Author: JJ McCoy

Hughes Network Systems LLC latest generation Hughes 9250 mobile satellite terminal has been approved to operate over Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN), Hughes announced March 15. The unit is...

Imagery satellite operator GeoEye has acquired M.J. Harden Associates Inc., a Mission, Kansas-based provider of digital aerial imagery and geospatial information products, GeoEye announced March 15. M.J. Harden, acquired from...

SES New Skies received a contract from the Office des Postes et Telecommunications of French Polynesia (OPT) to provide Internet trunking services to the 118 islands constituting French Polynesia, SES...

Digital TV penetration in the United Kingdom has reached 77 percent, according to a report from communications regulator Ofcom. In the fourth quarter, another million households went digital, bringing the...

Wegener Corp.’s board of directors has formed a committee of independent directors to consider strategic and financial alternatives to boost shareholder value, the company announced March 13. The company has...

Premiere Sky, a new subsidiary of German pay-TV operator Premiere, will launch an eponymous programming package in September, the company announced March 14 in Munich. Sold as an inexpensive package,...

The Jan. 30 catastrophic failure of Sea Launch’s Zenit-3SL booster carrying the NSS-8 commercial communications satellite was caused by an engine failure, according to a commission of independent Ukrainian and...

SES Astra, a subsidiary of SES, will launch its Astra-1L satellite onboard an Ariane 5 rocket, SES Astra announced March 14. The satellite, an A2100 AXS model built by Lockheed...

[3/15/07] Eutelsat Communications confirmed March 14 that its broadcast clients of the HotBird-2 satellite had been transferred to HotBird-8.   The precautionary switch, with no change in reception parameters for...

Turner Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS) has selected Eutelsat Communications to supply capacity and services for delivering three entertainment channels to cable networks in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg, Eutelsat announced...