Author: Staff Writer

Although it defies conventional logic, if MPEG-4 AVC technology became a standard form of encoding broadcast content, the lower bandwidth requirements for MPEG-4 AVC could translate into an increase in...

Tandberg Television secured a key deal with DirecTV, which will see the company play a key role in DirecTV’s High-Definition (HD) strategy going forward. The deal, which is worth more...

Johannesburg, South Africa–From telemedicine to financial transactions, top end users and satellite industry executives of VSAT technology networks shared, this past week at SatCom Africa 2005, their insights on what...

The outlook for the satellite manufacturing market can be summed up in two words: stable and flat, according to new research offered by consultancy Frost & Sullivan. During a recent...

Viasat Broadcasting ended 2004 with 680,000 digital pay-TV subscribers across Scandinavia and the Baltics. This is compared to 629,000 at the end of 2003. This was one of the highlights...

El Al Israel Airlines signed a definitive agreement to receive Connexion by Boeing‘s in-flight high-speed Internet access service for its passengers, the two companies said. The agreement calls for the...

Raymarine is launching a satellite television system designed for marine users to allow them to access satellite television while at sea. According to Raymarine, the new system, named 45 STV,...

Inmarsat said it would apply for authorization to operate ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) facilities in the United States to provide voice and data communications using L-band frequencies. The announcement comes...

Sky Television New Zealand an-nounced two new additions to its programming line-up to boost its content production in the areas of sports and current affairs. It announced that it intends...

EMS Technologies said its satellite network division signed a contract with Morsviazsputnik for a DVB-RCS system to be installed in Russia. The DVB-RCS product and technology solutions enable two-way broadband...