MTG Completes Balkan Acquisition
Modern Times Group (MTG), owner of the Viasat direct-to-home platform, has completed its acquisition of 50 percent of Balkan Media Group, boosting MTG’s position in Central and Eastern Europe, MTG...
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NewCom Signs Up SES Americom For Emergency Communications Deal
NewCom International has signed a marketing agreement to add SES Americom’s Redisat to NewCom’s communications offerings available across the Southeast United States, SES Americom announced March 21. NewCom, a Miami-based...
DCC Uses SkyEdge To Extend Nigerian Network
DCC Satellite & Networks Ltd. is using Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.’s SkyEdge platform to expand its network in Nigeria, Gilat announced March 20. DCC will use the platform to provide...
Ofcom To Investigate Pay-TV Market
With the heated dispute between BSkyB and Virgin Media still fresh in the memory, United Kingdom communications regulator Ofcom will launch a market investigation into the pay-TV industry. Following a...
MSV Names President For Satellite Services
Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) appointed John Mattingly to the position of president, satellite services, the company announced March 20. Prior to joining MSV, Mattingly served as president, satellite services, for...
IAI/MBT Orders Interference Detection System From SAT
SAT Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Integral Systems, Inc., will deliver a digital spectrum analyzer to IAI/MBT for its Europe-based teleport, SAT announced March 20. The SAT-DSA unit provides...
DMC Orders Imagery Satellite
DMC International Imaging Ltd. will add an imagery satellite to the Disaster Monitoring Constellation in 2008, the company announced March 20. The UK DMC-2 microsatellite will be built by Surrey...
MDA Takes Controlling Interest In U.K. Technology Company
MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has taken a controlling interest in Orbital Optics Ltd., MDA announced March 20. MDA will pay 900,000 British pounds ($1.7 million) to Rutherford Appleton...
WildBlue Launches Service Using WildBlue-1
[3/21/07] WildBlue Communications Inc. has started operations with its WildBlue-1 satellite, which will allow the company to more than triple its customer capacity, WildBlue announced March 20. Wildblue-1, built by...
Inmarsat Funding CIP Canada Acquisition Of Stratos
[3/20/07] CIP Canada Investment Inc. will acquire Stratos Global Corp., the largest distributor of Inmarsat services, in a deal funded in part by Inmarsat, the companies announced March 19. The...