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Sierra Atlantic Announces Cartosat Certification for Envi
Sierra Atlantic Ltd., the sole Indian distributor for RSI Inc., has received certification for Envi to be used to process data from the Indian Cartosat-1 satellite. Envi, a remote sensing […]
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Premiere Executive Targets 500,000 HD Subscribers
Premiere, the German pay-TV operator, is confident it will be a leader in terms of providing high-definition (HD) services. The operator, which has 3.5 million subscribers in Germany, launched its […]
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Hughes Unveils New Brand; Unifies Service Offerings
Hughes Network Systems LLC introduced today its new HughesNet brand, replacing Direcway. The new brand unifies the company’s range of broadband solutions and services, going beyond Direcway’s traditional “broadband by […]
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Loral Re-Enters North American FSS Market
With the expiration of its two-year no-compete deal with Intelsat, Loral Skynet is once again offering Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) services to customers in North America. " We have resumed […]
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Orbiting Wall Street
WRSP Worldspace Satellite Radio‘s recent financial results and subscriber numbers have been improved, but the company’s stock price has been taken on a short roller coaster ride throughout the past […]
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SpaceX Delays Falcon 1 Maiden Flight
Space Explorations Technology Corp. (SpaceX) postponed the inaugural flight of its Falcon 1 rocket by a day to March 24, the company announced. The company performed a static fire test […]
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International Communications Group Delivers Iridium-based ACARS Service
International Communications Group Inc. (ICG) announced March 22 that it has completed testing of its ACARS-compliant (Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System), Iridium-based messaging solution and delivered initial production equipment. […]
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STMicroelectronics Launches Digital Satellite STB chip
STMicroelectronics, a supplier of silicon chips for set-top boxes (STBs), announced March 22 a low-cost satellite STB receiver/decoder chip – the STI5188 – intended for high-volume free-to-air markets in Asia, […]
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Raytheon Wins NOAA Ocean Observation Case Study Contract
Raytheon‘s Intelligence and Information Systems business has won a six-month, competitive contract from the U.S. National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration‘s (NOAA) National Ocean Service to develop a conceptual design, life-cycle […]
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BSkyB Unveils Telecoms Plans
U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB plans to launch a variety of new services enabled by its acquisition of Easynet, BSkyB announced. The satellite operator, which has been accelerating its plans […]
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Tandberg Enabling China To Offer HDTV
Tandberg Television announced March 21 that it is providing the video compression systems to enable China’s first national high definition (HD) TV roll-out. The HD video delivery system is based […]
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Panamsat Lands My TV DTH Platform In Africa
Panamsat announced March 20 that it signed a multi-year agreement with Strong Technologies Llc of Dubai for programming distribution on its PAS-10 Indian Ocean Region satellite. The multinational company will […]
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NTV-Plus Expands Resource On Eutelsat’s W4 Satellite
Eutelsat Communications announced March 21 that NTV-Plus, a Russian direct-to-home pay-TV platform, is boosting its capacity on Eutelsat’s W4 satellite from six to eight transponders. The new agreement for high-power […]
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Orbital’s Pegsus Rocket Launches NASA’s Space Technology 5 Spacecraft
Orbital Sciences Corp. announced March 22 that its Pegasus space launch vehicle launched three small scientific spacecraft for NASA‘s Space Technology 5 program (ST5). In a mission that took place […]
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China Plans To Launch 18 Earth Observation Satellites
China will launch 18 observation satellites throughout the next ten years, made up of land resource, environmental, marine and meteorological spacecraft, the People’s Daily Online reported. The Sino-Brazil Earth resource […]
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BT Unveils Name For IPTV Service
BT, which is launching IPTV services later this year, has announced it will call its service BT Vision. The service will combine Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) with on- demand film, […]
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Jim Maser To Join SpaceX as President and COO
Space Explorations Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced March 17 that Jim Maser will join the company as president and COO. Maser spent most of his career with Boeing, most recently serving […]
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Worldspace Cuts Net Loss In 2005
Worldspace Inc. cuts its net loss from $577.4 million in 2004 to $79.7 million in 2005, as total revenues jumped 36 percent to $11.7 million in 2005, the company reported. […]
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Geoeye Receives $13 Million In Orders From NGA
Geoeye received an additional $13 million in orders from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the Clearview contract, the company announced. The latest orders are in addition to the […]
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Orbital Set To Launch NASA’s Space Technology 5 Spacecraft
Orbital Sciences Corp. will make its second attempt to launch the Space Technology 5 (ST5) satellites for NASA March 22 after the first attempt was halted due to technical problems […]
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Worldspace Launches Arabic-Language Channels
Worldspace Satellite Radio, one of the global providers in satellite-based radio services, announced March 20 that it has launched Ranin and Min Zaman, two new commercial-free Arabic music channels that […]
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Sirius Satellite Radio Passes 4 Million Subscribers
Sirius Satellite Radio announced that March 20 it recently surpassed 4 million subscribers nationwide. Sirius delivers more than 125 channels of commercial-free music in satellite radio, with 67 music channels […]
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NDS Wins SES Americom Contract
NDS won an Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) security solutions contract from SES Americom, as the operator takes the next step with its IP-Prime service, a new IPTV distribution solution in […]
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Loral Skynet Re-enters North American FSS Market
Loral Skynet, a subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications announced March 20 that it has resumed offering Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) to customers in North America. Pursuant to the terms […]
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Globecast Delivers ESPN Classic To The United Kingdom Via Satellite
Multinational, multimedia sports entertainment company ESPN Inc, and global content management and delivery company Globecast have signed a deal for the delivery ESPN Classic, the ESPN’s first U.K.-dedicated sports channel, […]
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Intelsat Appoints Jeffrey Freimark As EVP and CFO
Intelsat Ltd. announced March 17 that Jeffrey Freimark has been appointed as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective on the resignation of Robert Medlin. Medlin has been serving […]
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Audi Signs Exclusive Agreement With Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio and Audi of America Inc. announced March 17 that Audi will offer Sirius as its exclusive satellite radio provider for Audi vehicles sold in the United States, […]
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NGA Awards $12 Million Clearview Contract to Digitalglobe
Digitalglobe won a $12 million satellite imagery capacity contract modification by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) the company announced March 16. This Clearview contract enables the NGA to acquire additional […]
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Ciel Satellite Teams Up with Alcatel Alenia Space
Alcatel Alenia Space has won a satellite contract from Ciel Satellite, a Canadian satellite services operator, the company announced March 16. Ciel Satellite has chosen Alcatel to build a new […]
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Providers Seek Early Buy-in For Emergency Communications
When it comes to buying emergency satellite communications before disaster hits, governments have yet to fully embrace purchasing complete systems. "They don’t want to pay for it if they’re not […]