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[Satellite TODAY 01-27-10] VT iDirect accounted for nearly half of all satellite hubs shipped in 2008, according to a report by satellite industry analysis firm Comsys, released Jan. 26.    […]

[Satellite News 01-26-10] The relationship between Latin America’s capacity demand and capacity supply continues to amaze analysts who project growth for operators despite a slowly recovering global economy and limited […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-15-10] Despite the global economic downturn, growth in the satellite pay-TV market remained strong last year, with the number of TV platforms in service increasing 38 percent in […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-15-10] The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) elected its new board officers for 2010, SIA announced Jan. 14.     CapRock Government Solutions Vice President David Cavossa will serve as […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-12-10] TerreStar has cleared a foreign ownership regulatory hurdle with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and expects to receive its Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) authorization in the […]

Arinc Integrates Broadband on Boeing Business Jet Arinc. Inc. has completed the first integration and testing of eXchange with Service by SKYLink on a Boeing Business Jet. The installation combines […]

Boeing, U.S. Air Force Receive U.S. Military Excellence Award for WGS Boeing and the U.S. Air Force received a U.S. Department of Defense “Top 5” excellence award for systems engineering […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-11-10] Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with French and Italian space agencies CNES and ASI, to develop, construct, test and deliver in orbit a broadband civil […]

Andrew Solutions Releases 1-Meter Microwave Antenna Andrew Solutions unveiled a 1-meter microwave backhaul antenna under its ValuLine Vision product line. The ValuLine Vision antenna’s electrical design aims to enhance radiation […]

AsiaSat To Broadcast East Asian Games AsiaSat has won a contract from East Asian Games (Hong Kong) Ltd. to supply satellite capacity on AsiaSat 3S for live television coverage of […]

CASBAA Re-elects Chairman; adds Disney Executive as Member The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has re-elected Marcel Fenez, global director of entertainment and media practice for PricewaterhouseCoopers, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-31-09] There will be no Satellite TODAY Daily News Feed on Jan. 1, due to the New Year’s Day holiday. We will resume our normal publication schedule on […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-30-09] According to a Satellite TODAY Quick Poll issued in December, a majority of respondents claimed that their businesses broke even in 2009, compared to 2008.     When […]

[Satellite News 12-29-09] Analysts made a wide range of predictions this year as the satellite industry adjusted to rapidly developing technology and emerging markets in a slow-moving global economy.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-09] The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) Board of Governors has elected Scott Donnelly, president and CEO of Textron, as its board chairman for 2010, AIA announced Dec. 15. […]

The satellite communications sector’s belief that it would be mostly protected from the effects global economic slowdown seemed to be shaken in the first and second quarters of 2009, as […]

Is Internet traffic neutral, or is it manipulated by network providers for pecuniary and anti-competitive purposes? If so, to what degree? Are application providers getting a free ride by using […]

Hughes Sells Jupiter Capacity to Barrett Xplore Hughes Network Systems sold 10 gigabits per second (Gbps) of capacity on its Jupiter satellite to Canadian broadband provider Barrett Xplore in a […]

iDirect Launches Broadband Service in Lebanon Lebanese Internet service provider IDMI launched an iDirect-based satellite broadband service for corporate enterprises, financial institutions and government organizations in the Middle East, North […]

Dielectric Unveils Low-Power Digital Antennas, Filters Dielectric Communications is launching a line of digital antennas and filters targeting low-power television (LPTV) broadcasters. The hardware is designed to optimize LPTV digital […]

Glowlink Communications Technology Inc. Glowlink is a premier provider of COTS satellite spectrum monitoring, interference detection and geolocation systems for government and military markets. Its Model 1000 product is globally […]

[Satellite Today 11-16-09] Fastwave Communications received a contract from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd. to supply a water quality monitoring system for the Gorgon offshore gas project based on Iridium satellite […]

[Satellite Today 11-16-09] The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will invest more than Cdn $8 million ($7.6 million) in 26 research and development contracts with Canadian companies, the government announced Nov. […]

[Satellite Today 11-16-09] Gary Parsons has resigned as a director and chairman of the board of Sirius XM Radio, the company announced Nov. 12. Parsons was the founder of XM […]

[Satellite Today 11-16-09] The Kudelski Group completed its tender offer to acquire Class A shares of OpenTV Corp. not already owned by Kudelski or its subsidiaries, Kudelski announced Nov. 13. […]

[Satellite Today 11-16-09] Com Dev USA LLC has been awarded a contract to provide passive microwave equipment for an unnamed U.S. government space program, the company announced Nov. 11.             […]

[Satellite Today 11-13-09] Intelsat Ltd. signed a multi-year distribution agreement with Corporate Satellite Communications (CSC/DVS) for Intelsat’s Network Broadband Global Maritime service, the satellite operator announced Nov. 11.             Intelsat’s […]

[Satellite Today 11-13-09] Arinc. Inc. has completed the first integration and testing of eXchange with Service by SKYLink on a Boeing Business Jet, Arinc announced Nov. 11.             The installation […]

[Satellite Today 11-13-09] Iridium Communications Inc. reported a small dorp in revenues and eaernings in the 2009 third quarter, the company announced Nov. 11.             Iridium posted a profit of […]

[Satellite Today 11-13-09] GlobeCast has expanded its next-generation global fiber network into Russia with the opening of a point-of-presence in Moscow, Globecast announced Nov. 12.             Globecast also signed Russian […]