The FCC has taken steps to assist participants in its Rural Health Care Program as part of its work to ensure that hospitals and health care providers have the resources to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. As part of a Thursday order, the FCC has extended the RHC Program filing window through June 30; eased…

The video streaming distribution and technology partnership Viasat announced with fuboTV in February had been four years in the making, and shows Viasat’s In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) ambitions. Cristina Arango, director of strategic partnerships for fuboTV told Via Satellite that conversations started with Viasat around four years ago at CES. “There were so many things we…

Arabsat is using Atos’ satellite monitoring solution to mitigate interferences in its satellite services, the satellite operator announced Thursday. Atos SkyMon carrier monitoring system (CMS), is operational at Arabsat’s ground stations throughout the Middle East and Africa, including a main site in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The system monitors all payload signals and traffic within Arabsat’s…

Eutelsat has selected Satellite Mediaport Services (SMS Teleport) to provide back-up teleport-based broadcast satellite services for its EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite. SMS Teleport said it is providing Eutelsat with redundant teleport services from its Rugby, U.K. teleport. Connected via a diverse fiber linkup to Eutelsat’s Paris-Rambouillet teleport, which provides the principal uplink to EUTELSAT…