Author: Staff Writer

Satellite players in the United States have begun to deploy and offer Internet protocol television (IPTV) services in hopes of tapping into new revenue streams, Northern Sky Research said in...

Direct-to-home satellite television services provider DirecTV announced Oct. 18, in association with Sur Corp., the launching of Sur Mexico, a new channel offering regional network programming from Mexico. Sur Mexico,...

XM Satellite Radio will expand its talk radio programming with the launch of Fox News Talk Channel in January 2006, the company announced Oct.18. The channel will offer news, analysis...

EADS Astrium announced Oct. 17 that Arianespace will launch a pair of Spirale micro satellites into orbit. The two technology demonstrators will be auxiliary passengers on an Ariane 5 mission...

Datapath Inc. announced Oct 17 that the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command awarded the company a $96 million sole source contract to deliver 157 trailer-based satellite terminals to support the Army’s...

SES Astra announced Oct. 17 an agreement with U.K.’s Channel 4 for the lease of a third transponder on the Astra 2A satellite at 28.2 degrees East. Channel 4 will...

Transcore unveiled Oct. 16 two new terminals for satellite-based asset tracking the company describes as smaller, faster and more power-efficient. The two new Globalwave terminals, one for basic tracking applications...

Telecommunications Systems Inc. (TCS) is integrating Wavestream Corp.’s 25-watt Powerstream Deck Power Amplifier into TCS’ Swiftlink DVM-90 Ku-band VSAT deployable communications system, Wavestream announced. The DVM-90 is a man-portable broadband...

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (Asiasat) and the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) announced Oct. 12 the signing of a new lease agreement for the use of C-band capacity...

ND Satcom said Oct. 12 that Al Jazeera awarded several joint contracts to ND Satcom and Salam Media Cast to provide uplink and downlink equipment for the development of a...