Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 3-10-10] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) signed a three-year agreement for capacity on ABS-2 with ICS Technologies Iraq, ABS announced March 9.    ICS will lease Ku-band capacity on […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-10-10] GlobeCast signed a deal for an additional full transponder on the AsiaSat 5 satellite, GlobeCast announced March 9.    The increased capacity on AsiaSat 5, formerly AsiaSat […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-10-10] RigNet Inc. has opened a service center in Williamsport, Pa., to serve the the Marcellus Shale region and provide a higher service level to clients in the […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] Ethan Lavan has been appointed director of Eutelsat’s In-Orbit Resources division, the satellite operator announced March 9.    Prior to joining Eutelsat, Ethan was responsible for regulatory […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-10-10] Modern Times Group (MTG) has appointed Laurence Miall-d’Aout chief of staff for its free-TV operations and Martin Lewerth in the newly created role of chief of staff […]

[Satellite News 03-09-10] Integral Systems will launch a division intended to offer smaller satellite operators, resellers and bandwidth users network monitoring services.    IS3 (Integral Systems Service Solutions) will offer […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] OnAir and Oman Air have tested the full spectrum of mobile and Wi-Fi Internet connectivity services based on Inmarsat SwiftBroadband on a commercial airliner, the companies announced […]

[Satellite News 03-05-10] SES World Skies is getting ready to begin 3-D TV trials as it aims to place satellite at the forefront in terms of delivering 3-D media.    […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] Machine-to-machine (M2M) industry analyst and consulting firm Beecham Research has been awarded a 200,000 euro contract ($275,000) by the European Space Agency (ESA) to conduct a study […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] French Broadcaster Canal+ Group reported 2009 revenues of 4.55 billion euros ($6.2 billion), a 1.6 percent increase compared to 2008, in its latest financial results, released March […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-10] Telesat reported an 11 percent year-over-year increase in consolidated revenues at $787 million by the end of 2009, the company announced in its latest financial results, released […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-10] Gilat Satellite Networks was awarded a contract by service provider Satcom Systems to provide a SkyEdge 2 broadband satellite network to serve several hundred small and medium […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-10] Hughes Network Systems has launched a digital signage application for its Hughes MediaSignage offering on the Apple iPhone and iPod touch devices, the company announced March 2. […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-10] Dish Network now has more than 14 million subscribers in the United States, the company announced in its 2009 full-year financial results, issued March 1. The U.S. […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] EchoStar Satellite Services CEO Dean Olmstead hailed the company’s move to acquire Mexican satellite operator, Satmex. EchoStar announced Feb. 26 that EchoStar Satellite Services, a subsidiary of […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-10] Qatar Telecom (QTel), a licensed telecom operator for the state or Qatar, signed a contract to take capacity on the Intelsat 15 (IS-15) satellite, Intelsat announced March […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) won a 10-year satellite services license to install, operate and manage a public telecommunications network and provide of satellite telecommunications services […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] U.K. set-top box supplier Pace reported a 405 percent increase in its 2009 profits of 69.9 million British pounds ($105 million) compared to 13.8 million pounds ($20.7 […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] Talia has launched Talia Home, a new consumer and telephone communications Internet service for subscribers in the Middle East, Africa and Europe, the company announced March 2.  […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] SES has placed a 10-year Eurobond worth about 650 million euros ($881.7 million), the company announced March 1.     The bond, priced at 99.467 euros ($134.92), was […]

[Satellite News 03-04-10] In a move that consolidates the FSS sector in North America, EchoStar Satellite Services, a subsidiary of EchoStar, agreed to acquire an ownership interest Mexican satellite operator […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-02-10] OverHorizon has contracted Arianespace to launch its first communications satellite, OHO-1, on an Ariane 5 rocket, Arianespace announced Mar. 1.         The deal with OverHorizon represents Arianespace’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-02-10] SES World Skies will join broadcasters, programmers, TV makers and technology providers in a series of tests aimed at accelerating the delivery of 3-D TV, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-02-10] Stratos Global has been contracted by the BBC to provide the U.K. broadcaster with an Inmarsat BGAN X-Stream mobile broadband satellite service to broadcast live coverage of […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Indian DTH platform, DishTV is still a year away from launching HD services in India, COO Salil Kapoor told Satellite News.      “We are working on HD […]

Network neutrality is a hot topic in the United States that is generally viewed to apply to Internet services and IP networks. Although this topic arose in the United States […]

Scripps Networks is carving a niche for itself in terms of lifestyle media channels. The company launched HGTV in 1994, and among its five other networks, probably is best known […]

[Satellite News 03-01-10] Indian DTH operator DishTV is set to launch personal video recorder (PVR) services to its 6.5 million subscribers, however, HD services may be at least a year […]

  Speak now or forever hold your peace or at least hold it for a long time until provision can be made to hear your arguments. The U.S. Federal Communications […]

Peter Shaper’s introduction to the satellite communications sector occurred while he was a partner in a private equity firm. Research into telecom companies that were “undervalued” led to CapRock Communications. […]