Connectivity

[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. will provide Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) with a 500-site Gilat SkyEdge broadband network platform, Gilat announced March 10.     The platform will...

[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] Arianespace successfully placed Jules Verne, the European Space Agency‘s first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) in space, but an on-board computer shut down one of the four...

[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] International Launch Services (ILS) will launch its second mission this year, carrying SES Americom’s AMC-14 satellite, on March 15, ILS announced March 7.     The satellite,...

[Satellite News – 3-10-08] Network solutions company DataPath Inc. named industry veteran Dave Helfgott CEO in February.     The company has moved from mainly selling systems to the U.S. Department...

[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] OpenTV has appointed Ben Bennett as its CEO, the company confirmed March 10.     Bennett has been acting CEO and COO since August 2007. OpenTV is...

[Satellite Today – 3-7-08] Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) signed a contract with Emerging Markets Communications Inc. for the lease of C-band transponders on Yahsat’s dual-satellite communications systems, the...

[Satellite Today – 3-7-08] Com Dev International Ltd. posted a 14 percent increase in revenue in the 2008 first quarter, but net income fell more than 4 million Canadian dollars...

[Satellite Today – 3-7-08] The U.S. Department of Defense has cancelled the Space Radar program, a U.S. Air Force spokeswoman confirmed March 6.     The program, which would have provided...

[Satellite News – 3-06-08] Pace Micro Technology boosted its competitive position in the set-top box market with its December acquisition of the set-top box and connectivity solutions business of Royal...

[Satellite Today – 3-6-08] Australian satellite pay-TV operator Austar has launched personal video recorder (PVR) services in Australia using OpenTV technology, Austar announced March 5.     The service, dubbed MyStar,...