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Decreasing costs, technological advances and enhanced experience mean the future is bright for telepresence via satellite. If you have participated in videoconferences, you would have noticed how the experience has […]

  Terrestrial radio has been battered financially, as new competitors and the slow economy hurt the ad-based advertising model, but new technology and satellite delivery is helping radio players survive. […]

Arianespace Secures Launch from overhorizon OverHorizon has contracted Arianespace to launch its first communications satellite, OHO-1, on an Ariane 5 rocket. The deal represents Arianespace’s fourth launch contract of 2010. […]

BusinessCom Launches IP VSAT Service Satellite telecommunications service provider BusinessCom has launched its Advantage IP VSAT service to provide coverage to Middle East and parts of Asia. The Ku-band, IO […]

SES CFO Heads to O3B SES CFO Mark Rigolle has been appointed CEO of O3b Networks. Rigolle succeeds Greg Clarke, who is stepping down for personal reasons but will remain […]

Enensys Brings DVB-T2 Solution to Market Enensys unveiled a DVB-T2 end-to-end solution, demonstrating single frequency network (SFN) and multiple input single output (MISO) abilities. The Enensys solution features a T2 […]

WildBlue Communications Former CEO Named 2009 Communications Executive of the Year Former WildBlue Communications CEO Dave Leonard was named the Communications Technology Professionals (CTP) 2009 Communications Executive of the Year. […]

ESPN is taking stock in Executive Vice President of Technology Chuck Pagano’s “gut feeling” that live 3-D HD broadcasts will drive market success and keep the sports giant ahead of […]

In December, we discussed the final report of the White House Review of U.S. Human Spaceflight Plans Committee, otherwise known as the Augustine Committee. The report found NASA’s current human […]

As a brand mainly targeting a youthful audience, MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has to be at the cutting edge of new technologies and ideas to reach an ever more demanding […]

On Jan. 12, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit 10 miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, devastating the western end of Hispaniola and making life even more difficult for the country’s 9 […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-31-10] KeyOn Communications Holdings, a U.S. provider of wireless broadband, satellite video and voice over IP services, has submitted multiple applications for $360 million of U.S. federal stimulus […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-31-10] Analyst firm Teal Group Corp. has increased its yearly projected count of future space payloads over the next 20 years from 2010 to 2029, Teal Group Lead […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-31-10] Blue Sky Network has been selected by MIAT Mongolian Airlines to provide flight tracking, voice communications, and data messaging services onboard its fleet of B-737 aircraft, Blue […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-31-10] Data Link Solutions (DLS) has delivered its first Multifunctional Information Distribution System–Low Volume Terminal (MIDS-LVT 2) to the U.S. Army’s Tactical Radio Communications Systems office, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-31-10] Norsat International has won a $1.7 million network service contract from a military based in Europe, the company announced March 30.     Norsat said the unnamed military […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-31-10] Hughes Network Systems won a contract from the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to provide satellite broadband technology to public sector entities throughout the state, Hughes announced March […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-30-10] The Kudelski Group now fully owns OpenTV, a global supplier of middleware and interactive TV solutions to satellite pay-TV operators, Kuldelski announced March 29.     The Kudelski […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-30-10] DirecTV will add ESPN 3D to its dedicated 3-D programming package, scheduled to launch in June, the satellite broadcaster announced March 29.     ESPN 3D will showcase […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-30-10] SpaceX has activated its Dragon spacecraft communication hardware aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) contract with NASA, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-30-10] Norwegian maritime company DSD Shipping has selected services KVH Industries to provide broadband services via its TracPhone V7 satellite communications system and its mini-VSAT network, KVH announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-30-10] Avanti Communications has won a satellite broadband contract extension with Northern Ireland’s Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, the company announced March 29.     The Department has […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-30-10] Harbinger Capital Partners has completed its acquisition of SkyTerra Communications, the operator announced March 29.     The transaction, initially announced in September, was accomplished through a merge […]

by Scott Chase From the opening bell Monday morning, March 15, to the closing hammer Thursday afternoon, SATELLITE 2010 became capital of the world’s satellite-enabled marketplace as it does every […]

By Jason Bates The mood of the satellite communications sector was much different at the end of SATELLITE 2010 than it was just a year prior.     The speed of […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-26-10] AsiaSat CEO Peter Jackson will step down as CEO later this year, the company announced March 26.     AsiaSat deputy CEO and Executive Director William Wade will […]

By Richard Kusiolek The military of the European Union (EU) comprises the national armed forces of 27 member states, and next-generation military systems and defense policy process are key concerns […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-29-10] The ITU has stepped into an interference dispute between Eutelsat and Iran, the ITU Radio Regulations Board (RRB) announced March 26.     In a statement, the ITU […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-29-10] Arianespace has postponed the launch of SES’ Astra 3B satellite due to an anomaly that occurred in a launcher subsystem, the operator announced March 26.     The […]

By Greg Berlocher Exactly what is a High throughput satellite?  Patrick French, who moderated the “Beyond Satellite Broadband – The Next generation of High Throughput Satellites (HTS)” panel, kicked-off the […]