http://www.satellitetoday.com Satellite Today en-us 2012 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 6:10:54 EST The data communications market via satellite in the Middle East is shrinking, according to one executive we spoke to at IBC today. This executive, who works for a telecoms service provider serving the market, says the Middle East data communications market for satellite is now under real pressure and that... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/ibc/editorialinsight/37484.html Tue, 13 Sep 2011 0:00:00 EDT 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 the benefits of the platform to radio broadcasters, a potential target for the... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/ibc/fromtheshowfloor/37485.html Tue, 13 Sep 2011 0:00:00 EDT Eutelsat Communications is launching a DVB satellite transmission quality assurance initiative for the 2012 Olympics, which aims to safeguard satellite signal services, the operator announced Sept. 12.    Eutelsat said the effort is supported by the global broadcast community, the satellite... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/ibc/industrybriefs/37486.html Tue, 13 Sep 2011 0:00:00 EDT French overseas territories pay-TV provider Canal Plus Overseas has contracted multiple transponders and signed a long-term agreement with satellite operator SES for its subsidiary Canal Plus Afrique, the operator announced.    The deal will see the SES-4 satellite... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/ibc/industrybriefs/37487.html Tue, 13 Sep 2011 0:00:00 EDT ViaSat is releasing its silicon-proven cores ECC66100 series as standard off-the-shelf products in an effort to develop forward error correction (FEC) for 100G optical transports, the satellite company announced Sept. 12.  ... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/ibc/industrybriefs/37488.html Tue, 13 Sep 2011 0:00:00 EDT Transmission services provider SatLink Communications has completed a live trial of NovelSat’s 3G-Sat NS3 modulator (NS1000) and demodulator (NS2000) technology, which resulted in more than 50 percent increases in bandwidth efficiency when compared with the DVB-S2 standard, SatLink announced Sept. 8... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/ibc/industrybriefs/37489.html Tue, 13 Sep 2011 0:00:00 EDT Optimal Satcom has been awarded a multi-year contract by Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) to provide an enterprise satellite capacity system to help manage ABS’ commercial satellite business, Optimal Satcom announced Sept. 7.    The system will include Optimal Satcom’s Enterprise Capacity... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/ibc/industrybriefs/37490.html Tue, 13 Sep 2011 0:00:00 EDT While the satellite industry is in many ways ‘a good news’ industry with stories of growth and opportunity in difficult economic times, this growth can also lead to problems. RF interference is becoming an increasing problem for the industry and one that has been a keen topic of debate at IBC. A... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/ibc/editorialinsight/37475.html Mon, 12 Sep 2011 0:00:00 EDT Pace is confident that it will have a major DTH customer for its new range of advanced set-top boxes in the near future. It has already signed its first cable customer for these new boxes.  Darren Fawcett, Pace’s chief technical engineer, told the IBC E-Daily, “We signed a first client... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/ibc/fromtheshowfloor/37476.html Mon, 12 Sep 2011 0:00:00 EDT Intelsat has signed two contracts with SkyStream, a Dubai-based provider of connectivity and satellite services solutions, for nearly 40 MHz of new C-band capacity on Intelsat 17, the operator announced Sept. 10.    The Intelsat 17 satellite, located at 66 degrees East... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/ibc/industrybriefs/37477.html Mon, 12 Sep 2011 0:00:00 EDT