Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-09] Vizada renewed their agreement with Météo-France to provide professional digital weather information and software to the maritime community, Vizada announced Dec. 4.      The partnership renewal will...

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-09] The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an updated version of HR 3750, commonly known as the Satellite Reauthorization Bill, Congress announced Dev. 4.     The bill,...

[Satellite News 12-07-09] In one of the biggest pay-TV consolidations of 2009, Middle East DTH platforms Showtime Arabia and Orbit merged in August to create Orbit Showtime. The platform, equally...

[Satellite TODAY 12-04-09] Sea Launch received final approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware on its motion to secure up to $12.5 million in debtor-in-possession financing from Space Launch...

[Satellite TODAY 12-04-09] Austrian public broadcaster ORF has purchased HD from SES Astra, the company announced Dec. 3.     ORF will launch its ORF2 HD platform on the Astra 1M...

[Satellite TODAY 12-04-09] BSkyB Managing Director Brian Sullivan has been appointed CEO of Sky Deutschland, effective March 31, the operator announced.      Sullivan, a 13-year veteran of BSkyB’s customer department,...

[Satellite TODAY 12-03-09] Arianespace has entered final preparations for the Dec. 9 launch of the French Space Agency’s (CNES) Helios 2B military observation satellite, Arianespace announced Dec. 2.         Helios...

[Satellite TODAY 12-03-09] GlobeCast has signed an international programming deal with Verizon, GlobeCast announced Dec. 2.     Verizon will launch three new three new channels from Globecast’s World TV package...

[Satellite TODAY 12-02-09]  Foxtel has launched a DVR satellite TV service in Australia using NDS’ XTV technology, NDS said Nov. 30.     The service aims to enable Foxtel subscribers to...

[Satellite TODAY 12-02-09]  Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) chairman Martin Sweeting was awarded the Faraday Medal from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in the United Kingdon, SSTL announced...