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[Satellite News 06-01-10] On April 30, 2012, German broadcast government agencies ARD and ZDF will begin working with commercial broadcast giants RTL-Group and Pro7-Group to broadcast their satellite programming in […]

 AsiaSat CEO Peter Jackson, a key figure in the Asian satellite industry since the early 1970s, will retire in July from his position as leader of the satellite operator. William […]

A working document from the European Parliament assesses the mid-term status of the European Union’s satellite navigation program, which consists of a geostationary system called EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay […]

Nearly everyone reading this article is involved in some way in the transmission of energy either to a satellite or a ground station. This means that you have probably heard […]

Years ago, I did a study on terrestrial versus satellite broadband. At the time, not so long after the failure of initiatives such as Teledesic, it was easy to be […]

Arqiva Renews Uplink Contract on Thor 5 Satellite operator Telenor renewed its contract with Arqiva for the uplink of three multiplexes onto its Thor 5 satellite, which carries video services […]

BusinessCom Launches iDirect VSAT Services in Middle East BusinessCom launched iDirect Evolution Ku-band satellite Internet access services on the Loral Skynet Telstar-11N and SES NSS-12 geostationary satellites. The services cover […]

In February, we discussed satellite broadband and the pending release of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s National Broadband Plan . Released in March (available at www.broadband.gov), the plan was […]

With fewer and fewer customers seeking satellite-only solutions, operators, network providers and content distributors are improving their terrestrial infrastructure to better meet the end-to-end needs of users and improve revenue […]

Ericsson Wins 3-D Technology Award The Ericsson 3-D content delivery solution, featuring the company’s MPEG-4 AVC HD contribution encoder, won the 2010 Superior Technology Award Recipient (STAR) award at the […]

Glowlink Upgrades Spectrum Monitoring System Glowlink has released the third generation of its Model 1000 spectrum monitoring system, which includes upgrades such as paired-carrier monitoring, increased signal speed and characterization, […]

CET Teleport Names VSAT, IPTV Sales Executive CET Teleport appointed Matthew Ivey vice president of sales. Ivey will be responsible to expand CET’s VSAT network services, teleport services and IPTV […]

With economic uncertainty continuing to influence activity around the globe, operators and equipment manufacturers need to identify the areas that will be healthy in the future and make smart investments. […]

With a population of more than 1 billion people and a growing middle class, India is a TV market ripe for growth. A number of DTH platforms have been launched […]

The opening of CommunicAsia comes at what could be the beginning of a new era in the Asia-Pacific region. For many years, the satellite communications sector has viewed the region […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-01-10] Serbian government prosecutors have filed legal charges against former Serbia-Montenegro defense minister Prvoslav Davinic for signing a deal to rent an Israeli spy satellite from ImageSat, government […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] Potential crashes between satellites and space debris may impact the $250 billion space-services market, according to a U.S. Defense Department Space Posture Review report released to the […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] SES World Skies has signed a deal with An Vien Group (AVG) to provide transponder capacity on the NSS-6 satellite for a new DTH service in Vietnam, […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] The Azerbaijan Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies has signed a contract with Orbital Sciences Corp. to build Azerbaijan’s first national satellite, Orbital announced May 27.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] Eric Shanks, former executive vice president of entertainment of DirecTV, has been appointed president of Fox Sports, the Fox Sports Media Group confirmed May 26.    Shanks […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] Eutelsat has teamed up with Eurosport to broadcast the French Open in 3-D to retail stores throughout Europe, Eutelsat announced May 27.    The 3-D coverage, running […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] Nepal Telecom (NTC) has deployed Gilat’s SkyEdge broadband satellite network to provide data and toll-quality telephony services to Gorakshep, the last village on the Everest trek before […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] Quintech, a broadband RF signal management hardware designer and manufacturer, has released LTE 3000, a new LTE RF switch, the company announced May 25.     The LTE […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] Globecomm has received a $7.9 million increase in the total value of a four-year contract from an unnamed U.S. government prime contractor, the company announced May 26. […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] South Africa-based telecom service provider Q-Kon has leased long term C- and Ku-band capacity on Spacecom’s Amos-5i and Amos-5 satellites, the operator announced May 26.     Q-Kon […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] Harris Corp. has received a $55 million delivery order for advanced satellite terminals under the U.S. Army‘s Modernization of Enterprise Terminals (MET) program, the company announced May […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) postponed Delta 4 launch of the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System 2F-SV1 satellite (GPS 2F-SV1) has pushed SpaceX’s first test launch of […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-26-10] Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) has signed a five-year contract renewal with Orange Business Services to continue supplying its Business VPN global IP infrastructure, the company announced May […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-26-10] MTV Networks Asia has joined the Asia TV Advertising Coalition (ATAC), an alliance of Asian broadcasters dedicated to generating new advertising revenue streams for subscription television across […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-26-10] Northrop Grumman has completed flight-testing of an airborne satellite communications system installed on a modified business jet aircraft to connect with a WGS via the Ka-band link, […]