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Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) has signed a capacity deal with SES Sirius to gain further capacity in the Nordic region, Telenor announced April 22.     The three-year deal will provide...

Norsat International Inc. acquired Ireland-based WiMAX provider, Bluemoon 4G Ltd., in an all-stock transaction, Norsat announced April 22.     “With the acquisition of Bluemoon, we accelerate our entry into the...

Maui LLC, a consortium of six broadcast stations headquartered in Hawaii, has deployed Harmonic’s ProStream 1000 stream-processing solutions and NMX digital service manager for a network rebuild, Harmonic announced April...

Dish Network has launched Dish Earth, a channel offering live views of Earth, passing views of the moon, Venus, and unidentified flying object, the company announced April 22.     The...

SES Americom added six high-definition (HD) channels from MTV networks to its HD-Prime distribution platform, bringing the total number of HD channels delivered by SES platforms to 136 and demonstrating...

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] GeoEye has appointed Carl Alleyne to the position of vice president of engineering, the company announced April 21.     Reporting to GeoEye COO William Schuster, Alleyne will...

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] Dish Network has launched Dish Earth, a channel offering live views of Earth, passing views of the moon, Venus, and unidentified flying object, the company announced April...

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] ViaSat received certification from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) for its High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor Interoperability Specification (HAIPE IS) for the ViaSat AltaSec KG-250 Inline...

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] Lockheed Martin’s net earnings fell 9 percent to $666 million from $730 million in the same quarter last year according to its first quarter 2009 financial report,...

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] SES Astra signed a second distribution agreement for the Spanish market with Internet service provider, Net2, SES announced April 22.    Net2 will market Astra2Connect all over...