Connectivity

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] Norsat International Inc. acquired Ireland-based WiMAX provider, Bluemoon 4G Ltd., in an all-stock transaction, Norsat announced April 22.    “With the acquisition of Bluemoon, we accelerate our […]

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) has signed a capacity deal with SES Sirius to gain further capacity in the Nordic region, Telenor announced April 22.    The three-year […]

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] Thuraya signed a deal with Advanced Communications Solutions (ACS) to distribute its ThurayaIP and ThurayaMarine solutions within the Greek and Cypriot maritime sector, Thuraya announced April 22. […]

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] DiBcom, a semiconductor company, has entered into a cooperation agreement with Solaris Mobile to provide mobile television and in-vehicle entertainment, information and communication services across Europe, Solaris […]

Despite NAB 2009 being promoted as the launch pad of 3D HD consumer broadcast video solutions, the concept of 3D HD consumer video entertainment is at least nine years old. […]

Mediascape has launched a satellite pay-TV platform, Cignal Digital TV, in the Philippines, targeting the 2 million households not served by cable.     “We are trying to hit 40,000 to […]

DiBcom, a semiconductor company, has entered into a cooperation agreement with Solaris Mobile to provide mobile television and in-vehicle entertainment, information and communication services across Europe, Solaris announced April 22. […]

Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) has signed a capacity deal with SES Sirius to gain further capacity in the Nordic region, Telenor announced April 22.     The three-year deal will provide […]

Norsat International Inc. acquired Ireland-based WiMAX provider, Bluemoon 4G Ltd., in an all-stock transaction, Norsat announced April 22.     “With the acquisition of Bluemoon, we accelerate our entry into the […]

Maui LLC, a consortium of six broadcast stations headquartered in Hawaii, has deployed Harmonic’s ProStream 1000 stream-processing solutions and NMX digital service manager for a network rebuild, Harmonic announced April […]

Dish Network has launched Dish Earth, a channel offering live views of Earth, passing views of the moon, Venus, and unidentified flying object, the company announced April 22.     The […]

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] Dish Network has launched Dish Earth, a channel offering live views of Earth, passing views of the moon, Venus, and unidentified flying object, the company announced April […]

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] Lockheed Martin’s net earnings fell 9 percent to $666 million from $730 million in the same quarter last year according to its first quarter 2009 financial report, […]

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] SES Astra signed a second distribution agreement for the Spanish market with Internet service provider, Net2, SES announced April 22.    Net2 will market Astra2Connect all over […]

[Satellite Today 04-22-09] GlobeCast Enterprise Services has changed its name to Keystone Enterprise Services, Keystone announced April 20.     The company said that the name change reflects the company’s new […]

[Satellite Today 04-22-09] Avanti Communications has won contracts to supply broadband products to four separate telecoms service providers in the U.K., the company announced April 21.     The companies involved […]

[Satellite Today 04-22-09] Wireless Matrix today signed a contract extension with its satellite provider, SkyTerra, for services through 2012, SkyTerra announced April 21. SkyTerra said the agreement provides a migration […]

[Satellite Today 04-22-09] Sea Launch has successfully launched Telespazio’s Sicral 1B communications satellite, the launch provider announced April 20.     The Sicral 1B payload includes one EHF/Ka band, three UHF-band […]

[Satellite Today 04-22-09] Hughes Network Systems signed Clear Channel Satellite as an authorized reseller of HughesNet broadband satellite solutions in the United States, Hughes announced April 21.     Clear Channel […]

[Satellite News 04-22-09] The link-up between Yahsat and SES Astra to create a company to target DTH markets in the Middle East, North Africa and South West Asia, announced by […]

[Satellite Today 04-22-09] Turner Broadcasting System signed a five-year distribution and contribution agreement with SES Americom-New Skies to deliver CNN to and from Europe and the Middle East, SES announced […]

The link-up between Yahsat and SES Astra to create a company to target DTH markets in the Middle East, North Africa and South West Asia, announced by the companies April […]

One of the disadvantages of wearing a press badge at a trade show is that you never get to sit in on the meetings that define success for a convention […]

Edgeware, a provider of server systems for network deployed on-demand TV, has partnered with set top-box supplier, Avtrex to provide full interoperability for video services delivered over the Internet including, […]

Comtech Xicom Technology unveiled its Model XTD-1250KL outdoor traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA), the company announced April 18.    Comtech Xicom said that the unit is the satcom industry’s first […]

Hughes Network Systems signed Clear Channel Satellite as an authorized reseller of HughesNet broadband satellite solutions in the United States, Hughes announced April 21.     Clear Channel will utilize HughesNet […]

Fisher Communications signed a station group agreement with Backchannelmedia to deploy its opt-in Clickable TV technology for interactive advertisements on television, Fisher announced April 20.     The interactive technology works […]

[Satellite News 04-22-09] The NAB showroom is providing a sneak peek into future opportunities and technology, which the satellite industry aims to leverage as the broadcast sector makes new leaps […]

[Satellite Today 04-22-09] Comtech Xicom Technology unveiled its Model XTD-1250KL outdoor traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA), the company announced April 18.     Comtech Xicom said that the unit is the […]

Turner Broadcasting System signed a five-year distribution and contribution agreement with SES Americom-New Skies to deliver CNN to and from Europe and the Middle East, SES announced April 21.    […]