Connectivity

[Satellite Today 07-14-09] Serbia Broadband signed a long-term capacity deal with Eutelsat Communications for two transponders at Eutelsat’s 16 degrees East video neighborhood, Serbia Broadband announced July 13.     As...

[Satellite News 07-14-09] Microsoft’s deal with BSkyB, which will bring Sky Player satellite TV content to broadband-enabled Xbox 360 video game consoles in the United Kingdom and Ireland, was a...

[Satellite Today 07-14-09] International Launch Services (ILS) and SES have reached an agreement to launch QuetzSat-1 in 2011, the companies announced July 14.  QuetzSat-1, under construction by Space Systems/Loral on...

[Satellite News 07-13-09] Sky Deutschland, the German pay-TV operator formerly known as Premiere, is at a crossroads. Beset with recent issues of piracy and reports of false subscriber figures, the...

[Satellite Today 07-13-09] Emmanuel Grave has been appointed executive vice president of telecommunications for Thales Alenia Space, the company announced July 10.     Grave previously served as a senior vice...

[Satellite Today 07-13-09] UltiSat has commissioned a C-band teleport for Afcomsat, a Nigerian satellite services provider, UltiSat announced July 10.     Under its agreement with Afcomsat, UltiSat designed, integrated, installed...

[Satellite Today 07-13-09] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has shipped the AsiaSat 5 satellite, built for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Ltd. (AsiaSat), to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it is...

[Satellite Today 07-13-09] Telesat has finalized a $69 million deal with APT Satellite to transfer its interest in the Telstar 10 satellite back to APT, Telesat announced July 9.    ...

[Satellite Today 07-13-09] Showtime Arabia and the Orbit Group are merging their direct-to-home (DTH) platforms to form a single provider in the Middle East, the companies announced July 12.    ...

[Satellite Today 07-10-09] The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) received a settlement in a broadcasting piracy case against Turtle Cable, accused of operating as an infringing cable...