Author: Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-11] Dish Network’s business plans for its recent acquisition of movie rental chain and online streaming video service Blockbuster Inc. will see the company take on leases for...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-11] U.S. Space has been awarded a $291,000 contract by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center to study feasible acquisition alternatives to satisfy military satellite...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-11] The New York American Arbitration Association ruled in favor of U.K. satellite operator Avanti Communications in its legal action against SpaceX to recover the deposit it paid...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-20-11] Investors who prearranged Satelites Mexicanos’ (Satmex) entrance into U.S. bankruptcy protection earlier this month will demand a yield of up to 12 percent on Satmex’s overseas...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-11] EMS Technologies has received inquiries from interested acquirers, and the company’s board has begun a formal process to explore a possible sale, EMS Chairman Jack Mowell said...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-11] TerreStar Networks has requested bankruptcy court approval to auction its assets, saying that the auction would urge its creditors to resolve their differences and come up with...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-11] DigitalGlobe has raised the orbit of its QuickBird satellite, the company announced April 19.     DigitalGlobe lifted QuickBird from its previous 450-kilometer orbit to a new slot...

Video transport solutions provider Nevion is on track to produce double-digit revenue growth in 2011, driven by an expanding interest in its portfolio of video-over-IP products. Nevion CEO Oddbjørn Bergem...

Arqiva will launch a DVB-S2, MPEG-4 shared multiplex satellite platform from its Los Angeles teleport, enabling broadcasters and cable programmers access to 100 percent of U.S. cable headends, the company...

RRsat Global Communications Network has implemented its new multi-carrier per-channel platform on Hispasat’s 1E satellite at 30 degrees West, RRsat announced April 7.     The platform will cater specifically to...