Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-12] Arqiva has won a contract to distribute the France 24 news channel in the United Kingdom. The company announced Jan. 5 that the five-year deal also includes […]

[Satellite News 01-06-12] The British government has taken up plans to foster domestic research and technology work and develop its satellite applications industry through the construction of a new facility […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-06-12] Arianespace carried out nine successful launches in 2011 between its Ariane 5 and revamped Soyuz rocket, and hopes for 12 more in 2012, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-05-12] GeoEye and its Russian partner ScanEx Research and Development Center have been contracted by the Russian government to provide millions of square kilometers of high-resolution satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-12] Hughes Network Systems has unveiled the latest version of its satellite Internet service, HughesNet Gen4, which will launch in the first half of 2012, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-12] Glowlink has been awarded a competitive contract by the U.S. Air Force for satellite carrier monitoring and interference geo-location capabilities, the company confirmed Jan. 4.    The […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-12] Communications infrastructure and media service company Arqiva has secured a contract renewal to deliver Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data to the Freesat platform, the company announced Jan. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-12] U.S. pay-TV operator DirecTV will raise its rates by an average of 4 percent beginning in February, the company confirmed Jan. 4.    In a statement, DirecTV […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-04-12] New Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce spent his week on the job detailing a company reorganization process that will include its subsidiary companies within a new structure. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-12] Comtech Mobile Datacom has received multiple orders totaling $16.6 million to support the U.S. Army’s Movement Tracking System (MTS) and Blue-Force Tracking-1 (BFT-1) programs, parent company Comtech […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-12] Gilat Satellite Networks won a $16 million, nine-month extension of a Colombian government contract to provide rural communications satellite communications services in the country, Gilat announced Jan. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-12] The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will award about $36 million in contracts to companies interested in building system components for its Phoenix program, which […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-12] Thales Group expects their acquisition of privately held RF and microwave developer Tampa Microwave to close in early 2012 following regulatory approvals, the company confirmed Jan. 3. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-12] SiriusXM Radio has introduced the SiriusXM Lynx Portable Radio – the first to support the operator’s 2.0 radio platform with new features and an expanded channel lineup […]

[Satellite News 12-03-12] In late December, Pole Star, Absolute Software and Absolute Maritime Tracking Services completed a three-company merge into a London-based entity providing a combination of monitoring and security […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-12] UAE telecoms operator Etisalat has entered into an agreement to establish uplink services on YahLive’s Y1A satellite for HD broadcasts across the Middle East and North Africa, […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-12] LightSquared has hired telecommunications industry veteran Marc Montagner to serve at its new CFO, the 4G LTE wholesale network operator announced Jan. 3.    Montagner will report […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-12] Globalstar’s Europe Satellite Services subsidiary has signed an authorized distribution agreement with TS2 Satellite Technologies to act as its distributor for mobile satellite voice and duplex data […]

[Satellite News 01-03-12] The Pentagon has awarded a significant satellite ground infrastructure contract to aerospace, defense and information solutions provider ITT Exelis, which will provide mission support to its Wideband […]

MSS players have come a long way in recent years. Savvy operators like Inmarsat, Iridium and Globalstar are looking beyond niche markets for growth. The question is, can MSS technology […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-30-11] Pole Star, Absolute Software and Absolute Maritime Tracking Services have completed a three-company merge into a London-based entity providing a combination of monitoring and security related services, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-30-11] SpaceX has confirmed an updated Falcon 9 launch schedule for Orbcomm’s second-generation (OG2) satellites. The updated plans, announced Dec. 29, include launching the first OG2 prototype satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-30-11] Arianespace launched six new second-generation Globalstar satellites on its new Soyuz 2-1a rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Arianespace confirmed Dec. 28 that the Soyuz’s upper […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-30-11] Broadband solutions provider Skycasters has been awarded a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) contract to provide satellite Internet service to GSA government agencies, the company announced Dec. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-30-11] Global Marine Networks (GMN) signed a distribution agreement with Vobal to make its voice-over-IP (VoIP) services available to maritime customers and incorporate Vobal technology as part of […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-30-11] Due to the holiday, there will be no Satellite TODAY Daily News Feed published on Monday, Jan. 2. We will resume our normal publishing schedule on Tuesday, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-29-11] Deutsche Telekom may bid for rights to broadcast the German Bundesliga soccer league via satellite, according to a Dec. 27 report in the Financial Times Deutschland.   […]

[Satellite News 12-28-11] Despite economic challenges and a series of next-generation offerings still in development, the satellite industry reaped remarkable financial benefits in 2011 thanks to smart acquisition moves and […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-29-11] Orbcomm has reached a definitive agreement with hospitality technology and services company PAR Technology Corp. to acquire its subsidiary PAR Logistics Management Systems (PAR LMS) for […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-29-11] Hughes Network Systems has filed a letter of intent to seek access to the United States market from its Jupiter Ka-band satellite located at the 97.1 degrees […]