Year: 2016

[Via Satellite 04-25-2016] Gogo ushered in its highly anticipated 2Ku satellite-based In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) technology last week, concluding its race to enter the space-based connectivity market and remain competitive with […]

[Via Satellite 04-25-2016] AT&T has partnered with Globecomm to launch a new service that combines satellite and cellular connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT). Through the agreement, AT&T’s IoT […]

[Via Satellite 04-25-2016] SES has kicked off a new business incubator called Satlas, which aims to turn pioneering ideas from a variety of fields, including e-learning, energy, financial technology (fintech), […]

[Via Satellite 04-25-2016] Satellite Solutions Worldwide Group (SSW) has agreed to a $2.9 million unsecured loan note with Business Growth Fund (BGF). The loan note carries a fixed coupon of […]

[Via Satellite 04-25-2016] The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS 1) satellite has entered environmental testing in preparation for the spacecraft’s early 2017 launch. […]

[Via Satellite 04-22-2016] Despite challenges with current economic conditions, Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite service provider ViewSat is adding roughly half a dozen new channels a month from broadcasters in Africa. The […]

[Via Satellite 04-22-2016] SES is deploying Satmed, a satellite-based e-health platform, at the Cure Hospital for Children in Niger, to enhance healthcare in rural and remote regions in Niger. Satmed […]

[Via Satellite 04-22-2016] Rezatec, a U.K.-based Earth Observation (EO) data analytics company formed in 2012, has raised more than $1.4 million in a seed financing round to expand its sales […]

[Via Satellite 04-22-2016] On Call Communications and X2nSat have signed a new formal partnership granting each company access to satellite communications resources, increasing the quality and geographic footprint of their […]

[Via Satellite 04-22-2016] Cobham Satcom has started shipping its new Explorer 540 Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) terminal for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, following Inmarsat Class 2 Type Approval and Inmarsat […]

[Via Satellite 04-21-2016] Leaders in the Over-the-Top (OTT) video market agreed at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev., that though nonlinear media has exploded in popularity, making a profitable […]

[Via Satellite 04-21-2016] RigNet Australia has entered a wholesale partnership with Optus Satellite to leverage satellite capacity and infrastructure to serve the oil and gas industry in the Australasia region. […]

[Via Satellite 04-21-2016] The organizers of this year’s Titan Desert extreme mountain biking race have chosen to deploy Spot Gen3 satellite trackers to enhance the safety of the 400 race […]

[Via Satellite 04-21-2016] Eutelsat has selected a SkyEdge 2-c hub with X-Architecture and SkyEdge 2-c small user terminals from Gilat to deliver broadband services in Western Russia. Russian Satellite Communications […]

[Via Satellite 04-21-2016] SpeedCast International and Beijing Marine Communications and Navigation (MCN), a subsidiary of the China Transport Telecommunications & Information Centre (CTTIC), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) […]

[Via Satellite 04-21-2016] DataPath has successfully concluded the first installation of MaxView Enterprise, an upgraded version of the company’s network monitoring and control software. Since launching the re-architected software suite […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-1016] HBO has selected Arris International’s DSR-7400 series transcoder satellite receiver to support the optimization of its current MPEG 2 and 4 distribution platforms as well as prepare […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] OSN, the Middle East Direct-to-Home (DTH) television provider, believes it will keep a strong position in the pay-TV market despite the entrance of Netflix and similar services. […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] The Ultra-HD Forum, a global organization defining industry best practices for technologies to enable Ultra-HD, has released its first phase of industry guidelines on end-to-end workflows for […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency-Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DISA-DITCO) has awarded a Comsatcom Transponded Capacity (CTC) task order to UltiSat to provide Ku bandwidth capacity […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] Launch provider Arianespace increased its turnover by 2.4 percent in 2015, growing to $1.623 billion (1.433 billion euros) over last year’s record of $1.585 billion (1.399 billion […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] SES and Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) announced further significant Ku-band capacity agreements to bring more In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) bandwidth to regions where air traffic is growing at […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] Ultra-HD continues to grow in popularity, and some of the first full commercial satellite channels have launched over the past few months. According to Statista, 4K television […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] OneWeb Satellites has chosen Florida in the United States as the location for the company’s final assembly line for the mass production of nearly 900 satellites for […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] Emergency telecoms first responder Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) has deployed to Ecuador to provide emergency support following the recent April 16 earthquake. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake, as registered […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] Tribune Broadcasting, a TV station operator reaching more than 50 million households in the United States, has selected DTV Innovations’ high-definition video encoder with internal modulator to […]

[Via Satellite 04-19-2016] Tricolor TV is one of the main satellite TV players in Russia and has been one of the first DTH operators to launch Ultra-HD services into the […]

[Via Satellite 04-19-2016] ALi Corporation, a Set-Top Box (STB) chipset provider, and DishTV, Asia’s largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator, have entered a strategic partnership to enhance existing DTH operations and target […]

[Via Satellite 04-19-2016] SES announced the first phase of Content Delivery Network (CDN) development at Rutgers University’s School of Engineering to demonstrate and measure the effectiveness of SES’s CDN overlay […]

[Via Satellite 04-19-2016] Inmarsat is performing its first transcontinental live demonstration of Global Xpress (GX) broadcast capabilities during the NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev. The demonstration features a live […]