Connectivity

In today’s video environment, multi-screen delivery and over-the-top programming are the catalysts which are leading to fresh thinking by vendors and broadcasters alike. Content providers must deliver content not only […]

Over-the-top (OTT) broadcasting is seen by many as one of the next big trends in broadcasting and could enable broadcasters and operators to be much more flexible in delivering video […]

It wasn’t that long ago that 3-D broadcasting was the dominant discussion point throughout much of the satellite sector. It was difficult to attend any satellite-related gathering, visit a Web […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-31-11] Inmarsat has agreed to pay about $160 million to acquire Ship Equip, a provider of VSAT maritime communications services to the shipping, offshore oil and gas […]

France 24 is one of the leading sources of French and European news around the globe, and the broadcaster wants to build its brand and compete with the heavyweights such […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-01-11] Seven of the satellite industry’s biggest companies have formed the Hosted Payload Alliance (HPA), which aims to promote potential benefits of hosted government payloads on commercial […]

[Satellite News 03-31-11] Optus Satellite Director Paul Sheridan is planning to sign a launch services contract for its Optus 10 satellite by the middle of the year.     While the […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-31-11] Intelsat signed two service contracts for its New Dawn satellite just hours prior to its scheduled launch by Arianespace on an Ariane 5 rocket from the […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-31-11] Hughes Network Systems signed a distribution agreement with NextAlarm Monitoring Services to offer NextAlarm’s complete line of burglary and fire protection products to HughesNet subscribers, the satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-31-11] Applied Satellite Technology (AST) has released Onsatmail, a free compressed e-mail service for IsatPhone Pro handheld satellite phones, AST announced March 30.     The service will leverage […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-31-11] Advantech Wireless has released the latest version of its Transcend 800 microwave radio and will target the product for broadcasting backhaul markets, the manufacturer announced March 30. […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-29-11] Gilat Satellite Networks signed its second Latin America deal of 2011, winning a $14.5 million broadband contract with Peru’s Agency for Promotion of Private Investment (ProInversion) […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-30-11] Middle East regional operator Measat Satellite Systems signed an agreement with Global Crossing to distribute Setanta Sports via the Measat-3a satellite at 91.5 degrees East, Measat announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-30-11] Mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna supplier C-Com Satellite Systems saw its 2010 full-year revenues increase 14.4 percent to $10.4 million, backed by a 57.6 percent operational profit boost […]

[Satellite News 03-30-11] Latin America is projected to be the fastest growing television market through the next few years, according to an IMS Research report released March 30.     IMS […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-29-11] Avanti Communications’ Hylas-1 has completed in-orbit testing and is ready to enter commercial service to provide broadband services across Europe, Avanti announced March 28.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-29-11] Eutelsat’s broadband subsidiary Skylogic signed an initial five-year contract worth 3 million euros ($4.22 million) with SkyDSL to market its Tooway broadband service provided by Ka-Sat, […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-29-11] Integral Systems Service Solutions (IS3) has activated two additional satellite interference monitoring, detection and geolocation sites in the Republic of Cyprus and the Republic of South Korea […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-29-11] U.K. digital entertainment solutions provider Amino Technologies secured a follow-on order to provide its hybrid, over-the-top (OTT) technology to support Telecom Italia‘s Cubovision broadband service deployment, Amino […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-29-11] Snell has launched a new suite of enterprise automation and content delivery solutions based on its Morpheus automation and Integrated Content Engine (ICE) play-out technology, the technology […]

[Satellite News 03-29-11] The combination of rapid growth in network traffic and slow growth in revenue is squeezing mobile network operators’ profit margins, according to a research report from global […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-28-11] AsiaSat reported a 25 percent increase in its full-year 2010 revenues at $187.31 million compared with its prior year results. The improved performance drove $89.16 million […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-28-11] Indonesian telecom Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) is planning to launch its Telkom-3 satellite before the end of 2011, company officials said in a March 25 statement.     Telkom […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-28-11] ViaSat expanded the coverage of its Yonder high-speed internet service in Brazil and the surrounding region via the StarOne C1 satellite, the operator announced March 25.     […]

[Satellite News 03-25-11] Speaking at the IP & TV World Forum in London, DirecTV Senior Vice President of Engineering Henry Derovanessian talked of the operator’s strategy to leverage its recently […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-25-11] Amino Communications is shopping for partnership deals with satellite pay-TV providers to deploy its Over-The-Top (OTT) television box Freedom Jump, Amino CEO Andrew Burke told Satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-25-11] Teleport operators were less satisfied with the commercial performance of their satellite vendors than with their operational performance and saw the need for improvement in many areas, […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-25-11] Indian satellite operators criticized India’s government for instituting taxation policies that show “preferential tax treatment of cable operators over satellite,” according to a CASBAA statement issued March […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-25-11] Telecom equipment manufacturer Ericsson will supply satellite phones and solar-powered towers to the Japanese government to support the country’s earthquake and tsunami recovery efforts, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-25-11] C-Com Satellite Systems received $600,000 worth of orders for its iNetVu mobile antenna products from various customers in the Asia region, the Canadian manufacturer announced March 23. […]