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Thanks to more efficient encoding and compression, look to an ever expanding flow of rich media. The sheer amount of content in this category that is available is only going […]

Satellite measurements of a steep difference in sea surface height between the western and eastern Pacific Ocean support predictions that a La Nina event that would impact global weather could […]

Baseball fans across the country can listen to their favorite teams all season long on XM Satellite Radio, which will air live play-by-play coverage of games for every MLB team […]

Thales, an international electronics company serving aerospace, security and defense markets, announced March 16 the appointment of Allan Cameron to the position of chairman and CEO of Thales in the […]

Eutelsat has signed a new capacity deal with one of Switzerland’s largest public broadcasters. SRG SSR has signed a deal concerning a 33MHz transponder on the Hot Bird 7A satellite, […]

Alcatel Alenia Space signed a contract with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), the Republic of South Korea Space Agency, to provide a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload system for […]

ICO North America (ICO) announced March 16 that the company signed an agreement to launch its geostationary payload on an Atlas V rocket provided by International Launch Services (ILS). ICO’s […]

SES Astra, an SES Global company and Arena, owner of live-TV rights for the German first soccer league (Bundesliga) announced March 16 that they have signed a satellite capacity agreement. […]

Australia-based Multiemedia‘s satellite communication division Newsat Networks announced March 15 that it signed a strategic partnership with Go2Call, an international Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) solutions provider, to deliver leading-edge VoIP solutions […]

Celtron International Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Satellite Security Systems Inc. (S3), announced March 15 an exclusive partnership with the nation’s second largest manufacturer of school buses, Blue Bird […]

Skytrac Systems Ltd., an Iridium value-added reseller, won a contract to supply Iridium satcom systems for one of Europe’s largest medical evacuation helicopter fleets, the company announced March 15. Under […]

Echostar Communications Corp. reported total revenue of $2.18 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2005, a 12.8 percent increase from the $1.93 billion for the corresponding period in 2004. […]

OpenTV, which supplies middleware and other interactive solutions to satellite pay-TV operators worldwide, has seen some strong growth in overall revenues. This was one of the highlights as the company […]

ViaSat Inc. finalized March 14 a $13.8 million subcontract modification with The Boeing Company for the Family of Advanced Beyond-line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) program. As part of the Boeing team, ViaSat […]

Stratos Global Corp., a global communications provider and distributor of Inmarsat satellite services, announced March 14 it won a National Individual Standing Offer (NISO) awarded by the Canadian Department of […]

Ascent Media Network Services (AMNS) announced March 14 that Peter Brickman has been named managing director of content distribution for North America by AMNS COO Margaret Craig, to whom Brickman […]

Glowlink announced March 14 the rollout of a geolocation product with integrated interference detection and monitoring capability. Targeted for the satellite communications market, the new product can detect interference or […]

Gilat Satellite Networks won a key contract in Latin America in terms of boosting education resources to classrooms in Mexico. The company announced March 14 that a consortium of leading […]

High-definition (HD) channel provider Euro1080 has begun broadcasting HDTV footage of the Winter Olympics, the company announced. Euro1080 will use Astra, Sirius, Eutelsat and more than 35 cable and Internet […]

Com Dev International Ltd. recorded revenues of Cdn. $32.7 million ($28.2 million) in its 2005 first quarter, up 7.5 percent from revenues of Cdn. $30.4 million ($26.2 million) in the […]

Telesat Canada set records for full-year revenues and earnings, reporting a profit of Cdn. $88.9 million ($76.6 million) in 2005, as revenues jumped 31 percent to Cdn. $474.7 million ($409 […]

Euronews announced the appointment of Eurochannel as its exclusive representative for South America. Eurochannel’s mission will be to extend the distribution network of the multi language news channel across the […]

Arianespace kicked off its 2006 launch calendar with an Ariane 5 ECA placing a pair telecommunications satellites in orbit March 11. The Spainsat governmental telecommunications spacecraft and the Eutelsat Hot […]

Measat Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd awarded Panamsat Corp. a $44.2 million contract to oversee the launch of the Measat 1R satellite, Measat announced March 10. The spacecraft will be launched […]

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. will begin development of a constellation of Earth observation satellites under a Cdn. $7 million contract ($6 million) from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the […]

Panamsat Corp. has made an equity investment in Pegaso Banda Ancha, which provides Internet connectivity throughout Mexico, Panamsat announced March 13. Pegaso Banda Ancha, launched by Grupo Pegaso in February […]

Miranda Technologies Inc. announced March 9 that Alsumaria TV, Iraq’s leading satellite television channel, has taken delivery of a master control and channel branding processor and a master control panel […]

U.K. cable operator Telewest has launched high-definition (HD) service as it looks to get a jump on similar plans from satellite operator BSkyB. The service is available to more than […]

XM Satellite Radio must use advertising on music channels owned by Clear Channel Communications, XM revealed in a March 3 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Clear Channel, […]

Advantech Advanced Microwave Technologies Inc. completed the acquisition of the Satellite Networks group from EMS Technologies Inc., the companies announced March 9. Advantech, based in Montreal, manufactures satellite and terrestrial […]