Connectivity

[Satellite News 12-17-10] SES Astra signed deals with Ukrainian state enterprise Ukrkosmos and Central European Media Enterprises (CME) that the satellite operator hopes will ramp up its presence in Ukraine, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-10] Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales (Arsat) to supply the payload for Arsat-2, the second Argentine geostationary telecom satellite of the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-10] RRsat opened its second point of presence in New York City on 8th Ave. and unveiled plans to open a third on Hudson St., the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-15-10] Astrium and the The Space Research Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences (CBK PAN) have created Astri Polska, a joint venture that will focus on […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-15-10] At the beginning of 2010, GlobeCast set out on a strategic initiative to build out its infrastructure and sign its first media asset management deals with […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-10] The SkyTerra 1 mobile broadband satellite’s 22-meter-diameter L-band antenna has been deployed after a glitch delayed its full deployment and threatened the mission, manufacturer and prime contractor […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-10] Hughes Network Systems has unveiled a managed services suite for enterprises, the company announced Dec. 14. Bases on Hughes ActiveQoS, the offering delivers converged voice, data, and video […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-10] Arianespace reschedule the launch of an Arine 5 spacecraft carrying the Hispasat 1E and KoreaSat 6 satellites in order to allow one of its customers to perform […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-14-10] OmniGlobe Networks EMEA has gained full Multimedia Exchange Network over Satellite (MENOS) certification for its Fast News Gathering (FNG) terminal — a crucial development for the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-10] Orbit Showtime Network (OSN), a satellite pay-TV operator in the Middle East, has announced a series of initiatives in 3-D, piracy and HD DVR services launching in […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-13-10] Asian broadcast industry leaders have agreed on proposals to urge India’s government to speed up the process of digitalizing the country’s pay-TV industry, the Cable & […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-13-10] The Baikonur Cosmodrome control center has placed a temporary ban on Proton rocket missions and has postponed International Launch Services’ (ILS) Dec. 20 launch of Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-13-10] The BSat-3b broadcasting satellite is operational following on-orbit deployment and checkout of all spacecraft systems, Lockheed Martin announced Dec. 10.     Designed and built by Lockheed Martin […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-13-10] Mitsubishi Electric Corp. introduced two new models of transistors that will be deployed in satellite digital radio reception systems in automobiles, Mitsubishi announced Dec. 10.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-10-10] Comtech’s earnings-per-share in its first quarter of 2011 beat consensus estimates of 61 cents by 15 cents on revenues of $178 million, due to strong gains […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-10-10] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) won a $1.15 million contract with an unnamed pan-European content distribution company to provide IDC’s Superflex Pro Video receiver to support the expansion […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-10-10] Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi) subsidiary MeshTV updated its services to allow multiple, dedicated live stream content feeds to be formatted for mobile devices while providing monetization […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-09-10] Softel hopes to follow up a deal with Bulgarian DTH operator Bulsatcom with more deals in Central and Eastern Europe.     Softel announced Dec. 6 that […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-09-10] GeoEye has agreed to purchase 100 percent of the stock of Spadac Inc., a geospatial predictive analytics company, for $46 million in cash and stock, GeoEye announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-09-10] SkyVision Global Networks LLC upgraded its backbone, edge and peering infrastructure using Juniper Networks equipment, Juniper announced Dec. 7.     SkyVision operates a satellite and terrestrial fiber-optic […]

 [Satellite TODAY 12-09-10] Cisco completed a VoIP call using its Internet Router in Space (IRIS) and also made the first software upgrade of an Internet Protocol (IP) router aboard a […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-09-10] BSkyB admitted defeat in its attempts to develop a rival to iTunes and others in the online music market, announcing it will close its Sky Songs service […]

[Satellite News 12-08-10] Two members of the U.K. Parliament’s space committee who witnessed the Nov. 26 launch of the Hylas 1 and Intelsat 17 satellites aboard an Ariane 5 are […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-10] Vizada Networks received a contract from the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (Eulex) to supply VSAT hubs and remote terminals and lease Ku-band satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-10] Pals Electronics has achieved Multimedia Exchange Network over Satellite (MENOS) certification of its vehicle-mounted and fly-drive satellite antenna systems for use with Newtec‘s ASBU-MENOS OpenDSNG networking solution, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-10] The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has selected Spacenet to provide emergency communications services and associated high performance equipment to support police operations, Spacenet announced Dec. 6. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-10] Bulgarian satellite operator Bulsatcom has installed Softel‘s Swift TX subtitle/caption management and delivery solution to provide accurately synchronized DVB bitmap subtitles for its turnaround services to various […]

[Satellite News 12-06-10] U.K. operator Avanti Communications has signed its third managed services deal since the launch of its Hylas 1 satellite in November. Under a three-year contract, Avanti will […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-10] Thrane & Thrane is launching its Aviator 200 airborne solution to markets in the Middle East, the manufacturer announced Dec. 6.     The terminal, which uses Inmarsat‘s […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-07-10] The Skyterra 1 mobile communications satellite is having problems deploying its 22-meter reflector antenna, according to statements released to Satellite TODAY Insider.      Harris, along with […]