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RRsat Global Communications Partners with 21st Century Fox for Africa Distribution RRsat’s Emek HaEla Teleport features more than 80 satellite dishes. Credit: RRSat Israel-based RRsat Global Communications Network has signed...

SES Expands Ka-Band Service in France SES’s Astra 2F satellite ©ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/Photo Optique Vidéo CSG. NordNet has developed a new on-demand satellite broadband offering, for which it contracted additional Ka-band capacity...

Eutelsat Acquires Satmex, Orders New Satellite from SSL Satmex’s control center in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, will soon be acquired by Eutelsat. Credit: Satmex Eutelsat will pay more than $1.1 billion...

Dish, Southwest Airlines Announce Free Live and On-Demand TV Dish is launching “TV Flies Free,” marking the first time TV entertainment is free for passengers aboard Southwest Airlines. Southwest customers...

The Guitammer Company, a broadcast technology provider, announced second quarter 2013 revenue rose to $428,183, which is an increase of 25 percent compared to second quarter of 2012.

MDA Signs Space-Based Surveillance Deal With Canada’s Department of National Defense MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), a global communications and information company has signed a CA$10.8 million ($10.4 million) contract...

Arianespace Successfully launches ESA’s Fourth ATV Thales Alenia Space has announced the successful liftoff of the European Space Agency’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), named after famous scientist Albert Einstein....

SES Appoints Karim Michel Sabbagh as New CEO and President SES announced that the company’s President and CEO Romain Bausch plans to step down from his position at the next...

SKY Perfect JSAT, SSL Sign New Satellite Deal SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation has entered into an agreement with Space Systems/Loral (SSL) for the construction of its new communications satellite JCSAT...

Axesat of Colombia Signs Capacity Deal on Telesat’s Anik G1 Satellite Telesat has announced that Axesat, a provider of VSAT services in South America, has signed a long-term contract for...