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Nagravision Forms Technology Partnership with Intel Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company, signed a technology licensing agreement with Intel to develop compatibility between Nagravision’s NOCS technology and Intel’s CE media processors,...

Space-Communication Ltd. (Spacecom) hopes its Amos-5 satellite, scheduled for launch in 2010, will enable Spacecom to become a key player in Africa, essentially a new market for the operator. David...

Germany has proven to be a tough market for satellite pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland, formerly Premiere. The operator has been beset with problems throughout recent years, including widespread piracy and...

ABS Signs Russia DTH Capacity Deal Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) signed a long-term, multi-transponder deal with Russian DTH provider GT Satellite Systems (GTSS) for expansion capacity on the ABS-2 satellite,...

Newtec, ASBU, Arabsat Receive IBC Innovation Award for MENOS Newtec and its partners, the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) and Arabsat, won the 2009 IBC innovation award for content delivery...

Atrexx Launches 2way2sat Services in Iraq Atrexx, a German provider of telecommunications and broadcast solutions, is offering satellite-based communications services to the Iraq region via Eutelsat’s Eurobird 4A satellite. The...

[Satellite TODAY 11-02-09] Arianespace has launched Telenor Satellite Broadcasting’s (TSB) Thor 6 and SES World Skies’ NSS-12 satellites into orbit.     The Ariane 5 was launched Oct. 29 from Europe’s...

[Satellite TODAY 10-30-09] Hughes Network Systems sold 10 gigabits (Gbps) per second of capacity on its Jupiter satellite to Canadian broadband provider Barrett Xplore in a deal valued at $100...

[Satellite TODAY 10-30-09] The Irish government has chosen Eutelsat Communications to provide its Tooway satellite broadband service under Ireland’s national broadband scheme to deliver high-speed broadband connectivity to homes and...

[Satellite TODAY 10-30-09] Harmonic reported net sales to $83.9 million in its 2009 third quarter financial results, released Oct. 28. Sales in the same period in 2008 were $91.5 million....