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[Via Satellite 09-09-2015] International Datacasting Corporation (IDC) is on the mend after an agreement for Pico Digital to acquire its broadcast products business fell through. The company’s shareholders rejected the...

[Via Satellite 09-09-2015] Harris Corporation, the prime contractor and system integrator for the ground segment dedicated to the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R (GOES-R) series, has finished the first of six...

[Via Satellite 09-09-2015] Singtel, Orange, Deutsche Telekom, and Telefonica have teamed up their startup arms, Singtel Innov8, Orange Fab, hub:raum, and Telefonica Open Future, respectively, to link the startup ecosystems...

[Via Satellite 09-09-2015] SES’ wholly owned subsidiary SES Platform Services has launched Liquid VOD, a new solution for Video-on-Demand (VoD) over satellite, and Lucid OVP, and Online Video Platform (OVP)...

[Via Satellite 09-09-2015] Avanti Communications and Global Invacom, in partnership with Microsoft and the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) program, are demonstrating satellite broadcasting using...

[Via Satellite 09-08-2015] High Throughput Satellite (HTS) services are poised to catalyze growth in cellular backhaul, according to a recent study from Euroconsult. The research firm expects HTS will contribute...

[Via Satellite 09-08-2015] Inmarsat is participating in Rolls-Royce’s Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications Initiative (AAWA) to evaluate how to make autonomous ships a reality. The project, funded by the Finnish funding...

[Via Satellite 09-08-2015] Intelsat and Harmonic have partnered to start a linear Ultra-HD demonstration channel available in North America. The channel, HVN Intelsat UHD, will broadcast from Intelsat’s Galaxy 13...

[Via Satellite 09-08-2015] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) has selected Skyline Communications’ DataMiner to automate its operations end-to-end. DataMiner reads service configurations from TSBc’s existing service configuration database and, with that...

[Via Satellite 09-08-2015] Arabsat and Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) have established a Joint Venture (JV), called Trio, dedicated to offering triple-play services over satellite. The Trio platform is built on...