Telesat Names National Sales Director
Telesat appointed Peter Concelmo director of sales for the U.S. broadcast market, the company announced June 16. Concelmo will be based in New York and be responsible for expanding Telesat’s...
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Eagle Broadband Flying High With Iridium
Because it is a private company, Iridium Satellite LLC does not have to publicly announce its subscriber figures. But the success of companies that rely on Iridium technology as part...
Telesat Names National Sales Director
Telesat appointed Peter Concelmo director of sales for the U.S. broadcast market, the company announced June 16. Concelmo will be based in New York and be responsible for expanding Telesat’s...
HD in France Given A Boost
France’s HD Forum Association announced the “HD-Ready” label has now been launched in France, which gives consumers a quality sign for the differentiation of display equipment capable of processing and...
Foton Returns Space Experiments
The re-entry module of the Foton-M2 spacecraft returned a batch of experiments to Earth June 16, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced. Foton, launched May 31 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in...
Caprock Launches Disaster Recovery Service
Caprock Communications launched a satellite communications services program intended for use following natural disasters, the company announced June 15. The DR-250 communications package contains all the equipment needed to provide...
MB Tech Moves Ahead With Flat-Panel DBS Antenna
MB Tech Inc. completed field testing of its flat-panel direct broadcast service antenna and began production tooling, the company announced June 15. The antenna has been able to receive signals...
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Connexion Inks Airline, Maritime Deals
Connexion by Boeing signed an agreement with its first ever maritime customer and added another airline to its satellite Internet service, the business unit of Boeing announced. Teekay Shipping Corp....
EADS Astrium, Alcatel Space To Build Alphabus
EADS Astrium and Alcatel Space will jointly develop a new platform for next generation communications satellites, the companies announced June 16. The two companies will develop the platform, dubbed Alphabus,...
XM, Sirius Awarded Canadian Licenses
The Canadian government awarded licenses to XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio allowing the broadcasters to offer their services in Canada. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved June...