Author: Staff Writer

[Satellite Today 08-20-08] Efficient Channel Coding (ECC) introduced a multi-stream extraction feature that enables its ECC3100 Digital Video Broadcast Satellite standard (DVB-S2) receiver chip to extract multiple data streams from...

[Satellite Today 08-20-08] NASA issued a request for information Aug. 18 for providing communications and navigation services that would support the development of exploration, scientific and commercial capabilities on the...

[Satellite Today 08-20-08] Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) second quarter income was $19 million, an increase of 36 percent compared to a profit of $14 million for the second quarter of...

[Satellite News 08-20-08] Alcatel-Lucent is supporting the world’s first commercial trial of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)’s new BCAST smartcard profile, a standard for mobile TV content protection, Alcatel-Lucent announced...

[Satellite News 08-20-08] GlobeCast signed a channel distribution deal with Verizon for the launch of 14 international channels on Verizon’s FiOS TV, GlobeCast announced Aug. 20.     World TV, a...

[Satellite Today 08-19-08] SpaceDev Inc. signed a multi-year contract with Scaled Composites to assist in the development of a production rocket motor for a commercial space vehicle designed for space...

[Satellite Today 08-19-08] VT iDirect Inc. unveiled an industrialized hub that allows network operators to implement and manage a mobile satellite network in the field, the company announced Aug. 19....

[Satellite Today 08-19-08] The third of Inmarsat’s I-4 satellites was placed into orbit Aug. 19 by a commercial Proton launch, Inmarsat and International Launch Services announced.     The Proton Breeze...

[Satellite Today 08-19-08] U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin and other commission staff will fan out to rural areas and other markets in the United States to raise...

[Satellite News 08-19-08] Economists see a bright future for Brazil’s economy, and while Brazil is insulated from a majority of the global economic downturn, surging food prices still concern the...