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DigitalGlobe satellite imagery released last week produced evidence that armed forces in Sudan and South Sudan continue to maintain troops in 14 locations in

UPC DTH, a Liberty Global satellite television provider in Central and Eastern Europe, announced that Michael Lee has been appointed as Managing Director.

3-D TV broadcasting took a major hit this week as Disney-owned ESPN decided to discontinue its 3-D service effective the end of 2013.

Ericsson and MEASAT are demonstrating a live solution at Broadcast Asia 2013, Asia’s largest show for the pro-audio, film and TV industries.

DISH and nTelos Holding Corp. have now deployed broadband service near Waynesboro and Afton, Va. using wireless spectrum in the 2.5 GHz range.

ViaSat is launching Exede Voice, becoming the first satellite Internet service provider to offer U.S. residential telephone service.

Astrium took its commitment to the “ALM with Africa” initiative a step further this week. The program’s first pilot phase is launched in Porto Novo, Benin, with a comprehensive workshop to open the dialogue between participating parties and identify industrial and training needs.

Advantech Wireless will present details of its new UltraLinear GaN-based solid state power amplifiers (SSPAs) and BUCs at CommunicAsia 2013 tradeshow in Singapore.

ATEME announced Paul Kosac is joining the company as vice president of strategic accounts and channel partners for the Americas

Northrop Grumman recently delivered the first of approximately 20 electronics units for the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite payload, allowing the integration and test phase of production to get under way.

While Hughes and ViaSat have placed orders for High Throughput Satellites (HTS) in recent months, officials at Space Systems/Loral (SSL) said they also expect there will be additional orders this year for HTS as demand continues to increase.

ESA’s Proba V has become the first satellite to pick up aircraft tracking signals, allowing aircraft across the globe to be followed in flight from space.

JetBlue Airways is more than doubling its contract commitment to $20 million for in-flight connectivity services, called Fly-Fi powered by Exede Internet, while ViaSat will bill for bandwidth charges based on the service take rate for each flight

Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the second of two payloads that will be hosted on government-owned satellites to bring protected, extremely high frequency (EHF) communications

SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation announced that it has entered into an agreement with satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SSL) for the construction of its new communications satellite JCSAT 14

Astrium has just renewed a partnership contract with Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) to continue satellite communications support for disaster and emergency relief missions across the world

The U.S. House Armed Services Committee is addressing concerns on foreign commercial satellite services, under a measure recently passing through committee – H.R. 1960, the National Defense Authorization Bill for

NOAA’s GOES 13 weather satellite has officially returned to normal operations after it experienced technical problems last May.

GlobeCast and SES are providing services to Orange Romania for the launch of a DTH satellite TV package this month.

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has selected Henry Au-Yeung to be its new chief network officer (CNO).

Astrium has been awarded the payload module contract for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) future astronomy mission Euclid, due for launch in 2020

PlanetiQ, a commercial provider of satellite data used for weather forecasting, space weather prediction, and climate monitoring worldwide, announced it has hired Timothy Puckorius

Earlier this month, SpeedCast announced it was launching a new Ka-band service to serve key North Africa and Middle East markets. The company, which used to be owned by AsiaSat, […]

Yahsat has selected Astrium Services Government to offer Yahsat’s Military Ka-band service to the U.S. government. The service will allow any U.S. government or Department of Defense end user to […]

Astrium Services has enhanced its hybrid communications network offering for mining companies operating in remote areas. The service improvements follow an extension of Astrium Services’ MPLS capabilities through a new […]

Eutelsat Communications is partnering with Slovenia’s Telekom Slovenije to offer high-speed satellite broadband to the almost 90,000 homes that remain unserved by broadband networks in rural areas of the country. […]

Gigasat has announced the signing of a contract with the New Zealand Ministry of Defense. This new deal is for the supply of Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) certified flyaway satellite […]

Inmarsat, a provider of mobile satellite communications services will partner with Satcom Direct, a provider of satellite voice, fax, datalink and Internet communications solutions, to take its GX Aviation proposition […]

Satellite service provider atrexx has added a new service platform to its product portfolio, specifically targeted at meeting the broadband demand in Libya and Afghanistan. Two Ka-Band spot beams of […]

The role of High Throughput Satellites (HTS) in Asia is still to be determined. While the demand for broadband services based on satellite is there, rainfade and the regulatory environment […]