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Arabsat has teamed up with Cetel Germany, a provider of teleport and satellite services, to launch a satellite broadband initiative in the Middle East and Africa. The new service, which […]

Alcatel Alenia Space will provide the Defense User Ground Segment for the Cosmo-Skymed earth observation program to the French Ministry of Defense, Alcatel announced. The 32 million Euro ($38.3 million) […]

Telenor Satellite Services and Addvalue Technologies announced that the two companies have entered into a strategic business agreement to provide satellite communications services for the terrestrial, maritime and aeronautical markets. […]

IMS Research estimates that by the end of 2005, more than 2.6 million households in Europe were using a digital video recorder (DVR). By 2010, this market is forecast to […]

XM Satellite Radio signed an three-year, $55 million agreement to carry content provided by Oprah Winfrey’s radio company, XM announced Feb. 9. Under the agreement with Harpo Radio Inc., XM […]

From Feb. 6-9 in Washington, D.C., The SATELLITE 2006 Conference and Exhibition played host to more than 7,400 attendees and 245 exhibiting companies. Held annually by Via Satellite magazine and […]

Eutelsat subsidiary Skylogic Italia won a contract to provide satellite broadband access to public administrators in Tuscany, Italy. Under the contract awarded by the region of Tuscany, Skylogic will provide […]

Eutelsat subsidiary Skylogic Italia won a contract to provide satellite broadband access to public administrators in Tuscany, Italy. Under the contract awarded by the region of Tuscany, Skylogic will provide […]

Alcatel Alenia Space will provide the Defense User Ground Segment for the Cosmo-Skymed earth observation program to the French Ministry of Defense, Alcatel announced. The 32 million Euro ($38.3 million) […]

International Datacasting Corp. announced yesterday at the SATELLITE 2006 Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C., that ProfLine B.V., their wholly owned subsidiary and base of operations in Europe, received a […]

Globecomm Systems Inc., a global provider of end-to-end satellite-based communications solutions, announced the company’s fiscal 2006 second quarter increased 2.3 percent to a record $29.9 million, compared to $29.2 million […]

NTU, the Ukrainian public broadcaster, has become a shareholder in EuroNews. It has become the 20th shareholder of EuroNews with its acquisition of 1 percent of share capital in SECEMIE […]

BSkyB, the U.K. satellite pay-TV operator, has restructured some key management roles as it targets 10 million DTH customers in 2010. The new roles have been created as Sky looks […]

DRS Codem Systems announced its new X-Band Satellite Communications-On-The-Move (XOTM) Antenna Subsystem at the SATELLITE 2006 Conference & Exhibition this week. According to the company, the XOTM Antenna Subsystem is […]

Norway’s TSAT AS has introduced its TSAT-3000, a VSAT private network solution to support critical applications in harsh environments and remote locations. The ruggedized TSAT- 3000 meets the latest IEC […]

Telesat says it will be serving as the exclusive satellite carrier for Auroras Entertainment; an end-to-end provider of IPTV for the North American market including Alaska and Hawaii. Auroras plans […]

ILC released its new MaxView 5.0 for Broadband at the SATELLITE 2006 Conference & Exhibition in Washington D.C. MaxView 5.0 is a software platform that lets service providers manage IPTV, […]

International Datacasting Corporation (IDC) has won a $2.6 million contract to provide satellite services to the Canadian Forces. Under the deal, IDC will deploy its SuperFlex DVB-IP satellite datacasting products […]

TANDBERG Television will be acquiring IP video solutions provider SkyStream, through a cash/stock transfer transaction valued at $80 million. The move will bring together two major players in the digital […]

Chellomedia appointed Jeroen Oerlemans, general manager of the digital TV channel Sport1 in the Netherlands, which was launched earlier this month. Sport1 is a new, 24-hour sports channel in the […]

RaySat, Inc. says it has developed a low-profile (5.7″) antenna designed for moving vehicles. Called the StealthRay, this Ku-band satellite antenna works with a wide range of bandwidths, supports VoIP […]

iDirect Technologies has added a mesh solution to its iDirect platform. Aimed at providing iDirect customers with more flexibility, iDirect Mesh supports a single hop connection between remote modems to […]

Triveni Digital developed a new secure data broadcasting solution for emergency services networks, which can be carried via satellite, terrestrial digital TV, or cable TV. Branded as the SkyScraperT Emergency […]

Swe-Dish Satellite Systems is taking the wraps off its new FA150K Lite fly-away terminal. The FA150K Lite is a rugged, quick set-up portable earth station with a 1.5m elliptical Gregorian […]

SES Global subsidiary Americom Government Services (AGS) will be offering Command and Control On-The-Move two-way broadband IP connectivity to war fighter vehicles traveling at 60 mph or faster. Using a […]

Following Monday’s news of International Launch Services being selected to launch JSAT’s JCSAT-11 satellite on a Proton vehicle in 2007, ILS announced two more contracts at the SATELLITE 2006 Conference […]

DRS Codem Systems Inc., a provider of antenna control systems, OTM pedestals, network access products, spectrum management, signals intelligence (SIGINT) systems, monitor and control systems and engineering services for a […]

Romania Cable Systems (RCS), the country’s largest DTH, has signed a multimillion dollar contract with Intelsat for additional capacity on the IS 10-02 satellite in order to expand RCS’ business […]

Swe-Dish Satellite Systems launched a new Remote Monitor and Control System (RMC) for its fly-away satellite terminals. The new control system gives Swe-Dish users control and monitoring of all vital […]

DataPath, Inc., which provides products for mission-critical communications, has deployed battlefield communications equipment for the marines‚ three SWANs (Support Wide Area Networks. SWAN is a satellite and Internet protocol (IP) […]