Author: Staff Writer

Andrew Corp. and Gigasat Ltd. signed a multiyear agreement that makes Andrew the exclusive original equipment manufacturer of Gigasat’s flyaway antenna family in North America. The Gigasat flyaway antennas, available...

Protostar Ltd. has received a commitment for a $40 million round of financing from a venture capital syndicate. Vantagepoint Venture Partners of San Bruno, Calif., led the round with participation...

ND Satcom will deliver components to Greek systems integrator BLK for a satellite newsgathering system, ND Satcom announced Sept. 12. BLK will integrate the Skyray antenna subsystem, a 400-watt Ku-band...

Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCI) announced Sept. 11 that it has integrated a flyaway broadcast system for Tele Cinco – a television producer in Colombia. Tele Cinco will use the...

Theodore McFarland has joined executive search firm Edward W Kelley & Partners as a vice president of its technology practice. Most recently, McFarland was vice president of marketing for International...

Reti Radiotelevisive Digitali (RRD) has selected Intelsat to support the first commercially available digital video broadcasting-handheld (DVB-H) mobile TV service in Europe. In a Sept. 8 statement by Intelsat, the...

The European Union (EU) signed a cooperation agreement with the government of South Korea covering participation in the Galileo satellite navigation program, the EU announced Sept. 11. The agreement covers...

Wireless broadband provider Ice Broadband has acquired the assets of Ildana, a provider of satellite broadband services across Ireland, Ice Broadband announced. Established in 2001, Ildana developed a satellite network...

Envivio Inc. and Swe-Dish Satellite Systems AB have unveiled a system that provides IP broadband and broadcast-quality MPEG-4 video. The product bundles Swe- Dish’s IPT Suitcase with Envivio’s 4Caster B3...

International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) has unveiled its next-generation hybrid DVB-S and DVB-S2 products with MPEG-4 AVC and MPEG-4 HE-AAC for high-speed distribution for Internet Protocol (IP) TV, high-definition TV, digital...