http://www.satellitetoday.com Satellite Today en-us 2008 Sat, 17 May 2008 11:57:19 EDT [Satellite News – 5-13-08] Comtech Telecommunications Corp. will acquire Radyne Corp. in a deal that will allow Comtech to improve its leadership position in the ground station and amplifier markets, Fred Kornberg, CEO and president of Comtech, said in a teleconference May 12.    ... http://www.satellitetoday.com/satn/features/23032.html Tue, 13 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 5-9-08] U.K. telecommunications giant BT Vision has perhaps one of the hardest tasks of any major operator in Europe in terms of penetrating the TV market.     BT is attempting to gain a foothold in a market where satellite operator BSkyB has nearly 9 million pay-TV... http://www.satellitetoday.com/satn/features/22981.html Fri, 9 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 5-8-08] Bharti Airtel, one of India’s largest telecommunications companies, wants to expand its business and is setting its sights on India’s burgeoning satellite pay-TV market.     Bharti Airtel already serves about 62 million cellular customers in India... http://www.satellitetoday.com/satn/features/22980.html Thu, 8 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 5-7-08] The inaugural flight of the Zenit-3SLB Land Launch vehicle carried the Amos-3 satellite into space April 28 from Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, the culmination of a program initiated in 2003 to provide more options for placing medium-weight satellites into orbit... http://www.satellitetoday.com/satn/features/22971.html Wed, 7 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 5-6-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) posted a 6 percent increase in revenues for the first quarter of 2008 and has made significant progress in implementing the cooperation agreement signed with Inmarsat plc in December, the company announced May 6.     The... http://www.satellitetoday.com/satn/features/22954.html Tue, 6 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 5-5-08] Israeli satellite pay-TV operator Yes may only have 550,000 subscribers, but it is determined to be one of the most innovative pay-TV operators in terms of adapting its satellite strategy, said Itzhak Elyakim, the company’s CTO.     Traditionally a... http://www.satellitetoday.com/satn/features/22953.html Mon, 5 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 5-2-08] Spanish satellite operator Hispasat is targeting a strong performance in its core markets in Europe and Latin America throughout the next year, with the 2009 launch its Amazonas 2 satellite expected to help the operator make great strides further in Latin America... http://www.satellitetoday.com/satn/features/22867.html Fri, 2 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 5-1-08] Media Partners Asia believes the direct-to-home (DTH) market in Asia will grow to around 44 million customers throughout the region by 2012.     Satellite pay-TV services are on the rise in the region. “DTH subscriber growth accelerated to 27 percent in... http://www.satellitetoday.com/satn/features/22857.html Thu, 1 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 4-29-08] The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is making all archived Landsat imagery available on the Internet for free, the agency announced April 28.     By February, users will be able to access any Landsat scene held in the USGS-managed national archive of global... http://www.satellitetoday.com/satn/features/22841.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 4-25-08] Arqiva is expanding into the international high-definition (HD) market with launches of a new international platform for occasional use broadcasting as well as a new MPEG-4 HD platform for Asia.     Simon Thrush, senior vice president for Arqiva in the United... http://www.satellitetoday.com/satn/features/22817.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT