Month: September 2008

NASA has increased its use of temporary hirings, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to Congress stated. Since NASA was given the power to appoint employees to positions for limited...

Russia Lambasted For Continued Occupation Of Georgian Provinces; Asian Nations Provide $40 Million Low-Interest Loan To Georgia But Some U.S. Lawmakers Still Are Cool To Providing Funds Required To Build...

Chinese Space Advances Come As NASA Faces Serious Woes China is wrapping up preparations for liftoff as early as next week of its third manned space flight that will include...

Providing a European focus to news, the popular euronews can be found on pay-TV platforms around the world. However, the rules of the broadcast landscape have changed, raising a number...

Eric Cooney, head of TV solutions at Ericsson, wants to expand the Ericsson brand name into the satellite community. Cooney, the CEO of Tandberg Television when it was acquired by...

Microsoft Corp. has unveiled its Mediaroom Advertising Platform, which will allow broadband service providers deploying the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV software platform to offer targeted, measurable and interactive advertising spots from...

Irdeto has expanded a set-top box license agreement with Cisco Systems, enabling Cisco to integrate Irdeto’s conditional access solution with its set-top boxes.      As result of this agreement, Cisco...

Nagravision will supply a conditional access system for Iraqi satellite network Alsumaria TV, Nagravision announced.      Alsumaria transmits on both Nilesat and Arabsat, and Alsumaria’s Mobision mobile TV service is...

HBO Central Europe signed a deal with Spacecom to expand HBO’s channel bouquet on the Amos satellites, Spacecom announced.       Under the 10-year agreement, HBO initially will launch three new...

Mergers and acquisitions constantly reshape various sectors of the industry as well as the show floor at IBC. Ericsson’s acquisition of Tandberg Television and SES’s takeover of ND SatCom are...