Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-12] The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) will eliminate Local Programming Improvement Fund charges on Canadian satellite and cable customer bills by Aug. 31, the commission announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-18-12] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) been awarded $11.3 million in additional funding to provide the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) with field support services for its communications infrastructure, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-18-12] C-Com Satellite Systems has opened its first service center in Russia in cooperation with Moscow-based integrator RuSat, C-Com announced July 17.    RuSat will operate the C-Com […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-18-12] A dramatic long-term shift from legacy SCPC and TDMA systems to High Throughput Satellites (HTS) and the O3b constellation could bring both threats and opportunities for […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-18-12] Ball Aerospace & Technologies’ STPSat-3 spacecraft will host five payloads and a de-orbit module when it launches in 2013 for the U.S. Air Force (USAF), the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-18-12] Lockheed Martin has awarded the satellite communication component of the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) C-130J Super Hercules Block 8.1 upgrade to Cobham and Thrane & Thrane, the […]

[Satellite News 07-17-12] When Entropic Communications acquired direct broadcast satellite (DBS) intellectual property and corresponding technologies from PLX Technology last week, it was not only looking to complement its current […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-17-12] Globalstar’s satellite operations control center has initiated the steps needed to place four previously launched satellites into service by the middle of next month, the MSS operator […]

[Satellite News 07-17-12] The Kennedy Space Center-based NASA Launch Services Program issued four contracts to two commercial launch entities July 17 as the agency prepares to ramp up its space […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-17-12] RRsat Global Communications Network’s mobile satellite business Station711 has been chosen by Telecom Italia to provide a customized and fully branded Inmarsat FleetBroadband-powered web management platform, RRSat […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-17-12] Astrium has successfully completed testing its AirPatrol next-generation airborne satcom terminal and has commenced flight trials with the Canadian Department of National Defense as part of its […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-17-12] Satellite communications and connectivity firm Hawaii Pacific Teleport (HPT) has hired U.S. Army Maj. Darryl Stewart (ret.) as its managing partner and vice president of government operations, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-17-12] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is ready to ship its GSAT-10 communication satellite to the spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana to prepare for its launch […]

[Satellite News 07-17-12] British satellite broadcaster BSkyB is launching its new Now TV over-the-top (OTT) Internet TV video service in the United Kingdom July 17, starting with a limited content […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-16-12] GMV has been selected to lead a satellite navigation project in collaboration with the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), the company announced July 13.    The […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-16-12] Liberty Media is planning to spin off Sirius XM Radio into the largest satellite-radio company in the United States following efforts to take control of the […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-16-12] Telefónica Digital has selected Apigee as its development partner for the API management platform, Telefónica announced July 13.    The companies said the partnership builds on work […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-16-12] Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary Comtech EF Data has signed a $1.7 million equipment order from an unnamed Asian mobile network operator to provide modems, RF products and RAN […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-16-12] GeoEye has signed contract agreements two international partners in the Middle East and Asia for the renewal and expanded use of GeoEye imagery products, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-13-12] Arinc and Lemko have successful demonstrated seamless 4G LTE data transmission and streaming video via Arinc’s RapydConnex mobile edge satellite broadband communications platform and Lemko’s distributed mobile […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-13-12] Satélites Mexicanos (Satmex) of Mexico has awarded Optimal Satcom a multi-year contract to provide its enterprise satellite capacity system to help Satmex manage its expanding satellite fleet, […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-13-12] There may be as many as 300,000 stray objects in space between 1 centimeter and 10 centimeters in size, and 35 million objects smaller than 1 […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-13-12] SES has certified the first SAT-IP converter by Inverto Digital Labs, a Luxembourg-based developer and marketer of consumer and professional broadcast reception products, the operator announced July […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-13-12] ViaSat has been selected by Australia’s wholesale-only national broadband network NBN to provide the ground-based communications, network management and data processing systems for the long-term satellite service […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-12-12] Canadian information solutions firm MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed a contract valued at approximately $35 million with United Kingdom-based Avanti Communications to provide a Ka-band […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-12-12] ViaSat has won a contract to provide X-band antennas and its MD-1366 Enhanced Bandwidth Efficient Modem (EBEM) to Selex Elsag, which will use the offering to expand […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-12-12] Raytheon submitted a proposal to the U.S. Air Force in June for the Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminals (FAB-T) alternate program to provide secure, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-12-12] Smart devices that link to the handset to carry out specific tasks will become a major new market for hardware manufacturers during the next five years, according […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-12-12] Entropic Communications, a semiconductor solutions provider for the connected household market, has acquired specific direct broadcast satellite (DBS) intellectual property and corresponding technologies from PLX Technology, […]

[Satellite News 07-12-12] Virgin Galactic is developing its LauncherOne rocket to carry small satellites into orbit at a fraction of current estimated cost, the company’s founder Richard Branson confirmed July […]