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[Satellite TODAY 08-14-09] Sirius XM Radio has offered $250 million in senior secured notes due 2015, in an attempt to raise funds, the company announced Aug. 13.     The company […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-13-09] Intelsat Ltd. reported a 10 percent increase in its 2009 second-quarter revenues at $642.5 million – up from $584.9 million in 2008, the company announced in its […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-13-09] ViaSat is supplying its LinkStarS2 Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) and SurfBeam satellite networking system hubs to Linkserve, an Internet service provider in West Africa, ViaSat announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-13-09] Dish Network Corp. subsidiary, Dish DBS Corp. hopes to raise $1 billion in capital through a new debt offering, announced Aug. 12.     Dish Network said the […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-13-09] Lockheed Martin broke ground on two new facilities that will support spacecraft programs for government and commercial customers at its Space Systems Company operations in Newtown, Pa., […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-13-09] The UK-DMC2 satellite has commenced operations and is now delivering images, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) announced Aug. 12.     The satellite, launched July 29, delivered its […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-12-09] International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully launched the AsiaSat 5 satellite for AsiaSat, ILS announced Aug. 12.     The Proton rocket carrying the spacecraft lifted of at […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-12-09] Iridium Satellite reported growth in subscribers, revenue, operational EBITDA and net income in its 2009 second quarter, the company announced Aug. 11.     The MSS operator reported […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-12-09] Latin American DTH service provider Sky Brasil has rolled out its new HDTV service based on a MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) digital video delivery solution from Harmonic, Sky […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-12-09] Gilat Satellite Networks’ second-quarter revenues fell to $56 million, compared to $65.6 million for the same period of 2008, according to the company’s financial reports released Aug. […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-12-09] Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) has selected Comtrend Corp.’s Power Grid 902 adapter, based on DS2‘s Aitana powerline communication chipset, to create a secure home network to deliver […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-12-09] The JCSAT-12 satellite will be launched Aug. 22, Sky Perfect JSAT announced Aug. 11.     The satellite will be launched by Arianespace on an Ariane 5 rocket […]

Advantech Satellite Networks released its S5420 DVB-S2 VSAT modem, the company announced April 24.     The S5420 modem is capable of operating in either of two access methods, SCPC or […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-11-09] Dish Network Corp.’s second-quarter earnings dropped 81 percent, with net income falling from $336 million in 2008 to $63 million and revenues dipping 0.4 percent to remain […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-11-09] Keystone Enterprise Services has been contracted by the Channel One News network to supply turnkey satellite network and support services for its school news broadcast, which reaches […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-11-09] EchoStar Corp. more than doubled its profits in the second quarter of 2009, earning $101.8 million compared with $47.8 million in the same period in 2008, according […]

EchoStar Satellite Services signed an agreement to deliver its ViP-TV IP video transport service to Citizens Cablevision, a broadband data, video and voice provider in Virginia, EchoStar announced July 27. […]

Vizada launched the ThurayaIP broadband mobile satellite service. The launch follows an extensive development phase with Thuraya to fine-tune the service and link it to Vizada’s network infrastructure. ThurayaIP transmits […]

Prime Time Communications, a provider of integrated IP-based services, and Amino Communications, an IPTV entertainment solutions provider, have completed an MPEG-4 upgrade program to deliver expanded high-definition services to their […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-11-09] Pay-TV operators in Asia have gained close to 6 million new subscribers in the first half of the year, according to research by Media Partners Asia (MPA) […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-11-09] Norsat International Inc. appointed Amiee Chan, Norsat’s president and CEO, to its board, the company announced Aug. 6.     “On behalf of the board, I believe this […]

EchoStar Satellite Services signed an agreement with Ringgold Telephone Company (RTC), a U.S. provider of converged communications to access lines in northern Georgia, to deliver EchoStar’s ViP-TV video transport service […]

Gilat Satellite Networks subsidiary Spacenet introduced its Prysm Pro application, the company’s second-generation integrated and off-the-shelf IP networking solution, Spacenet announced Aug. 3.     Spacenet said Prysm Pro’s release was […]

Comtech EF Data unveiled its new CDM-740 Satellite Modem – a high performance architecture featuring an integrated DVB-S/S2 receiver and a turbo product-coding Single Carrier Per Channel (SCPC) Modulator, the […]

ViaSat received contracts worth about $6 million from High Capabilities Telecom (Hicap) to expand a demand assigned multiple access (DAMA) VSAT network to provide connections for a variety of advanced […]

NeuLion Inc. launched iTVRSN, an IPTV network for Romanian audiences in North America, the company announced.     The set-top-box service is part of an agreement between the companies to provide […]

Spacenet signed a multi-year agreement with SES Americom-New Skies for expanded capacity on the AMC-4, AMC-5 and AMC-6 satellites serving emergency response networks in North America, Spacenet announced.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-09] Spacenet Rural Communications (SRC) has deployed a Gilat SkyEdge 2 broadband satellite communications network at more than 1,300 sites for the Colombian Ministry of Communications, Gilat announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-09] Companies under the umbrella of Greek telecom OTE reported strong second quarter results this week, according to company reports.     RomTelecom, based in Romania, reported it had […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-09] KVH Industries has activated its mini-VSAT Broadband service in the Asia-Pacific maritime region, the company announced Aug. 6.     KVH is working in collaboration with Sky Perfect […]