Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-08-11] The ESPN sports network renegotiated its broadcast contract with the National Football League (NFL) and has agreed to pay $15.2 billion over eight years for the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-11] Satelites Mexicanos (Satmex) will launch operations on its new, fully funded Satmex 8 satellite beginning in the third quarter of 2012, the Mexican operator announced Dec. 7. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-11] Prime contractor China Great Wall Industry Corp. (CGWIC) has signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space to build Turkmenistan’s first national communications satellite that CGWIC is scheduled […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-11] European FSS satellite operator Eutelsat has granted approval to Vislink’s Advent Flydrive 120 Antenna, the companies confirmed Dec. 7.    Eutelsat fully tested the Advent Flydrive 120 […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-11] Iridium Communications has expanded its board of directors from ten members to eleven members and has appointed Retired U.S. Navy Adm. Eric Olson as the additional director, […]

The design of the modern satellite has taken several different evolutionary paths during the past five years. They have both grown and shrunk. The variety of their capabilities has both […]

[Satellite News 12-01-11] One of the in-flight connectivity market’s biggest success stories this year was Panasonic Avionics, as the company dramatically expanded its X-series service contract network. The global communication […]

[Satellite News 11-29-11] FSS operators have big plans for Africa in 2012, with investments in fleet and service expansion across the continent in a race set to begin with the […]

[Satellite News 11-28-11] Erez Antebi takes over as Gilat Satellite Networks CEO next year with a tough act to follow, as Amiram Levinberg finishes serving in his role after one […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-24-11] Raytheon has achieved technology milestones on two high-priority civil space and government satellite projects, the company announced Nov. 23.    Raytheon said its Army Secure Mobile […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-24-11] Retired U.S. Army Col. Patrick Rayermann has been hired by Orbital Sciences to serve as its senior director of corporate strategy and development, the company announced Nov. […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-24-11] ViaSat U.K. has unveiled a new SurfBeam communications services offering that includes satellite broadband for businesses and government departments, the company confirmed Nov. 23.    The company […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-24-11] German satellite service provider Level 421 is in final preparations to launch a C-band iDirect X3 platform on Spacecom’s Amos-5 and is offering a pre-launch capacity discount, […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-24-11] Due to the holiday, there will be no Satellite TODAY News Feed on Fri., Nov. 25. We will resume our normal publishing schedule on Mon. Nov. 26.

[Satellite TODAY 11-23-11] Chinese National Petroleum Cooperation subsidiary BGP has named Marlink its VSAT satellite communications supplier for its fleet of advanced seismic vessels, Marlink confirmed Nov. 22.    BGP […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-23-11] Mobile satellite communications provider SatCom Global has expanded its worldwide network to include a point of presence (PoP) in Sydney, Australia, the company announced Nov. 22.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-23-11] Educational news network Channel One News has extended its multi-year contract with satellite video service provider Keystone Enterprise Services to continue supplying turnkey satellite network and support […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-23-11] European satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space was awarded two key contracts to build a Turkmen satellite and to develop satellite software for Globalstar’s second-generation satellites, Thales […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-23-11] Iridium Communications has rolled out Iridium AxcessPoint Mail and Web applications for Apple operating system (iOS) devices to enable iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch products to connect […]

[Satellite News 11-22-11] The SES-4 satellite, recently delivered by manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, will represent a crucial turning point for FSS operator SES […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-22-11] An independent congressional advisory panel advised the Pentagon to diversify its traditionally space-oriented capabilities in order to prevent a cyber attack from China and prepare for […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-22-11] Gilat Satellite Networks was selected by an unnamed Latin American operator to deliver a full scale SkyEdge 2 network comprised of hubs and VSATs supporting connectivity to […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-22-11] FSS operator SES signed a capacity and uplink agreement with Luxembourg-based satellite television provider M7 Group to distribute its content from the Astra 19.2 degrees East orbital […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-22-11] Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. (AsiaSat) has confirmed a launch date for its new AsiaSat 7 communications satellite.    The operator announced Nov. 21 that the satellite would […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-22-11] Avanti Communications Group has signed new service provider network partnership agreements and an expansion to an existing customer agreement, the broadband satellite operator announced Nov. 21.   […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-21-11] European satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space has entered into an agreement pact with its Russian peer ISS Reshetnev to begin sculpting the launch of a joint […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-21-11] FSS operator Eutelsat categorically denied reports that it is interfering with its own satellite signals in order to prevent reception of international Farsi-language channels in Iran.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-21-11] TiVUS has signed an agreement with an unnamed digital media services company to secure broadcast rights agreements for all needed cable channels and premium content providers to […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-21-11] Boeing shipped its fourth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., to undergo final preparations for its scheduled January launch, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-21-11] The U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Landsat 5 Earth observation satellite has stopped transmitting images due to a rapidly degrading electronic component, the agency confirmed Nov. 18.   […]