MTG Launches New Movie Channels
Modern Times Group (MTG) says its subsidiary Viasat Broadcasting will launch four new premium TV1000 channels in the Nordic territories. Viasat will broadcast a total of six premium movie channels...
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VOOM Eyes Five-Million Mark With Crutchfield Partnership
VOOM, the first comprehensive high-definition (HD) satellite television service, will expand its distribution through a new partnership with Crutchfield Corporation, a large consumer-electronics retailer. Beginning this week, more than five...
ITT Industries Wins $20M Contract For Next-Gen Weather Satellite
An improved way to predict the path of severe storms is the impetus behind the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center awarding ITT Industries‘ Aerospace/Communications Division a $20 million contract to...
Globecomm Wins $14.7 Million Afghan Contract
Hauppauge, N.Y.-based Globecomm Systems [GCOM], a global provider of end-to-end satellite-based communications solutions, was awarded a contract valued at $14.7 million from the Ministry of Communication, Islamic Transitional State of...
Loral Skynet Rolls Out IP-Based Satellite Network
Loral Skynet said SkyReach, the company’s Internet Protocol (IP)-enabled service that provides two-way broadband services for secure private networks or high-speed Internet access, now is commercially available throughout the Americas....
New Ship Security System Unveiled
EMS SATCOM, a division of EMS Technologies [ELMG], today launched its Ship Security Alert System (SSAS). The system was designed to meet the demands of SOLAS (Safety of Life at...
Xantic Takes The Easy Option
Xantic hopes to make satellite broadband services easier to use by launching an application called Easy Accelerator, which it says optimises Internet and intranet usage by reducing the size of...
Blackstone Group Buys New Skies For $956 Million
New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK], a global satellite communications company in The Hague, The Netherlands, agreed to be acquired for $956 million in cash by affiliates of The Blackstone Group,...
DirecTV, NRTC Sacrifice Pegasus
The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) is looking to begin an important new chapter in its more-than-10-year-old relationship with DirecTV by agreeing to a new distribution agreement between the organizations....
Key Sectors Spur Industry Growth
LONG BEACH, Calif.–Strong sales of transponders to government and military customers, coupled with sustained growth at satellite broadcasting companies, appear to be the current bright spots, industry officials at a...