Connectivity

At the beginning of October it was announced that ViaSat was buying WildBlue. What made this a good idea for ViaSat? What made it worth paying the $568 million needed...

[Satellite TODAY 12-01-09] Thaicom signed a 10-year contract with Thai broadcaster Nation Broadcasting Corp. (NBC), Thaicom announced Nov. 26.      Thaicom will broadcast NBC’s Nation Channel on a free-to-air basis...

On Nov. 14 2008, it was announced that the Eurozone (European Union Member States) had gone into recession, and on Nov. 27, the European (EU) unveiled the EU Recovery Plan...

[Satellite TODAY 12-01-09] Space insurers are expected to generate more than $400 million in profit for 2009, according to a statement released Nov. 30 by Aon International Space Brokers, a...

[Satellite News 11-30-09] Asian pay-TV regulation may better equip the regional broadcasting industry to handle piracy issues, Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) CEO Simon Twiston Davies told...

[Satellite TODAY 11-30-09] Astrium won a contract worth more than 500 million euros ($749.4 million) to build four satellites for SES, the operator announced Nov. 30.     These satellites, to...

[Satellite TODAY 11-30-09] Sea Launch has rescheduled the launch of the Intelsat 15 communications satellite from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan to Nov. 30, Sea Launch announced Nov. 29....

[Satellite TODAY 11-30-09] SES World Skies and Astel have teamed up to provide mobile broadband and phone services on trains in Kazakhstan, SES World Skies announced Nov. 26.     Astel...

[Satellite TODAY 11-30-09] The Kudelski Group has closed the subsequent offering period of its tender offer to acquire Class A shares of OpenTV not already owned by Kudelski or its...

[Satellite TODAY 11-30-09] Solaris Mobile started a major hybrid satellite and cellular network trial in Paris with the help of its project collaborators Alcatel-Lucent and TowerCast, Solaris announced Nov. 27. ...