Author: Staff Writer

South Korea Joins Galileo Program

The Korea Times reported on its Web site Feb. 24 that South Korea is looking to play a role in the European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation program. The report cited...

Japan H-2A Launch Delayed Until Feb. 26

According to a Feb. 24 report on http://www.channelnewsasia.com, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency delayed until Saturday the launch of its H-2A rocket. The launcher was scheduled to deliver a dual-purpose weather...

DirecTV Taps Humax For Set Top Boxes

Humax said it entered into development and supply agreements with DirecTV Inc. According to Humax, the agreements encompass various set top box models, including a portion of the entry-level receivers...

Modulus Video Opens Japan Office

Modulus Video said it opened a new office in Tokyo, Japan to support the growing demand from satellite, telecommunications and cable service providers for MPEG-4 AVC video encoding systems. Broadcast...

Sirius Hires Radio Industry Ad Execs

Sirius Satellite Radio said it hired two of the radio industry’s advertising executives, Sam Benrubi and Stephen Smith, to help build advertising revenues on the company’s non-music channels. Sirius has...

Digital+ Resumes Subscriber Growth

Digital+, the direct-to-home (DTH) platform in Spain, announced a subscriber growth for the first time in a number of quarters. At the end of December 2004, the operator had more...