Connectivity

GlobeCast has started transmissions of its new African DTH platform on SES Astra’s Astra 4A (Sirius 4) satellite, GlobeCast announced Mar. 3.     The platform, located at 5 degrees East,...

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] Satellite Today will be providing daily coverage of the CabSat 2009 convention to our readers from Mar. 3-5.     Our coverage includes a daily e-newsletter, an on-site...

The Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) is embarking on an aggressive satellite rollout plan to bring new capacity to the region, unveiling in February contracts for the manufacturing and launching...

The first day of CABSAT MENA and SATELITE MENA 2009 was dominated of talk of the changing capacity situation that could evolve in the Middle East over the next two...

Satellite capacity problems exist in many regions around the globe, and the Middle East is no exception, according to satellite operators, industry analysts and, most importantly, customers. For the moment,...

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] Mobil Satellite Technologies was awarded a contract by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) to provide mobile and fixed satellite Internet equipment and service to state agencies,...

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] EchoStar Corp. reported a net loss of $690 million in its fourth quarter financial report released Mar. 2, a considerable drop compared to net losses of $45...

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] A Los Angeles Superior Court overseeing litigation by ICO Global Communications against Boeing Co. and its satellite subsidiary has denied nearly all of Boeing’s post-trial motions, ICO...

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] Globecomm Systems has acquired Mach6, a satellite services provider headquartered in the Netherlands, for $5.9 million, Globecomm announced Mar. 2.     Mach6 employs approximately 30 staff members...

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] GlobeCast and Measat Satellite Systems have signed an agreement with SPE Networks to distribute the AXN HD channel in the Asia-Pacific Region, starting with the Korean market...