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Jay Gullish, director of Space & Telecommunications at Futron, vividly recalls his reaction last year when Boeing made its groundbreaking announcement about launching two satellites with all-electric propulsion for two […]

Arabsat, My-HD Media Announce Strategic Partnership Agreement During CABSAT 2013 My-HD Media, a Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region television platform that offers a single viewing card solution for […]

Arianespace Scores Intelsat Launch Deal Arianespace has signed a launch services contract with Intelsat that will send three of its satellites into orbit through 2017. The satellites will weigh more […]

The next time you fill up your car’s tank, don’t be surprised if the gas pump features a video that delivers the news, weather and even a short sales pitch […]

SSL, Satmex Successfully Performs Post-Launch Maneuvers on Satmex 8 The Satmex 8 satellite, designed and built by Space Systems Loral (SSL) for Satélites Mexicanos (Satmex), has successfully performed post-launch maneuvers […]

Providers of Ka-band “mobility services” achieved a significant milestone in March: the conclusion of a European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations’ (CEPT) Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) decision regarding Earth […]

The maritime communications landscape is undergoing a rapid and fundamental change. New entrants and new offerings are challenging the model that was once dominated by the simplicity and reliability of […]

Sky News Arabia is the new kid on the block. The news channel aims to take on the heavyweights in the MENA region such as Al Jazeera and CNN. With […]

HITS Announces Next Generation Quantum Platform HITS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast Cable, has announced an upgrade to the HITS Quantum Platform. The next generation of the platform, which […]

In February, the FCC released its third Measuring Broadband America report (MBA report). While previous MBA reports have examined fiber, cable, and DSL connections, this latest report is the first […]

Eutelsat Signs German ISP Customer to Five-Year Ka-Sat Deal Eutelsat has inked German Internet service provider skyDSL Global to a five-year multiple spot beam capacity contract on Ka-Sat, with an […]

Arianespace Receives Vietnamese Government Approval to Launch Third Satellite on Vega The Vietnamese Government has approved a plan to launch its first remote sensing satellite VNREDSat-1A on Arianespace’s Vega rocket […]

The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) is one the most prominent associations of its type and a key defender of the satellite industry in Asia. The region […]

The Indian television sector has witnessed strong growth over the past few years with industry revenues increasing at about 13 percent on an annual basis Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) […]

Driven by the growth of direct-to-home satellite (DTH), Indonesia’s pay-TV industry added 776,000 net new customers in 2012, the largest growth in Southeast Asia. Market leader MNC Sky Vision (MNCSV), […]

While operators lose subscribers in the United States, telcos in Latin America have taken advantage of the delay in Over-The-Top (OTT) services launching locally to embrace the over-the-top business model […]

Brazilian Space Agency Hosts Russia’s Glonass Satellite Navigation System Brazil has become the first country outside of Russia to host part of the Glonass satellite navigation system. The Brazilian Space […]

Most things in this world require cooperation; and telecommunications services are no exception. A long chain of providers makes up the network of modern telecommunications service; each link of the […]

Commercial satellite launch services continue in a state of flux, with new and returning market entrants threatening the already-thin margins of the existing players, a new wave of launch failures […]

There are a number of trends in the broadcast environment relating to the evolution of the codecs for compression and managing the workflow to support more channels and devices. At […]

IP rules. That has been the industry’s perception since IP terrestrial technology was introduced almost 40 years ago. Since then, it has become practically ubiquitous. The list of IP-supported products […]

ADSB, YahSat Awarded UAE Navy Baynunah Satcom Contract Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), a provider of construction, repair and refit services for naval, military and commercial vessels, and YahSat have […]

Amino Communications Appoints New Senior Vice President of Product Management, Marketing IPTV and OTT solutions provider Amino Communications has appointed Joe Coles as the company’s new senior vice president for […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-21-13] U.S. satellite and telco distributors achieved a small gain of multichannel video subscribers in 2012, SNL Kagan reported. According to SNL Kagan, the three primary TV distribution […]

Tags: Eurpean Space Agency, Planck, Big Bang Publication: HuffingtonPost.co.uk Publication Date: 03/21/2013 Cosmic microwave background (CMB) seen by Planck, with asymmetry and ‘cold spot’ highlighted Image credit: ESA The European Space […]

Tags: In-flight Wi-Fi, JetBlue, ViaSat, Ka-band, Exede Publication: Skift.com Publication Date: 03/20/2013 Artist’s illustration of the ViaSat-1 satellite, which powers the Exede Wi-Fi internet service. Image credit: ViaSat JetBlue has […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-21-13] Hughes Network Systems has chosen SSL to build the Jupiter 2/EchoStar 19, projected to be the world’s highest capacity broadband satellite, the commercial satellite provider announced March […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-21-13] Hispasat will expand its broadband satellite-based network with Gilsat Satellite Networks’ SkyEdge II System, Gilat announced March 20. The SkyEdge system aims to join thousands of new […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-21-13] Space Exploration Technologies’ (SpaceX) next generation Merlin 1D engine has achieved flight qualification through a 28 test program and is now fully qualified to fly on the […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-21-13] DAAR Communications has launched its Nigerian Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite TV service DAARSAT on Spacecom’s Amos-5 satellite at 17 degrees East, Spacecom announced March 21. DAARSAT is the […]