Author: Staff Writer

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] Venezuela will make its first satellite radio and television transmission Jan. 10, Venezuelan Minister of Science and Technology Nuris Orihuela told Venezuelan press officials Jan. 6.    ...

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] TerreStar Networks and protocol stack software supplier Comneon demonstrated the first Voice Over IP (VOIP) phone call on an integrated satellite-terrestrial multi-mode handset from a Comneon test...

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] Software developer ViewCast Corp. released an IP video streaming appliance, Niagara 2100, the company announced Jan. 7.     This addition to ViewCast’s Niagara streaming video line targets...

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] The Los Angeles Superior Court has backed an October jury decision against Boeing Co. to award ICO Global Communications compensatory damages of $371 million, punitive damages of...

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] Boeing Co. has increased the communications capacity of an on-orbit U.S. Navy satellite, UFO 11, by 30 percent, the company announced Jan. 7.     The ultra-high frequency...

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] Comtech AeroAstro Inc. has delivered the first spacecraft bus for the U.S. Air Force’s Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) satellite program, Comtech announced Jan. 7....

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] Tandberg Television won a content delivery deal with Starz Entertainment, the company announced Jan. 7.     Starz, which operates 16 movie channels including the Starz and Encore...

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] SES Astra and GlobeCast signed a distribution and capacity deal with France Telecom to broadcast Orange TV, targeting French homes with no TV coverage over ADSL, the...

[Satellite Today 01-07-08] DataPath Inc. has been awarded a $100 million contract from the U.S. Army to manufacture and integrate Ka-band conversion kits for about 800 deployed DataPath Satellite Transportable...

[Satellite Today 01-07-08] Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) signed Yahsat and Arabsat capacity contracts totaling $200 million, EMC announced Jan. 6.     Based on long-term agreements, EMC will lease C-band capacity...