Connectivity

Satellite manufacturers suffered a dearth of orders from 2001 to 2003, but the famine has ended and contracts for new satellites are rolling in at a steady rate. While good...

In August, we reviewed IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) as a driver of next-generation fixed satellite service and direct broadcast satellite service. We looked at the technology and identified four likely...

Satellite players and terrestrial interests have drawn sharp lines in their debate over the access to C-band spectrum, but there are some areas where the two sides have reached at...

[8/31/07 – Satellite News Today] High-speed satellite broadband internet will be available in Germany by the end of September, Eutelsat Communications and ViaSat Inc. announced Aug. 31. The consumer broadband...

[8-30-07 – Satellite News Today] STMicroelectronics has integrated Cinea Inc.’s Running Marks’ session-based watermarking technology into set-top box decoders, Cinea announced Aug. 29. The solution has been integrated into STMicroelectronics’STi7109...

[8-30-07 – Satellite News Today] RamTelecom Inc will provide satellite communications services to TOG Systems Ltd., RamTelecom announced Aug. 29. Under a 36-month, $1.3 million contract, RamTelecom will provide TOG’s...

[8-30-07 – Satellite News Today] Newtec, the Belgian satellite solutions company, has acquired France’s TurboConcept, a provider of technology used in satellite and wireless communications, Newtec announced Aug. 30. TurboConcept,...

[8-30-07 – Satellite News Today] SES Sirius appointed Hakan Sjodin managing director, the company announced Aug. 30. Sjodin, who replaces Per Norman, has been with SES Sirius since 2001 and...

[8-30-07 – Satellite News Today] Eutelsat has signed a capacity deal with MultiChoice Africa for four Ku-band transponders on the Sesat 1 satellite, Eutelsat announced Aug. 30. MultiChoice, one of...

The German subsidiary responsible for marketing SES Astra‘s new digital platform faces a huge challenge, said Wilfried Urner, CEO of the Entavio subsidiary. The service for digital satellite households in...