iDirect Tops Virginia Technology Fast 50 Ranking
iDirect Technologies announced Oct. 12 it was ranked the fastest growing technology company in Virginia by Deloitte & Touche LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. The Fast...
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Eutelsat Launches IPO On Euronext Paris
Eutelsat Communications announced Oct. 11 it would offer up to 77.9 million shares in an initial public offering on the Euronext Paris exchange. The offering represents about 38.8 percent of...
Boeing Delivers Next-Generation Commercial Satellite to DirecTV
Boeing announced Oct. 10 the on-orbit delivery of the Spaceway F1 satellite to DirecTV Inc. The satellite will enable DirecTV to broadcast local high-definition television (HDTV) channels into several of...
Echostar Launches Portable Media Player, Adds Two Indian Channels
Echostar Communications Corp. and its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service unveiled a new line of portable media players Oct. 11. Dubbed Pocketdish, the media players allow users to download...
Globecomm Systems and Samacom Launch Middle East Service Operation
Globecomm Systems Inc. has teamed with Samacom, a provider of satellite communication services in the Middle East, to launch a new Middle East service operation, Globecomm announced Oct. 11. The...
Space Imaging Middle East To Provide Coverage Of Lebanon
Dubai-based Space Imaging Middle East (SIME) was awarded a contract to deliver a full-country map of Lebanon using the Ikonos imagery satellite, the company announced. The satellite images were collected...
Sky Wins New Rugby Deal in New Zealand
Sky Television New Zealand secured the broadcast rights to the All Blacks’ (Rugby Union) Grand Slam tour of Britain and Ireland. The direct-to-home satellite television service provider, which has about...
New Screen TV Seeks Satellite Distribution For North America
Vision Works Media Group Inc. and wholly owned subsidiary New Screen Television Inc. announced Oct. 10 the companies have begun negotiations for national and international distribution of their New Screen...
Orbital Recovery Gets First Customer For Space Tug
Orbital Recovery announced Oct. 11 it entered into a memorandum of agreement for a telecommunications satellite life extension mission using the company’s CX-OLEV (ConeXpress Orbital Life Extension Vehicle) “space tug”...
Lockheed Martin Submits Proposal For GOES-R Component
Lockheed Martin‘s Advanced Technology Center announced Oct. 11 it submitted to NASA a formulation phase study proposal for the geostationary lightning mapper (GLM) instrument that will fly on the GOES-R...