Month: July 2010

[Satellite TODAY 07-15-10] Lionsgate Films has signed a distribution agreement with satellite Web video delivery service XStreamHD which will allow customers to purchase or rent HD Lionsgate releases and access...

While China Satellite Communications Corp. (CASC) is planning to use capacity on its satellites to support a new DTH service in China, which could launch this year, CASC Vice President...

Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall hopes that the successful launch earlier this week of the Arabsat-5A satellite, as well as South Korea’s COMS (Communication, Ocean and Meteorological satellite), will provide...

[Satellite TODAY 07-14-10] Comtech Mobile Datacom received a contract modification to its Movement Tracking System (MTS) program contract with the U.S. Army, authorizing two six-month performance period extension options and...

[Satellite TODAY 07-14-10] Gilat Satellite Networks has been chosen to provide VSAT broadband satellite network applications for an unnamed Asian homeland security agency, the company announced July 13.     Gilat...

[Satellite TODAY 07-14-10] CapRock Communications signed a two-year contract with Yahsat subsidiary Star Satellite Communications to provide custom voice, video and data communications services to clients in the Middle East...

The Asia-Pacific regions a strong market for satellite companies continue, particularly in the broadcast sector, where DTH subscriber growth is strong.      “The market for DTH pay-TV in the Asia-Pacific...

[Satellite TODAY 07-14-10] NASA has initiated a nanosatellite Centennial Challenge contest, offering a prize purse of $2 million for technological achievements by independent teams who work without government funding, the...

[Satellite TODAY 07-14-10] Harmonic has shipped more than one million of its edgeQAM video-on-demand units to cable service providers worldwide, the company announced July 13.     Harmonic’s edgeQAM technology supports...

[Satellite News 07-14-10] The global video encoders market will exceed $1.0 billion by the year 2015, according to a global market report released July 13 by Global Industry Analysts (GIA)....