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The HbbTV Consortium will launch a strategic marketing campaign intended to increase global acceptance of the HbbTV standard.

Satellite and terrestrial network provider, Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) announced the second release of SpeedNet AV technology, an enhanced, cloud-based browser designed to address the challenges associated with using a satellite connection in remote regions.

The Board of the European Satellite Operators Association (ESOA) elected Michel de Rosen, CEO of Eutelsat, as its new chairman of the board.

Singapore – June 19, 2013 – SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced today at CommunicAsia2013 a new multi-year, multi-transponder deal with one of its largest customers in […]

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., June 20, 2013 – DISH updates its Hopper sports app, Game Finder, to give soccer fans the ability to keep up with stats and scores of nine premier […]

DSAT Cinema announced that 1,000 cinema complexes in Europe are now fully equipped for satellite reception.

RRsat Global Communications Network announced the opening of a local office in Moscow, Russia.

The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) has selected Hughes Network Systems to provide a satellite back-up solution for its Operational Systems Network (OPSnet).

Pegasus, a winged rocket built by Orbital Sciences Corp., will carry NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft into orbit

SpaceX has been awarded a contract with Thales Alenia Space to launch Turkmenistan NSSC, Turkmenistan’s first satellite. The satellite is scheduled to launch within the next two years on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

SES recently announced a multi-year multimillion-dollar contract renewal with Supernet

The United States is no longer alone in testing Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) technology as Canada became the first country approved to use and test the Lockheed Martin-produced satellite system, according to company officials.

The launch of O3b Network’s first four satellites aboard an Arianespace Soyuz rocket has been postponed by 24 hours, according to the launch company.

SES and Thailand’s IPMTV have broadened their partnership, signing additional capacity on the upcoming SES 8 and renewing IPMTV’s multi-year capacity deal on NSS 6.

Geolink Satellite Services, part of CETel Group, has signed a multi-year transponder contract with Arabsat on its 5A satellite.

International satellite communications companies have begun increasing delivery of Global VSAT Forum (GVF)’s VSAT Installation Training & Certification throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Newtec and satellite service provider SpeedCast announced the results of an intensive trial of Newtec’s latest S2 Extensions and Clean Channel Technology.

More opportunities for satellite broadband services are beginning to emerge as the demand for Internet access continues to grow around the world, according to Stephane Palomba regional vice president Asia at Gilat Satellite Networks.

Intelsat announced agreements with media customers in the Asia-Pacific region including Hong Kong-based TVBI

ViaSat and Boeing have agreed to work together by offering ViaSat Ka-band airborne satellite terminals as a factory line-fit option on Boeing commercial aircraft

SES announced that the ASTRA 2E satellite has safely arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

Thuraya Telecommunications has secured a long-term financing facility through Dubai Islamic Bank

Despite seeing a 23 percent revenue increase in 2012, the satellite manufacturing sector also saw the biggest loss of U.S. jobs

Azerspace 1, Azerbaijan's first telecommunication satellite, has been broadcasting state-run TV channels in test mode since it began trials after its February launch. That will change in July when

To address the operational and technical issues with collecting images from the Landsat 8 satellite, scientists and engineers from around the world are participating in the Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group and the Landsat Technical Working Group this week.

Singapore – Mediascape, the largest DTH platform operator in the Philippines, expects to become the number one player in the market this year, reaching approximately 600,000 subscribers.

Gilat Satellite Networks and Thaicom have signed a Cooperation Framework Agreement.

Inmarsat announced the appointments of Abe Peled and Simon Bax as additional non-executive directors to its board.

03b Networks announced a major multi-million dollar, multi-year deal to provide fiber-equivalent capacity to Malaysian telecoms provider Maju Nusa.

At the International Aeronautics and Space Show in Paris, Thales Alenia Space announced the signing of a new deal with Swiss Space System (S3).