http://www.satellitetoday.com Satellite Today en-us 2013 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:40:31 EDT India has a population of more than a billion people, multiple languages and a developing economy. At the start of the last decade, DishTV had the DTH market pretty much to itself; however, with a number of new entrants in recent years, such as Tata Sky, Bharti Airtel with Airtel TV, and Reliance... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/features/41219.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT The emergence of Ka-band satellites and ever-more complex terrestrial networks such as 4G are driving greater network capacity gains. With these networks, the number of connected devices and connected components has grown exponentially. Not surprisingly, the stakes for network management – the... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/features/41220.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. government is hungry for cost-effective access to space, and hosted payloads soon may be a tangible option for budget-strapped civil and military users. The Hosted Payload Office in the U.S. Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) expects to announce its long-anticipated Hosted Payload Solutions... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/features/41221.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT The hosted payload market has kicked into life in spectacular fashion this year with a number of contracts being announced. With speculation always abound about potential deals to come, 2013 is set to be the year when we see the whole hosted payload market reach new heights. EMC/Arabsat Arabsat and Emerging... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/features/41232.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Jay Gullish, director of Space & Telecommunications at Futron, vividly recalls his reaction last year when Boeing made its groundbreaking announcement about launching two satellites with all-electric propulsion for two different customers – Satmex and ABS – in the same slot, on the same... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/features/40973.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The demand for communications and video services is placing pressure on telcos in Latin America to come up with creative solutions to meet customer needs. Satellite is becomingly an increasingly attractive option for telcos, whether in the enterprise space, or the progressively crowded video markets... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/features/40979.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT United Airlines announced in January that it had introduced onboard satellite-based Wi-Fi internet connectivity on the first of its international widebody aircraft, saying that it had become the first U.S.-based international carrier to offer customers the ability to stay connected while traveling on... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/features/41068.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT IP rules. That has been the industry’s perception since IP terrestrial technology was introduced almost 40 years ago. Since then, it has become practically ubiquitous. The list of IP-supported products and services seems endless: modems are IP-enabled, as are many networks, smart grids, educational... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/features/40868.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT There are a number of trends in the broadcast environment relating to the evolution of the codecs for compression and managing the workflow to support more channels and devices. At the high end, the publicity about 4K promises to require considerable new bandwidth for broadcasters, prompting the need for... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/features/40869.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT How do you take a century-old technology provider to government agencies and commercial entities and arm it with media assets strong enough to secure top-tier coverage? How do you grab the media’s focus away from tech and data juggernauts like Google? That’s what Unisys was up against in April... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/features/40842.html Mon, 18 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EDT