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DirecTV Inc. signed an agreement with TNS Media Research to launch audience measurement services that will focus on DirecTV interactive subscribers, DirecTV announced Sept. 13. TNS will use aggregated and […]

Ofcom, the British telecoms regulator, announced Sept. 13 a new type of spectrum license it will make available to allow for broadband access on trains via a satellite link. As […]

Direcpath, a joint venture of DirecTV Group Inc. and Hicks Holdings LLC, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Apartment Mediaworks LLC, Hicks Holdings announced Sept. 11. Mediaworks, based in Atlanta, […]

Globalstar Inc. announced Sept. 12 that it has partnered with software and communications company Ocens to launch a comprehensive suite of data services. Now available to Globalstar’s U.S. subscribers, each […]

Ondas Media has awarded a contract to the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Institute (FHG) in Germany to develop the core system for Ondas’ planned satellite radio offering in Europe, the company announced Sept. […]

Theodore McFarland has joined executive search firm Edward W Kelley & Partners as a vice president of its technology practice. Most recently, McFarland was vice president of marketing for International […]

Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCI) announced Sept. 11 that it has integrated a flyaway broadcast system for Tele Cinco – a television producer in Colombia. Tele Cinco will use the […]

ND Satcom will deliver components to Greek systems integrator BLK for a satellite newsgathering system, ND Satcom announced Sept. 12. BLK will integrate the Skyray antenna subsystem, a 400-watt Ku-band […]

Protostar Ltd. has received a commitment for a $40 million round of financing from a venture capital syndicate. Vantagepoint Venture Partners of San Bruno, Calif., led the round with participation […]

Andrew Corp. and Gigasat Ltd. signed a multiyear agreement that makes Andrew the exclusive original equipment manufacturer of Gigasat’s flyaway antenna family in North America. The Gigasat flyaway antennas, available […]

Leica Geosystems and Locata Corp. of Australia signed an agreement for the distribution of Locata positioning technology that augments GPS coverage in areas with limited access to the satellite signals, […]

Telenor Satellite Services will provide maritime broadband communications aboard more than 20 vessels operated by DOF ASA of Storebo, Norway, Telenor announced Sept. 12. The three-year agreement calls for the […]

International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) has unveiled its next-generation hybrid DVB-S and DVB-S2 products with MPEG-4 AVC and MPEG-4 HE-AAC for high-speed distribution for Internet Protocol (IP) TV, high-definition TV, digital […]

Envivio Inc. and Swe-Dish Satellite Systems AB have unveiled a system that provides IP broadband and broadcast-quality MPEG-4 video. The product bundles Swe- Dish’s IPT Suitcase with Envivio’s 4Caster B3 […]

Wireless broadband provider Ice Broadband has acquired the assets of Ildana, a provider of satellite broadband services across Ireland, Ice Broadband announced. Established in 2001, Ildana developed a satellite network […]

The European Union (EU) signed a cooperation agreement with the government of South Korea covering participation in the Galileo satellite navigation program, the EU announced Sept. 11. The agreement covers […]

Reti Radiotelevisive Digitali (RRD) has selected Intelsat to support the first commercially available digital video broadcasting-handheld (DVB-H) mobile TV service in Europe. In a Sept. 8 statement by Intelsat, the […]

Daniel Goldberg has been named president and CEO of Telesat Canada, Canada’s largest satellite services provider, the company announced Sept. 11. Goldberg — formerly president and CEO of SES New […]

ORLANDO, Fla.–Lockheed Martin [LMT] is designing a very long-range cruise missile that can reach deep into enemy territory with a large warhead to destroy hardened underground facilities and cave and […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Alliant Techsystems [ATK] successfully test fired a second-stage booster motor last month under the Submarine Launched Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (SLIRBM) Booster System Demonstration for the […]

The Army recently conducted a successful intercept test flight of Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., according to the service. The Aug. […]

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress recently that Germany would like to spend as much as $298 million in a possible Foreign Military Sale to Germany of Patriot […]

After five years the Office of Force Transformation (OFT) is itself transforming as the Pentagon has decided to align parts of the organization within the Defense Department, according to the […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently said it plans to sell its stake in two joint ventures it has with Russian companies related to the marketing and sale of launch services to […]

By Michael Sirak ORLANDO, Fla.–The international industry team designing the next-generation mobile air defense system for Germany, Italy and the United States must soon pick an alternative software-defined radio to […]

Michael Sirak The Air Force has awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $54.4 million contract to build a prototype space sensor that could be adopted to complement or replace the nation’s next-generation […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and its industry partners, led by Boeing [BA], are eyeing December as the timeframe for conducting the next major flight test of the system in […]

Colorado’s two U.S. senators have asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate a dispute between DirecTV and Echostar over the rebroadcasting of local channels. In a letter dated Aug. 31, […]

ISAT.L Inmarsat global mobile satellite services operator and ACeS International Ltd., an Asian hand-held voice satellite services operator, today announced collaboration arrangements to offer low-cost, hand-held and fixed-voice services in […]