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Space Imaging, a Thornton, Colo.-based provider of Earth imagery and related services to commercial and government markets, has signed contracts with four Brazilian companies – Engesat, GisPlan, Infostrata and Threetek […]

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a Miramar, Fla.-based provider of satellite-based communications to the cruise and offshore oil and gas rigs, has signed an agreement with Holland America Line to provide […]

Canal+ Technologies CEO Francois Carayol expects conditional access and middleware technology vendor to play a key role in industry consolidation. He pointed to Thomson Multimedia’s acquisition of Canal+ Technologies from […]

Northrop Grumman [NYSE: NOC] has signed an agreement with Orbcomm, a Dulles, Va.-based satellite communications provider, for Orbcomm to provide data transmission services through its low-orbit satellite network for container […]

A = Analogue D = Digital 78.5 degreesE: Thaicom 2&3 D There are now three Christian TV channels within the Tadiran Scopus multiplex at 3550 MHz horizontal, SR 13333, FEC […]

France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications and KDDI have signed a partnership that will allow the French operator to offer global coverage to its Inmarsat customers with value-added services in Asia […]

By Chris Baugh, Northern Sky Research DVB-RCS (DVB return channel via satellite) and DOCSIS (data over cable service interface specification) are emerging as viable standards for broadband satellite service. Both […]

Arianespace is expected to carry out a dual-payload launch Wednesday evening to lift PanAmSat‘s [Nasdaq: SPOT] Galaxy XII and India’s INSAT 3A satellites into orbit, following a one day delay […]

Spanish operator Hispasat is in for a busy year. It is just over a year away until the operator launches its dedicated Latin American satellite Amazonas at 61 degrees West. […]

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a Miramar, Fla.-based provider of satellite-based communications to cruise ships and offshore oil rigs, has signed a marketing and distribution agreement with Xantic, a Dutch satellite […]

Belgacom will use SkyStream Networks’ Mediaplex 20 video services router to deliver Internet and streaming services via satellite to its business customers, especially Internet service providers. Belgacom is a Belgian […]

Club Concepts, a golf management and marketing agency, has signed a contract with Inforetech Wireless Technology [OTCBB:WYRE], a Vancouver, British Columbia-based manufacturer of GPS devices for the golf industry, to […]

NavCom Technology (Redondo Beach, Calif.) has signed a sales representation and distribution agreement with Navtech Seminars & GPS Supply Co. to make NavCom’s line of StarFire dual-frequency GPS receivers more […]

As a first step in collecting space debris, the National Space Development Agency of Japan‘s (NASDA) satellite, mu-Lab Sat, last month captured images of a small target jettisoned from the […]

Boeing [NYSE:BA] is teaming with Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. to develop laser technologies that will be used for satellite communications. Under the terms of the agreement, Boeing and Ball […]

Don’t miss the International Space University‘s 8th Annual International Symposium: “Satellite Navigation Systems: Policy, Commercial and Technical Interaction” to be held in Strasbourg, France from May 26 – 28. The […]

SATELLITE TODAY invites you and your team to join us on Tuesday, April 29, from noon-1:30 PM EST for an exclusive Webinar: “From Broadcast To Broadband: Seizing the Next Satellite […]

Elop Electro-Optics Industries, a subsidiary of Israeli-based defense electronics company Elbit Systems [Nasdaq: ESLT], has agreed to join Ashburn, Va.-based AeroAstro inmanufacturing low-cost satellite systems and components. With the alliance […]

EMS Satellite Networks, an Atlanta, Ga.-based design and manufacturer of wireless, satellite and defense products [Nasdaq: ELMG], has delivered a second DVB-RCS hub to Loral Skynet, located in Bedminster, N.J. […]

A U.S. district court has denied EchoStar Communications’ [Nasdaq: DISH] request for a preliminary injunction against Spanish language TV programming company TV Azteca. The injunction would have prevented Mexico City-based […]

Telenor Satellite Services is offering up to $3,000 of airtime to maritime customers who upgrade their satellite communications from the aging Inmarsat A analog service to the Fleet F77 digital […]

NetScout Systems [Nasdaq: NTCT], a provider of network performance management products, announced that Tri-County Metropolitan Transit Agency (TriMet), the public transportation system in the Portland, Ore., area, is using its […]

Fastrax, a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver developer, and Savox Communications, a telecom accessory product provider, have teamed up to provide a new GPS accessory for TETRA (terrestrial trunked radio) […]

Using Intelsat’s satellite capacity and Japan Telecom’s antenna facilities, Japanese broadcaster NHK is delivering programming from the Showa base in Antarctica to households in Japan. NHK has set up its […]

Arnaud Lagardere has been named co-chairman of European aerospace giant EADS. He will replace Jean-Luc Lagardere, who died on March 14. French holding company Sogeade (which includes French high-tech firm […]

Responding to the growing need in the telecom industry for improved guidance on regulatory and policy issues, PBI Media today launches Telecom Policy Report. This weekly newsletter is tailored to […]

David Sprechman has been appointed CEO of GlobeCast America, the U.S.-based arm of French satellite service provider GlobeCast. Sprechman will be responsible for overall direction and management of GlobeCast’s North […]

SES Americom, an SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG] unit, has signed a multi-year agreement with Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Cornerstone TeleVision Network to lease C-band capacity on AMC-4 to distribute its religious programming […]

Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS] subsidiary RT Logic has won a follow-on contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to supply portable universal ground processing units for use in satellite […]

PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] recently expanded its North American operations through long-term and multi-year contracts with Starz Encore, Rigler Deutsch and HDNet. PanAmSat’s contracts with the three companies support the delivery […]