Author: JJ McCoy

Eutelsat Communications and Russian business channel RBC-TV have agreed to a five-year contract for leasing capacity on the HotBird-6 satellite for free-to-air broadcasting over Europe, the Middle East and North...

[3/26/07] Eagle Broadband Inc., a national provider of broadband, Internet protocol (IP) and digital communications technology and services, has acquired the commercial satellite division of Alliance Maintenance & Services Inc.,...

Newtec has released a modulator with hopes it will boost its prospects in the burgeoning Chinese satellite market.  The company is launching a professional modulator compatible with the ABS-S (Advanced...

Satellite platforms from Space Systems/Loral and MicroSat Systems Inc. have been added to NASA’s Rapid Spacecraft Development Office (RSDO) catalog, the agency announced March 22. The Rapid 2 catalog provides...

[3/26/07] The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) filed a lawsuit against XM Satellite Radio for refusing to acknowledge the rights of or pay compensation to music publishers and songwriters for...

[3/23/07] Sea Launch Co. signed an agreement with SES to launch a yet-to-be-determined satellite aboard a Land Launch vehicle in mid-2009, Sea Launch announced March 22. The new satellite would...

GlobeCast, a subsidiary of France Telecom, signed a five-year deal with international sports broadcaster Setanta Sports to distribute six channels to the Sky, Virgin Media, BT Vision and DTT platforms....

KVH Industries Inc. rolled out its TracVision M series of marine satellite TV systems, the company announced March 22. The M5 and M7 antennas use KVH’s new RingFire technology to...

ViaSat Inc. and DRS Technologies Inc. demonstrated an Internet Protocol (IP) data connection linking the cockpit of an F/A-18 jet fighter to a ground network, the companies announced. In the...

WebTech Wireless Inc. and Iridium Satellite unveiled a dual-mode cellular and satellite asset tracking-and-management system for the transportation industry. WebTech’s WT1900 system incorporates Iridium’s 9601 short-burst data modem to provide...