New Satellite DTV Alternatives Emerge
In two of Europe’s biggest digital television markets, new satellite platforms are emerging to serve the lower end of the market. Operators BSkyB in the United Kingdom and Premiere in...
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Sky Italia Signs Deal With Eutelsat For Long-Term Capacity
Sky Italia and Eutelsat signed a strategic multi-transponder agreement that will provide Sky Italia with transponder capacity for the next 20 years, the companies announced Sept. 15. The agreement renews...
RTN Ready To Break Down MPEG-4 Barriers
Racetrack Television Network (RTN) is getting set to launch a MPEG-4 AVC-based standard definition satellite TV service that will allow RTN to add up to 60 channels to its lineup...
Harris Corp. Demonstrates Military Satellite Antenna
Harris Corp. completed field demonstrations of a high-speed satellite antenna feed prototype, the company announced Sept. 15. The feed prototype achieved data rates up to 105 megabits per second using...
Globecomm Receives Contract From Raytheon
Globecomm Systems Inc. will provide satellite communications support to the National Weather Service under a subcontract from Raytheon, Globecomm announced Sept. 15. Under the contract, Globecomm will support the Advanced...
Panamsat To Distribute Content In Latin America
Panamsat received a contract from Venevision Continental to distribute content across Latin America using the Pas-9 satellite, Panamsat announced. The contract expands on an existing relationship between Panamsat and the...
SDN Global To Support Disaster Relief Operations
SDN Global received a contract from the Disaster Relief and Strategic Telecommunications Infrastructure Co. to provide broadband satellite-delivered voice and data services around the globe, SDN announced. Sites in West...
BMW Extends Exclusive Agreement With Sirius
Sirius Satellite Radio and BMW North America LLC announced an agreement that extends Sirius’ exclusive relationship with BMW through August 2008. BMW will continue to offer Sirius receivers as a...
XM Offers Multiple Play-By-Play Broadcasts For Upcoming Baseball Playoffs
XM Satellite Radio said it would offer multiple play-by-play broadcasts for each of Major League Baseball‘ s league championship series and World Series games, allowing listeners to listen to the...
NFL Network Added To Dish Programming
Echostar Communications Corp. announced earlier this week it added NFL Network as part of the America’s Top 120 for its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service. NFL Network provides around-the-clock...