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With more and more countries around the world looking to develop a space based capability, but wanting to do it on a budget, it has never been a better time […]

Comtech Xicom Unveils XTD-400KHE Ku-band TWTA Comtech Xicom Technology introduced a new 400-Watt Ku-Band traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA) that features the size, weight and prime-power requirements of traditional 200-Watt […]

According to the Satellite Industry Association’s 2011 State of the Satellite Industry Report, satellite equipment sales are up and consumer GPS hardware is singled out as one of the drivers. […]

EchoStar Satellite Services Hires Former SES Executive as President EchoStar Corp. has appointed Anders Johnson as president of EchoStar Satellite Services, effective immediately. Johnson will report directly to EchoStar president […]

Iridium is one of a number of highly ambitious MSS operators looking to make an impact across a variety of enterprise and commercial markets. Its long-term buzz circles around its […]

DirecTV Starts Home Media Center Trial DirecTV has started field trial testing for its DirecTV Home Media Center. It will ultimately provide customers with a ‘receiver-less’ solution for many TVs […]

ABS Gains $215 Million in Bank Financing Asia Broadcast Satellite has secured $215 million in new funding. It has closed a $215 million five-year senior bank loan from a financial […]

Sveriges Television (SVT), a major Swedish public service broadcaster, aims to keep pace with commercial broadcasters in Sweden. Per Björkman, SVT’s head of distribution, talks about the challenges ahead for […]

While you wouldn’t necessarily compare a VSAT to an iPad, there is one thing they do have in common: they both come with a range of accessories so you can […]

On April 12, 1961, Russian Yuri Gagarin made the first human flight into space. His Vostok spacecraft completed one earth orbit, and was followed in May 1961 by the suborbital […]

The World Radiocommunication Conference scheduled for Jan. 23 – Feb. 17, 2012 in Geneva, Switzerland (WRC-12) could improve the international system for registering satellites and avoiding fictitious satellites that clog […]

We all would like to believe that customers will be delighted with our telecommunications services and that there will never be disagreements between telecommunications partners. But in reality, there will […]

Measat Satellite Systems is one of the leading satellite operators in Asia, with a strong position in the region’s video markets. It provides capacity for many growing DTH platforms across […]

Dish Network Appoints Clayton CEO Joseph Clayton is to become the new CEO and President of Dish Network, while Charlie Ergen, who formerly held the positions of President and CEO, […]

AsiaSat Expands Earth Station AsiaSat is expanding its Tai Po Earth Station in Hong Kong. The project consists of a 900 square meter addition for equipment, a 600 square meter […]

In this day and age, with so much emphasis on cutting costs and debt reduction, the mantra is to do more with less. The satellite industry is no exception. With […]

[Satellite News 06-20-11] Issues regarding the readiness of governments and emergency services communications networks in the event of a disruption have received a new level of attention in the wake […]

Arabsat, one of the main players on the satellite landscape in the Middle East and Africa, is looking into hosted payloads while also continuing rollouts of new capacity. Arabsat CEO […]

We all are familiar with the VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) network, which encompasses a hub and multiple, identical remote stations. VSAT licenses in Ku-band have been used for a […]

The U.K. government is conducting a consultation on what its civil space strategy should be for the period 2011-2015. Given the strong position of U.K. companies in the space arena […]

The concept has been around for a while under the names “secondary payloads” or “piggybacking,” but the first mention of the phrase “hosted payload” in our publications occurred in April […]

Comtech Xicom Introduces XTLN Ka-band BUC Product Line Comtech Xicom Technology introduced a family of Ka-band block up converters (BUCs) designed for high data-rate Ka-band satellite communications uplinks. The BUCs […]

The U.S. Space Shuttle program will come to a close this year, a little more than 30 years after its inaugural flight, with the last flight scheduled for late June. […]

The world of satellite broadband is about to see the results of a revolution in satellite capacity. In Europe, Ka-Sat is getting ready to enter service. In North America, ViaSat-1 […]

  Trace TV, an urban and tropical music channel provider, is distributed to more than 17 million households in 130 countries around the globe. Trace TV CEO Olivier Laouchez discusses […]

Nevion Restructures Business Units Nevion split its sales department into two separate divisions as it looks to enhance its global presence. The Media Networks division will cater to service providers […]

Internet Protocol (IP) is far from perfect, but it has become the central rallying point for global entities, setting in motion the early homogenization of the electronics, telecommunication, electric utility […]

Market forces alone might not be enough to attain universal service in the broadband era. The satellite sector should endeavor to find its place in the array of technologies supported […]

Arqiva To Launch Shared Multiplex Service on AMC-10 Arqiva will launch a DVB-S2, MPEG-4 shared multiplex satellite platform from its Los Angeles teleport, enabling broadcasters and cable programmers access to […]

Advantech Wireless Selected by Hoje Telecom for VSAT Upgrade Advantech Wireless signed a contract with Hoje Telecom of Brazil to provide a VSAT upgrade hub, RF equipment and more than […]