Author: Staff Writer

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] Mobil Satellite Technologies was awarded a contract by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) to provide mobile and fixed satellite Internet equipment and service to state agencies,...

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] A Los Angeles Superior Court overseeing litigation by ICO Global Communications against Boeing Co. and its satellite subsidiary has denied nearly all of Boeing’s post-trial motions, ICO...

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] GlobeCast and Measat Satellite Systems have signed an agreement with SPE Networks to distribute the AXN HD channel in the Asia-Pacific Region, starting with the Korean market...

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] Globecomm Systems has acquired Mach6, a satellite services provider headquartered in the Netherlands, for $5.9 million, Globecomm announced Mar. 2.     Mach6 employs approximately 30 staff members...

Thuraya Telecommunications is showcasing a satellite solution offering streaming speeds of up to 384 kilobits per second, Thuraya announced Mar. 3.     In partnership with Quicklink, a broadcast media solutions...

Al Jazeera English has selected software from ScheduAll to manage its staff and media resources, workflow, and cost accounting for its global newsgathering operations and integrate four broadcast centers and...

Harris Corp. has been awarded a contract to provide an integrated large-scale broadcast solution to the Iraqi Media Network (IMN) as part of a facility upgrade, Harris announced Mar. 3. ...

SES New Skies has contracted 36 MHz of capacity on the upcoming NSS-12 satellite to Detasad, a German-Saudi joint venture and provider of telecommunication and IT services.     Detasad said...

GlobeCast has started transmissions of its new African DTH platform on SES Astra’s Astra 4A (Sirius 4) satellite, GlobeCast announced Mar. 3.     The platform, located at 5 degrees East,...

The first day of CABSAT MENA and SATELITE MENA 2009 was dominated of talk of the changing capacity situation that could evolve in the Middle East over the next two...