Author: Staff Writer

The countdown for the launch of Japan’s Optical Inter-orbit Communication Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) and a piggyback spacecraft is underway for an Aug. 24 launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in...

BT Media And Broadcast said Aug. 22 it expanded its deal with Filipino broadcaster ABS-CBN to encompass the management of ABS-CBN’s entire European network, including service support, operations and satellite...

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) introduced its new MSAT-G2 mobile satellite radio Aug. 22. The MSAT-G2 supports continent-wide, satellite dispatch radio and circuit-switched voice communications. The unit includes full suite of...

New Zealand pay-TV service provider Sky TV posted total revenues of NZ $489.4 million ($341 million) for the year ended June 30 up from NZ $440.6 million ($306.7 million) in...

Beginning Aug. 23 and running through Sept. 29, Sirius Satellite Radio will turn its Channel 99 into an all Rolling Stones channel. The channel will broadcast music from the band’s...

The European Space Agency said its next Meteosat satellite, MSG-2, will launch before the end of the year. MSG-2, in storage at the Arianespace launch facility in Kourou, French Guiana...

ITV will be able to update interactive content on one of its hit shows simultaneously on cable and satellite for the first time. ITV announced that it will use Tamblin‘s...

Seaspace acquired the intellectual property for three antenna systems from LJT & Associates Inc., Seaspace announced. The acquisition of the finished designs for three existing antenna systems will allow Seaspace...

Shin Satellite CEO Dumrong Kasemset believes satellite broadband finally is poised to make a strong impact in Asia. Shin Satellite hopes to become a major player on the landscape with...

Globecomm Systems Inc. received a contract to provide satellite infrastructure to an unnamed U.S. government customer, the company announced. The $2.2 million order was the third for Globecomm under an...