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Orbit Showtime Network Names CEO David Butorac has been named CEO of DTH operator Orbit Showtime Network. Butorac replaces Marc-Antoine d’Halluin, who stepped down at the end of September. Butorac […]

EchoStar Launches U.S. News Gateway Service EchoStar Satellite Services released its News Gateway delivery service, which uses a combination of the company’s U.S. fiber network and IP multicasting technologies to […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-25-10] Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, Satellite TODAY‘s Daily News Feed will not publish on Fri., Nov. 26. We will resume our normal publishing schedule on Mon., Nov. […]

The ILS Proton Breeze M launched from Pad 39 at the Baikonur cosmodrome on November 14 at 11:29 p.m. local time, and successfully carried the SkyTerra 1 satellite into orbit […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-10] A quote from Intelsat CEO David McGlade in a Nov. 9 Satellite TODAY story should have read, “The mix will continue to have third-party capacity with a […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-10-10] NSR urged investors to consider the strength of the satellite capacity market in a research study released Nov. 9 that showed the global economic recession did […]

Integral Systems Service Solutions (IS3) was awarded a contract by the U.S. Strategic Command (U.S. Stratcom) to provide worldwide interference geolocation services to its U.S. Cyber Command (Cybercom) command subordinate, […]

Arqiva Signs U.S. Teleport Deal Arqiva signed a co-location agreement with U.S. teleport operator USEI. The deal will enable USEI to access Arqiva’s occasional-use infrastructure to support United Kingdom downlinks […]

Furuno Rolls Out VSAT Antenna on maritime Network Maritime communication and navigation systems Furuno has partnered with SpeedCast and Eutelsat to launch the VSAT KU-100 atenna. Furuno has been developing […]

Integral Systems Expands IS3 Management Team Integral Systems expanded the management team of its Integral Systems Service Solutions (IS3) business unit to support growth in demand for its managed network […]

GE Satcom Offers Triple-Play Maritime VSAT Service GE Satcom unveiled the commercial launch of a satellite-based communications service for merchant vessel operators based on iDirect’s Intelligent platform. The solution will […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] The headline of an Oct. 28 story should have read "Tecom Selects ITS Tranceiver-HPT for Airborne KuStream Antenna Installation."

Each year at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition, Via Satellite  magazine honors the most outstanding industry executive of the year. The honoree is chosen for durable contributions to the global […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-18-10] Arab Advisors’ research found that 1,024 kbps is the most common DSL speed offered in the Arab region, the analysis firm announced Oct. 18.     DSL remains […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-13-10] Research organizations IMS Research and ABI Research have released encouraging figures for global broadband providers and digital set-top box manufacturers in forecasts issued Oct. 11.     […]

The U.S. Coast Guard selected KVH Industries to supply its TracPhone V7 satellite communication system and the mini-VSAT Broadband service to its small cutter fleet, KVH announced.     Under the […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-05-10] India’s rural value-added services market could generate about $835 million for regional service providers in 2014, according global telecoms, media and IT adviser Analysys Mason.     […]

GeoEye on Fortune’s 100 Fastest-Growing Companies list Satellite imagery provider GeoEye has been ranked 84th on Fortune Magazine’s 2010 “100 Fastest-Growing Companies” list. GeoEye qualified for the 100 Fastest-Growing Companies […]

Thrane & Thrane Releases Aviator Swiftbroadband Solutions Satellite communications equipment manufacturer Thrane & Thrane has released its Aviator 200, 300 and 350 Swiftbroadband solutions. The Aviator 200 aims to provide […]

Avanti Taps Distributor for Internet Continuity Service Avanti signed contract for U.K.-based Computerlinks to become the first distributor of Avanti’s Business Internet Continuity (BIC) service. Under the three-year contract, valued […]

Canal Digital Hires Clear Channel Sweden CEO to Lead Company Telenor appointed Patrik Hofbauer CEO of broadcaster Canal Digital. Hofbauer, currently CEO of broadcaster Clear Channel Sweden, will start his […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] More than a hundred market participants in the east African region are offering Internet connectivity and application services as the introduction of undersea fiber-optic cables has dramatically […]

CapRock Launches Energy Market VSAT Service Harris Corp. subsidiary CapRock Communications launched its turnkey FieldAccess VSAT service offering for land drilling, shallow-water and production platform markets in the United States. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-10] News and current affairs channels have the highest average advertising rates amongst FTA satellite channels in the Arab world, according to a Sept. 27 research report by […]

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has denied Globalstar’s request for waiver of the Commission’s Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) rules and rejected Open Range‘s request to operate its terrestrial network […]

GE Satcom, a service provider in the EMEA reagion, has unveiled the commercial launch of a satellite-based communications service for merchant vessel operators based on iDirect’s Intelligent platform, iDirect announced […]

U-blox has unveiled Leon-G100 Automotive, a surface-mount automotive quality grade GSM/GPRS modem designed for use in first-mount car telematics applications such as emergency call, stolen vehicle recovery and wireless driver […]

The Mobile content and applications (MCA) market influences $80 billion of mobile spending, according to a research report from global telecommunications, media and IT adviser Analysys Mason, released Sept. 3. […]

Marlink has expanded its contract with shipping company AP Moller-Maersk to provide Inmarsat FleetBroadband airtime services to an additional 200 vessels, increasing the total number of AP Moller-Maersk vessels sailing […]

Telefonica International Wholesale Services (TIWS), an international wholesale subsidiary of the Telefonica Group, has contracted Gilat to supply its SkyEdge 2 satellite network to support operations, Gilat announced.     TIWS, […]