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Digital TV penetration in the United Kingdom has reached 77 percent, according to a report from communications regulator Ofcom. In the fourth quarter, another million households went digital, bringing the […]

Democratic and Republican members of both the House and Senate lavishly and repeatedly praised NASA Administrator Michael Griffin for his excellent leadership of the space agency, but the legislators were […]

[3/19/07] Loral Space & Communications Inc. cut its net loss to $23 million in 2006, as revenues improved 27 percent to $797 million, the company announced March 15. In 2005, […]

In a regular look at how satellite pay-TV operators are performing in Europe, Satellite News examines the most recent results of Europe’s leading DTH players, all of whom have announced […]

NASA could accelerate its Constellation program to get Americans back on the moon sooner than now planned, so as to beat the Chinese in their drive toward a manned mission […]

Flexibility is the key to remaining viable in a changing market for video technologies, agreed a panel of experts speaking at the March 13 meeting of the Society of Satellite […]

The Airborne Laser (ABL) ballistic missile defense (BMD) system worked well in its first in-flight test of the laser targeting system, the Missile Defense Agency reported. In the test Thursday, […]

Bell ExpressVu, the Canadian DTH operator, is hoping it can maintain the pace in the Canadian digital TV market by bringing a number of potential new services to its customers. […]

Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), the House Armed Services Committee chairman, proposed a bill to reform defense contracting. It would curb use of sole source contracts while encouraging use of fixed-price […]

[3/15/07] Eutelsat Communications confirmed March 14 that its broadcast clients of the HotBird-2 satellite had been transferred to HotBird-8.   The precautionary switch, with no change in reception parameters for […]

Turner Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS) has selected Eutelsat Communications to supply capacity and services for delivering three entertainment channels to cable networks in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg, Eutelsat announced […]

MultiChoice, a South Africa-based, direct-to-home (DTH) television provider, has selected Intelsat to support its mobile broadcast TV trial in the metropolitan areas of Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria and Cape Town, Intelsat […]

Telesat has been signed by the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Pakistan’s  national space agency, to assist in the procurement and 2010 launch of the Paksat-1R satellite […]

Wegener Corp.’s board of directors has formed a committee of independent directors to consider strategic and financial alternatives to boost shareholder value, the company announced March 13. The company has […]

Premiere Sky, a new subsidiary of German pay-TV operator Premiere, will launch an eponymous programming package in September, the company announced March 14 in Munich. Sold as an inexpensive package, […]

The Jan. 30 catastrophic failure of Sea Launch’s Zenit-3SL booster carrying the NSS-8 commercial communications satellite was caused by an engine failure, according to a commission of independent Ukrainian and […]

SES Astra, a subsidiary of SES, will launch its Astra-1L satellite onboard an Ariane 5 rocket, SES Astra announced March 14. The satellite, an A2100 AXS model built by Lockheed […]

For news and updates from Satcom Africa 2007, read Satellite Today’s blog about all the latest happenings in Johannesburg.

Kishore Shirekar has been named general manager for NDS India as conditional access and middleware vendor NDS aims for improved performance amid a potentially lucrative DTH market in India. Based […]

Hughes Network Systems is offering enterprise users nationwide broadband coverage with a choice of DSL and/or satellite technologies, the company announced March 13. Hughes has signed wholesale agreements with New […]

Arianespace placed two satellites into geostationary transfer orbit on March 11 after its dual launch of military communications satellite Skynet-5A for the British Ministry of Defense, and the civil communications […]

Shin Satellite’s subsidiary, Ipstar New Zealand, has signed a deal with BayCity Communications to become the exclusive national service operator (NSO) for Ipstar services throughout New Zealand. BayCity will be […]

DigitalGlobe, a provider of high-resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information, has opened a commercial business unit in Boston, the company announced March 12. The new office occasions the integration […]

Globalstar Inc., a provider of mobile satellite voice and data services, has completed hardware installation for its satellite packet data network, the company announced March 12. The work affects Globalstar […]

In reporting its 2006 numbers, Tandberg Television claimed total revenue earnings of $350.3 million with a gross margin of 57.8 percent. The company listed operating expenses of $128.7 million, with […]

[3/14/07] GeoEye Inc. has reported that an anomaly to its Orbview-3 has effectively blinded the satellite’s imaging capability. In a March 9 filing to the U.S. States Securities and Exchange […]

End II End Communications has appointed Tariq Bhatty as regional representative for its clients in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, the Charlotte, N.C.-based company announced March 12.

In its newly released update of the “World Market Survey of Satellites to be Built & Launched by 2016 (11th edition),” Euroconsult expects governments around the world to launch a […]

As part of an in-theater, urgent operational requirement program, QinetiQ integrated in less than 12 weeks’ time a civil satellite communications system to British Ministry of Defense Joint Helicopter Force […]

Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a contract by Alcatel Alenia Space, Harris announced March 12. Harris will supply a 12-meter, commercial satellite antenna […]