SES Astra Gains New Customer
InOut TV agreed to buy satellite capacity from SES Astra, a unit of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG]. A satellite at 19.2 degrees East will allow InOut TV subscribers to receive...
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DirecTV To Offer Five New Chinese-language Channels
TVB Satellite Platform (El Segundo, Calif.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Chinese-language broadcaster TVB Group, agreed to let DirecTV, a Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] subsidiary and the largest...
Showtime Aims To Break Profitability Barrier This Year
Middle Eastpay-TV satellite operator Showtime expects to become profitable in 2003. The operator, which has around 250,000 subscribers in markets throughout the Middle East, hopes to consolidate its already strong...
Loral Loses Arbitration Ruling In Dispute With Alcatel
An arbitration tribunalhas ruled against Loral Space & Communications [NYSE: LOR] in its dispute over whether it violated a partnership agreement with Alcatel Space. Still unresolved is whether Loral will...
Kingston Secures Two Deals
Kingston inmedia, the satellite-based broadband technology arm of Kingston Communications, won two contracts last week. One deal involves providing Internet backbone connectivity and VoIP services via satellite to the engineering-oriented...
Samsung Selects Conexant's Set-Top Box for Interactive TV
Korea’s Samsung Electronics has selected Conexant Systems [Nasdaq: CNXT] to provide digital satellite set-top box (STB) semiconductors deployment in Korea digital satellite broadcasting’s (KDB) SkyLife satellite television network. The STB...
Space Imaging's Online Shopping
Space Imaging, which provides Earth imagery and related services to commercial and government markets, is offering online purchasing of IKONOS satellite imagery through its Carterra Online Internet portal. The IKONOS...
Optimus Gets FHA Contract To Test GPS-based Pedestrian Alert System
Optimus, a provider of public safety technology, has been awarded a Federal Highway Administration research grant to develop a pedestrian alert system (PAS) using Global Positioning System technology. An Infiniti...
Skylight Weather Info For Military
Integral Systems [ISYS], a provider of satellite command and control technology and satellite ground systems, is launching its Skylight system using a direct broadcast satellite terminal for remote sensing of...
Zanett Acquires Paragon Satellite Engineering Firm
Zanett [Nasdaq: ZANE] has acquired Paragon Dynamics, a firm that provides software and satellite engineering services with domain area expertise on government and aerospace satellite and IT infrastructure contracts. According...