Author: Tai Nichols

[Via Satellite 09-23-13] Harris Broadcast has secured a contract with Tel Aviv-based SatLink Communications, a global teleport, content management and HD playout services provider, to automate its upgraded HD playout...

[Via Satellite 09-23-13] TeamCast’s VYPER DVB S/DVB DSNG/DVB S2 satellite modulator has received approval from Anatel, the national telecommunications agency in Brazil, for use in all commercial satellite transmission systems...

[Via Satellite 09-23-13] Measat Satellite Systems has appointed Raj Malik to the position of senior vice president, sales and marketing. In this role, Malik will oversee Measat’s global sales and...

[Via Satellite 09-20-13] Astrium has signed a contract with France Télévisions, a French broadcasting group, for its Ka-News service. The new Ka-News service, which uses Eutelsat‘s KA-SAT satellite, will enable...

[Via Satellite 09-20-13] CETel and SES have renewed a multi-year deal and also signed a new multi-transponder capacity deal to provide services to meet the escalating demand for VSAT services...

[Via Satellite 09-20-13] Satellite communications specialist, Newtec and Télédiffusion d’Algérie (TDA) have signed a multimillion-Euro contract to deploy several of Newtec’s interactive satellite terminals running on the Arab States Broadcasting...

[Via Satellite 09-20-13] Blue Sky Network’s portable Bluetooth device, HawkEyeLink, now supports access and transmission of electronic forms. The device enables two-way messaging on smartphone and tablet devices via the...

[Via Satellite 09-20-13] Macom Technology Solutions, a supplier of high-performance Radio Frequency (RF), microwave and millimeter wave products, has released a new ceramic Gallium nitride (GaN) on Silicon carbide (SiC)...

[Via Satellite 09-19-2013] According to Cambridge Consultants, a product development firm, one rhino is killed every 11 hours in Africa due to the demand for products made from its horns....

[Via Satellite 09-19-13] Arianespace and Astrium signed an initial agreement on Sept. 17 to begin the production of 18 additional Ariane 5 ECA launchers. As part of this agreement, Arianespace...