Author: Staff Writer

Internet protocol television, or IPTV, via satellite is a niche market offering, accounting for a relatively small percentage share of the market potential that terrestrial- based platforms are likely to...

Eumetsat, the European Organisation for The Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, announced further measures to improve hurricane detection. The organization has announced that the High Resolution Visible (HRV) Channel on Eumetsat’s...

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) said Sept. 20 that Mark Faris will take over as the company’s chief operating officer. Faris, a 30-year veteran network operator, will be responsible for design,...

LogicaOMG will define next-generation satellite navigation technologies intended for insertion into mass-market location-based services (LBS) which use a mobile phone. The ultimate objective of the “Applications of Galileo in the...

Communication Systems-West, a division of L-3 Communications, will supply satellite communications terminals to the U.S. Army, the company announced Sept. 19. Under the $82 million contract modification from Army Communication-Electronics...

Harris Corp. received a $16 million contract to supply antennas to the U.S. military, the company announced Sept. 19. The contract from The U.S. Army calls for Harris to provide...

SES Americom said Sept. 19 it signed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar agreement with Jones Radio Networks, an independent radio programming company, to broadcast Jones programming over SES Americom’s AMC-8 satellite. Jones...

Worldspace Inc. announced late last week that it has expanded its program lineup for its satellite radio subscribers. The most recent channel addition, Moksha, is intended to expand Worldspace’s offerings...

XM Satellite Radio will be the exclusive live radio broadcaster of the “From the Big Apple to the Big Easy” concert for Hurricane Katrina relief, taking place at New York’s...

In the Sept. 19 issue of Satellite Today, we reported that Quake Global Inc. said its new Q1000 modem was delivered to Orbcomm for final U.S. Federal Communications Commission testing....