Pace Clinches Further U.S. Deal
U.K.-based set-top box manufacturer Pace Micro Technology signed a deal with DirecTV to supply next generation set-top boxes in 2006, strengthening Pace’s position in the U.S. set-top box market. DirecTV...
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IP Net Taps HNS To Expand Satellite Service Businesses
Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) said July 19 that Russian satellite services provider JSC IP Net acquired a Direcway network operations center and DW7700 routers, enabling IP Net to deliver...
Spacenet Inks Supplier Deal With Servicio Satelital
Spacenet Inc. signed a supplier agreement with Servicio Satelital S.A., a satellite service provider in Argentina, which enables Spacenet to extend its global broadband service offering to Argentina. Financial terms...
EMS Delivers DVB-RCS Hub To Hellas Sat
EMS Satellite Networks, a division of EMS Technologies Inc., announced July 20 it delivered and installed a DVB-RCS redundant hub to Hellas Sat Consortium Ltd.‘s Athens teleport. The hub will...
Spot Image, Imageone Ink Channel Partnership Agreement
Spot Image and Imageone announced July 22 the signing of a commercial partnership agreement, under which Imageone gains exclusive rights to distribute Formosat-2 data to the Japanese market. The agreement...
Netdish Taps Encore Networks To Back Up VPNs Throughout Europe
Encore Networks, a developer of virtual private network (VPN) security solutions, said July 20 that Italian service provider Netdish deployed Encore’s VSR-30 broadband routers to provide satellite backup for terrestrial...
Arrowhead Receives Digital Spectrum Analyzer From SAT Corp.
SAT Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Inc., said it recently delivered its SAT-DSA digital spectrum analyzer to Arrowhead Global Solutions Inc. Arrowhead will use the spectrum analyzer to...
G4 Taps SES Americom For North American Distribution
SES Americom announced July 19 it signed a deal to provide satellite distribution services to G4, a television channel dedicated to video games. G4 programming will be delivered to cable...
JAXA Postpones ALOS Launch
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced July 22 it is postponing the launch of the Advanced Land Observation Satellite (ALOS), which had been scheduled for later this summer, due to...
Eutelsat Signs Japan HDTV Deal
NHK, Japan’s national public broadcaster, signed a deal with Eutelsat under which NHK will lease a full 36 MHz Ku-band transponder on Eutelsat’s Atlantic Bird 3 satellite throughout February 2006,...