-via OttawaCitizen.com
"Satellite Internet provider Xplornet Communications Inc. will soon blanket Canada’s underserviced Internet areas with much faster signals. The Woodstock, N.B., company, has purchased all of the Canadian broadcast capacity of the recently launched EchoStar XVII, owned by Hughes Network Systems for an undisclosed sum.....more
-via DigitalTVEurope.net
"Satellite operators Eutelsat, Intelsat and SES are to implement Carrier ID, a new technique to help identify transmissions, as part of the package of services they are offering during the London Olympics.....more
-via SeekingAlpha.com
"The issue has consumers in a frenzy because they may not be able to receive the channels they want on their service anymore. Do these battles demonstrate that an on-line streaming experience may be a competitive wave of the future, or is it still too early for that?....more
-via BroadcastNow.co.uk
"With the London Games expected to generate over 2,000 hours of satellite coverage final preparations are underway for the implementation of carrier ID, a stamp on uplink signals that helps satellite operators to identify transmissions to their satellites.....more
-via KansasCity.com
"Want to watch an episode of TNT's "The Closer" online? You have to fill out a form on TNT's website, proving you have a cable or satellite television subscription. And your cable or satellite provider also needs to have a deal with TNT to carry its content online.....more
-via NewsPakistan.pk
"Satellite to track Mars goes out of orbit NASA might not be able to continue getting real-time coverage of the decent of Mars rover ‘Curiosity’ into Gale Crater as the satellite that was supposed to track the task went out of orbit due to a manoeuvring system glitch last month.....more
-via PCWorld.com
"Ask any Silicon Valley entrepreneur about their startup and they'll usually tell you the sky is the limit. For some, it's not just the limit but the goal.....more
-via GizMag.com
"Southern Stars Group LLC, the company responsible for the popular SkySafari apps for iOS, Android and Mac OS X, is thinking a little bigger with its next project. The publicly funded SkyCube is a miniature CubeSat satellite that will orbit the planet, transmitting low-resolution images of the Earth while broadcasting short messages from sponsors in the form of data pings. In short, it's the world's first social space mission.....more
-via FoxNews.com
"Channel blackouts such as the one that resulted from the recent spat between Viacom and DirecTV have become far more common over the past three years. Consumers can thank the changing dynamics of the entertainment industry.....more
-via Reuters.com
"A European science satellite originally launched to monitor sea ice may tap into a burgeoning commercial interest in the Arctic, a sign of growing demand for the paraphernalia of the space industry from business.....more
-via LATimes.com
"Once again, TV viewers encountered full-page ads in the newspaper this week declaring that a greedy cable or satellite company was denying people the right to watch their favorite shows.....more
-via SacBee.com
"Getting along with rapid economy growth, domestic satellite communication companies face new opportunities and obtain rapid growth in satellite private network market, satellite communication in rural regions, value added services, and other segmenting markets.....more
-via SatelliteSpy.com
"10th July 1962 marked the birth of satellite communications. Exactly 50 years ago today the Telstar satellite commenced its journey into space from Cape Canaveral and became the first ever active communications satellite. It carried the first live trans-Atlantic TV broadcasts.....more
-via AirTrafficManagement.com
"A new EGNOS transponder was launched on 9 July via satellite from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, by the European Commission in order to upgrade and maintain the EGNOS system.....more
-via BostonHerald.com
"An Earth observation satellite conceived by former Vice President Al Gore — but banished to a Maryland warehouse by foes of climate change after George W. Bush beat Gore for the presidency — could get a ride into space as early as 2014.....more
-via Space.com
"Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) describes the Phoenix program: The goal of the Phoenix program is to develop and demonstrate technologies to cooperatively harvest and re-use valuable components from retired, nonworking satellites in GEO and demonstrate the ability to create new space systems at greatly reduced cost.....more
-via UPI.com
"Nitrogen dioxide pollution in the atmosphere has decreased in the United States and Europe but increased in the Middle East and parts of Asia, researchers say.More than 15 years of atmospheric observations and measurements by satellites have revealed both increases and decreases in air quality, the European Space Agency reported Monday....more
-via SeekingAlpha.com
"Looking from a multiples standpoint, satellite television companies DirecTV (DTV) and Dish Network (DISH) both appear to be undervalued. DirecTV is expected do have per annum earnings growth of over 18 percent over the next five years, but has a P/E ratio of 13.3....more
-via WallStreetJournal.com
"For European satellite company SES, the Asian sky's the limit. Faced with well-developed and largely saturated markets in Europe and North America, global satellite operators are looking east, where they seek fresh impetus for growth in Asia's middle-class consumers and burgeoning enterprises.....more
-via GantDaily.com
"The decision to award the construction of Israel’s newest communications satellite to a state-owned company has probably saved the life of the production line and was likely done to preserve independence for defense communications.....more
-via Advanced-Television.com
"According to a BBC Monitoring report South African pan-regional broadcaster MultiChoice/DStv is losing “hundreds of thousands of dollars a year” because of signal piracy by Zimbabwean users of a pirate set-top box.....more
-via AviationWeek.com
"If acquisition control of critical and delayed U.S. weather satellite programs must be given to one federal agency rather than two, some House members still would choose the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) over NASA, despite its much-publicized problems....more
-via TheGlobeAndMail.com
"Canadian space technology company MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has finally struck the deal it hopes will open the floodgates to the lucrative U.S. market – and erase the bad memory of an attempted 2008 divestiture that was killed by Ottawa....more
-via Phys.org
"Over a dozen radio signals that have hindered data collection on ESA's SMOS water mission have been switched off. The effort also benefits satellites such as NASA's Aquarius mission, which measures ocean salinity at the same frequency....more
-via FierceTelecom.com
"Fifty years ago, on July 10, 1962, the first active relay communications satellite--Telstar--was launched into an elliptical orbit. It was the brainchild of Dr. John R. Pierce of Bell Telephone Laboratories, and showed the way for the host of geostationary and low-earth-orbit communication satellites that would follow....more
-via ZDNet.com
"The Geeveston ground station, expected to be operational in 2013, will be a single storey building with two 13.5-metre diameter satellite dishes, and will help service between 15,000 and 20,000 Australian homes and businesses with broadband speeds of up to 12 megabits per second....more
-via Defense.AOL.com
"It is long past time for Congress to reform the current laws governing the export of commercial satellites – an outmoded and counterproductive system intended to enhance national security while inadvertently undermining America's domestic space industry, a recent Defense Department report makes clear....more
-via PopularMechanics.com
"If all goes well, the world's most powerful hydrogen and liquid oxygen fueled rocket engine will take flight for the first time tomorrow at 6:13 am EDT. The Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) RS-68A adds 39,000 pounds of thrust to the first-gen RS-68 for 702,000 total pounds of thrust....more
-via DailyFinance.com
"It's not really a surprise, but the numbers are eye-catching regardless: According to a recent survey, around 17% of people who subscribe to premium cable networks would consider defecting to Netflix. As if that weren't scary enough for cable operators and their satellite brethren, an almost equal percentage prefer getting video-on-demand services from the Netflixes of the world rather than them....more
-via PCWorld.com
"Sending a satellite into space is pretty difficult, not to mention expensive, so instead of sending a bunch of satellites into space to tinker with, why not design a single, highly versatile satellite that a bunch of people can share?....more
-via Wired.com
"Dead satellites, that is. Last year, Darpa, the military’s blue-sky research agency, kicked off a program designed to harvest parts from unused communications satellites still orbiting the Earth, and then turn those bits and pieces — antennas in particular — into an array that operates as a low-cost “communications farm” for troops on the ground....more
-via NOAANews.com
"Data flowing from a new generation of instruments onboard the Suomi NPP satellite, a joint NASA/NOAA mission, are being used in NOAA’s global numerical weather forecast system a record seven months after launch, nearly three times faster than previous missions....more
-via TheCourier.com.au
"The rollout of the National Broadband Network to communities in the Ballarat region has gone far less smoothly than the federal government would have hoped. Local government processes, coupled with community distrust has seen what Prime Minister Julia Gillard referred to as Australia’s largest nation-building infrastructure project hit some initial hurdles.....more
-via NYTimes.com
"An international team of researchers presented a new tool at the Rio+20 sustainability conference last week: the first satellite system for monitoring deforestation across Latin America in nearly real time....more
-via GPSWorld.com
"The launch of SES-5 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, originally scheduled for 18 June, has been delayed due to a problem with a first stage subsystem on the Proton launch vehicle. The rocket has been rolled back to the assembly building for further tests. A new launch date has not yet been announced....more
-via BizJournals.com
"Southwest Research Institute will develop eight nanosatellite observatories that will be launched into low-Earth orbit. Once in orbit, these observatories will receive Global Positioning System signals from the GPS satellites and from signals reflected from the Earth’s surface.....more
-via ChannelNewsAsia.com
"Satellite operators and launch companies are seeing demand for satellite services in Asia take off, a trend that industry players say will only accelerate in the coming years. Growing usage of smart devices, telecommunications, video-on-demand, and internet-based mobile connectivity have led to an increased need for satellite capacity.....more
-via Discovery.com
"Tired of monstrously long flights to Europe? A new space-based global tracking system should shave flight times by opening up new routes, including paths that take advantage of quick-forming wind streams.....more
-via WinnipegFreePress.com
"Money-losing satellite radio provider SiriusXM Canada wants its mandatory contributions to Canadian content development slashed by the federal broadcast regulator to better compete with conventional radio stations.....more
-via Phys.org
"Working on the high seas can be lonely separated from friends and family for weeks at a time. Communications via satellite close this gap by providing the means to stay in touch. Now, with ESA’s support, contacting shore is easier....more
-via TVTechnology.com
"The BroadcastAsia 2012 International Conference will be held in Singapore from June 19–22. Located at Suntec in downtown Singapore, the show is being held concurrently with CommunicAsia, located a short shuttle bus ride away at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands....more
-via ZDnetAsia.com
"This year's CommunicAsia tradeshow looks to keep in step with the industry's latest developments as it adds three new tracks that focus on the application of mobile technologies, according to conference organizer Singapore Exhibition Services (SES)....more
-via DirectionsMag.com
"Most everyone has used GPS in some fashion. But how many people know how it works? Or know about its many siblings online or coming online in the coming years? Or how good it is at determining elevation? Executive Editor Adena Schutzberg rounds up what she thinks you should know about this important positioning system....more
-via Wired.com
"A commercial satellite has spotted a mysterious unmanned aerial vehicle parked at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. The orbital snapshot was reportedly taken on Dec. 4, but became public only last week in a blog post by George Kaplan, a self-described “open source” intelligence analyst who relies solely on publicly available imagery....more
-via Reuters.com
"The number of Cubans linked to the country's state-controlled intranet jumped more than 40 percent in 2011 compared to the previous year and mobile phone use rose 30 percent....more
-via BroadcastNewsRoom.com
"Satellite Communication Systems (SCS) - Communication is vital to the success of any organization. Video conferencing coveys vast more information than....more
-via SpaceDaily.com
"Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and the Bureau of Meteorology said data from GPS and low-Earth orbit satellites can improve real-time weather observations and help cross-calibration of instruments.....more
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