Author: JJ McCoy

MultiChoice, a South Africa-based, direct-to-home (DTH) television provider, has selected Intelsat to support its mobile broadcast TV trial in the metropolitan areas of Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria and Cape Town, Intelsat...

Telesat has been signed by the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Pakistan’s  national space agency, to assist in the procurement and 2010 launch of the Paksat-1R satellite...

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Kishore Shirekar has been named general manager for NDS India as conditional access and middleware vendor NDS aims for improved performance amid a potentially lucrative DTH market in India. Based...

Hughes Network Systems is offering enterprise users nationwide broadband coverage with a choice of DSL and/or satellite technologies, the company announced March 13. Hughes has signed wholesale agreements with New...

Arianespace placed two satellites into geostationary transfer orbit on March 11 after its dual launch of military communications satellite Skynet-5A for the British Ministry of Defense, and the civil communications...

Shin Satellite’s subsidiary, Ipstar New Zealand, has signed a deal with BayCity Communications to become the exclusive national service operator (NSO) for Ipstar services throughout New Zealand. BayCity will be...

DigitalGlobe, a provider of high-resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information, has opened a commercial business unit in Boston, the company announced March 12. The new office occasions the integration...

Globalstar Inc., a provider of mobile satellite voice and data services, has completed hardware installation for its satellite packet data network, the company announced March 12. The work affects Globalstar...

In reporting its 2006 numbers, Tandberg Television claimed total revenue earnings of $350.3 million with a gross margin of 57.8 percent. The company listed operating expenses of $128.7 million, with...