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GlobeCast is adding two Bosnian channels, BosTel and NTV Hayat, to expand the offerings on its WorldTV service, the company announced April 16. An aggregator and distributor of international television...

Intelsat and Arqiva have signed a multi-year, multi-million-dollar contract for satellite capacity to carry digital programming after the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC)’s digital switchover, Intelsat announced April 17.   Intelsat...

ViaSat Inc. has received orders for its LinkWay 2100 IP modems and LinkWay Network Management Systems from General Dynamics C4 Systems and TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS), ViaSat announced April 17....

Beam Communications Ltd. has received a $3.5 million order from Telstra Corp. for Iridium-based satellite communications systems, Iridium announced April 17. The primary component, a Beam remote satellite terminal, emulates...

Avanti Screenmedia, a United Kingdom-based satellite media and telecoms business, has completed the de-merger of its satellite networks business by way of a dividend. The shares of the existing Screenmedia...

Global content-management and broadcast distributor GlobeCast selected Intelsat’s IS-9 and IS-904 satellites for distributing all 51 matches of Cricket World Cup 2007, Intelsat announced April 16. GlobeCast reportedly chose Intelsat’s...

Orbit, the Middle East DTH operator, has signed a deal to kick-start its HD proposition, the company announced April 16. It has teamed with Zonemedia to launch the Voom HD...

In anticipation of SES Americom’s nationwide commercial IPTV launch, Comcast Networks, Fox Cable Networks, NBC Universal, Showtime Networks, and Turner Broadcasting System have joined the IP-Prime IPTV digital dial, increasing...

The government of China sent a Compass-M1 navigation satellite into space April 14 aboard a March-3A rocket according to the state-run People’s Daily. Orbiting at 21,500 kilometers, the satellite is...

Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, has introduced its new advanced program receiver (Model D9854), Scientific Atlanta announced April 16. The receiver is designed for widespread flexibility to service providers through...