             The DigitalGlobe ground station received a...

[Satellite Today 10-12-09] Viasat Broadcasting signed a four-year distribution deal with the largest IPTV service provider in Estonia, Elion, Viasat said Oct. 9.             Under the agreement, Viasat will market...

Paradise Datacom has released FastLink, a low-latency low density parity check (LDPC) feature now available in its entire line of satellite modem products, the company announced.     FastLink combines implementations...

Globalstar is upgrading its network to enhance the messaging capacity and the data receiver sensitivity of the Globalstar Simplex data network, the company announced.    The upgrades, supplied by Comtech...

ViaSat Enerdyne received and displayed analog-transmitted NTSC video from a variety of unmanned aerial systems using its digital EnerLinks 3 ground modem transceiver in a demonstration for customers held at...