Author: Staff Writer

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-10] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) signed a long-term capacity deal with Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications for capacity on the ABS-2 satellite, ABS announced March 8.   ...

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-10] Orbital Sciences Corp. has reached an agreement to acquire the spacecraft development and manufacturing business of General Dynamics subsidiary GD Advanced Information Systems, Orbital Sciences announced March...

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-10] SES Astra has taken full ownership of SES Sirius, acquiring the remaining 10 percent of SES Sirius shares from the Swedish Space Corp., SES Astra announced March...

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-10] GlobeCast signed a deal to bring more Mandarin content to Chinese communities throughout Europe, the company announced March 3.    Globecast signed a video-on-demand (VOD) distribution deal...

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-10] OSN, a DTH operator in the Middle East, is deploying Harmonic’s digital headend solutions to power OSN’s recently launched HD video service, Harmonic announced March 4.   ...

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-10] Viaccess will work with NEC on developing technology for hybrid set-top boxes, Viaccess announced March 3.    The two companies will collaborate to offer incorporate conditional access...

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-10] Viasat Broadcasting signed an IPTV distribution deal with Telenor, Viasat announced March 3.    The agreement will allow, Viasat, which operates a DTH platform throughout Scandinavia, to...

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] Northrop Grumman appointed Elizabeth Iversen sector vice president and general manager of its navigation systems division, the company announced March 1.     Iversen will have executive responsibility...

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] Machine-to-machine (M2M) industry analyst and consulting firm Beecham Research has been awarded a 200,000 euro contract ($275,000) by the European Space Agency (ESA) to conduct a study...

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] French Broadcaster Canal+ Group reported 2009 revenues of 4.55 billion euros ($6.2 billion), a 1.6 percent increase compared to 2008, in its latest financial results, released March...