Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-11] The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) appointed Jill Grinda as its new vice president, the organization announced May 11.             Grinda will base her […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-11] SpaceX hired former Broadcom Corp. financial executive Bret Johnsen as its new CFO, the company announced May 11. Johnsen, who previously served as CFO of Mindspeed Technologies, […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-11] Iridium Communications will leverage iDirect’s VSAT platform as part of a multi-year plan to upgrade the ground-control infrastructure of its low-Earth orbiting (LEO) satellite constellation Iridium Next, […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-12-11] Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems has contracted another hardware developer for technology integration on three of the manufacturer’s Inmarsat-5 constellation satellites. L-3 Electron Technologies (L-3 ETI) […]

[Satellite News 05-11-11] Two-way machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and automatic identification system (AIS) service specialist Orbcomm broke its yearlong subscriber growth streak in the first quarter of 2011 by falling 4,000 […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-11] Russian state satellite operator Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) signed a memorandum of understanding with Eutelsat, which will expand their strategic satellite partnership, Eutelsat announced May 10. […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-11] Loral Space & Communications generated $67.8 million in 2011 first quarter net income, which more than doubled its $29.4 million intake during the same period in 2010, […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-11] Healthy satellite service customer base growth helped Iridium Communications drive $8.3 million in profits during the first quarter of 2011 compared to the company’s net loss of […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-11] Hughes Network Systems completed its deployment of several HX System broadband satellite networks for Microcom, a service provider in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Hughes […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-11] C-Com Satellite Systems said it has received its largest iNetVu mobile antenna products order to date from its Japanese reseller Telemann Communications in Tokyo, the Candian satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-11] Sky Italia contracted video contribution and distribution solutions provider T-VIPS to deliver its TVG425 MPEG Transport Stream and the TVG450 JPEG2000 video gateways to the broadcaster, T-VIPS […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-11] GlobeCast and Japan International Broadcasting (JIB) have launched NHK World HD on the Sky and Freesat platforms in the United Kingdom, the companies announced May 9. GlobeCast is […]

[Satellite News 05-10-11] FSS operator Intelsat increased its 2011 first quarter revenues 3 percent (or $19 million) year-over-year at $640.2 million compared to $621.1 million in the same period last […]

[Satellite News 05-09-11] Inmarsat reported a 15 percent increase in its 2011 first-quarter revenue at $323.9 million compared with the same period last year, boosted by growth in its maritime […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-11] Gilat Satellite Networks was contracted by Optus Networks to provide, install, operate and maintain a SkyEdge 2 VSAT network for the Australian National Broadband Network Co.’s (NBN) […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-11] Canadian information solutions provider MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed multi-year contracts totaling more than $1 million to supply oil field monitoring products to an unnamed […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-11] RTV Slovenia has extended its Hot Bird satellite capacity contract with Eutelsat Communications for another 10 years, the operator announced May 6.              RTV Slovenia’s Hot Bird […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-08-11] Hughes posted a 9 percent increase in 2011 first quarter revenues at $264 million compared with the same period last year, backed by a 15 percent […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-06-11] Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg chose to remain silent on a possible IPO or company sale after reporting a 6 percent increase in his company’s first quarter 2011 […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-06-11] Russian satellite broadcaster NTV Plus will enter the IPTV market and deploy Verimatrix’s IPTV Video Content Authority System (VCAS) on its wholesale network as the result of […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-06-11] Hispasat Chairwoman Petra Mateos’ proposal to hire Carlos Espinós as the Spanish operator’s new managing director has been approved by the company’s board of directors, Hispasat announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-06-11] Satellite communications start-up iSat has acquired the management and employee operations of OmniGlobe EMEA for an undisclosed amount and will use the new assets to form a […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-06-11] International cable TV operator Liberty Global reported a significant decline in its 2011 first quarter profits from $737 million in the same period last year to […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-05-11] The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has established a ruling that will force domestic satellite providers Bell TV and Shaw Direct to carry local programming […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-11] NewSat has signed $1.7 million in oil, gas and military sector contracts to provide satellite communication services within Australia and internationally.     The recent contract wins include: […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-11] Vizada has consolidated all of its voice traffic into a single global voice carrier platform, Vizada Global Voice, as of May 1, the company announced May 4. […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-11] The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) elected three new members to its board of directors, the organization announced May 4.     Discovery Networks Executive […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-04-11] The Space Foundation has contracted government and enterprise cyber-security solutions provider Blue Ridge Networks to deliver a full suite of network capabilities to secure the non-profit organization’s […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-04-11] Intelsat’s deployment of its New Dawn satellite’s west antenna reflector has been delayed due to an unknown mechanical issue, the operator announced May 3.     The […]

[Satellite News 05-04-11] Yahsat has finally seen its Yahsat 1A satellite launched by Arianespace in late April after a brief launch delay. The Middle East-based satellite operator now plans to […]