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Two major pay-TV operators in Australia said that subscription television will be 100 percent digital in the country in less than two years. Austar CEO John Porter and Foxtel CEO […]

Path 1 Network Technologies Inc. will launch a pair of new products to support its strategy for using the public Internet infrastructure for broadcast video contribution. The Vx8000 2.0, a […]

Encore Networks received a contract from Satellite Communication Technology Ltd. (SCT) to provide satellite connectivity at construction sites, Encore announced Oct. 24. SCT deployed Encore’s VSR-30 router for European construction […]

Israel’s ECI Telecom received a contract from Intelsat to provide components for a communications backbone in the Washington, D.C. area, ECI announced Oct. 24. ECI will provide its XDM Multi-Service […]

World Communications Center (WCC) said Oct. 24 the state of Alaska renewed its contract with WCC to supply satellite communications services for state government and agencies. WCC said it received […]

Blue Sky Network said Oct. 24 the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded the company a five-year GSA Schedule Contract, under which government agencies can easily acquire and deploy Blue […]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced Oct. 24 that Reed Burkhart and Synette Tom have joined the organization as sales and marketing directors. Burkhart will be responsible for clients in North America […]

U.K. direct-to-home satellite television operator BSkyB announced Oct. 21 an agreement to acquire aDSL service provider Easynet for 211 million pounds ($373.6 million), a move that one analyst sees as […]

Astro All Asia Networks (Astro), which runs Malaysia’s only direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television platform, is confident it can replicate the success in its home market in Indonesia. David Butorac, Astro’s […]

Philips is set to play a strong role in the development of high-definition television (HDTV) services in France via a contract from Canal+ Group. Philips will provide a range of […]

Worldspace Inc. announced Oct. 21 it received approval from the Telecommunications Regulatory Authorities of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to deploy a terrestrial repeater network in those countries. […]

As this issue was going to press, reports that Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) filed suit against Lockheed Martin and Boeing Co. Oct. 19 in the U.S. District Court for […]

Echostar Communications Corp. dropped the Outdoor Life Network (OLN) from its broadcast lineup in a pricing dispute, the direct-to-home service provider announced Oct. 20. Comsat, which owns OLN, was demanding […]

As this issue was going to press, reports surfaced that Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) filed suit to stop the creation of a government launch services joint venture by Lockheed […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) demonstrated Oct. 19 that a phone the size of a consumer mobile unit can be used to communicate via satellite as well as existing wireless networks […]

Ten years ago, few would have dubbed a merger between Intelsat and Panamsat as “a marriage made in the heavens,” but no one would have conceived of such a union. […]

Satellite imagery has received a high-profile media push while aiding recovery efforts following recent disasters such as the hurricanes in the Gulf Coast region or the tsunami in Southeast Asia […]

Astro All Asia Networks, which runs Malaysia’s only direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television platform, is confident that it will continue to perform strongly despite the entrance of a new competitor in […]

EADS Astrium announced Oct. 17 that Arianespace will launch a pair of Spirale micro satellites into orbit. The two technology demonstrators will be auxiliary passengers on an Ariane 5 mission […]

Lockheed Martin performed the final launch of a Titan 4 rocket for the U.S. government, the company announced Oct. 19. The launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., carried a […]

DirecTV signed a corporate sponsorship agreement with NASCAR that gives DirecTV exclusive rights among subscription television distributors through 2010 to use the NASCAR brand in marketing and advertising promotions, DirecTV […]

Globecast WorldTV unveiled Oct. 19 “MHz Worldview,” an independent, non-commercial television channel delivering international, educational and arts programming. Based in the United States, MHz Worldview will provide “a positive view […]

Delphi Corp. announced Oct. 19 the availability of the Delphi XM RoadyXT for XM Satellite Radio is available at consumer electronics retailers nationwide for a suggested retail price of $79.95 […]

LG Electronics has started production of high-definition television (HDTV) set-top boxes for DirecTV, LG announced Oct. 19. The boxes, being sold under the DirecTV brand name, feature DirecTV’s advanced program […]

Worldspace Inc. announced Oct. 19 it plans to expand its program line up with Flava, a channel that will offer the latest hip hop and urban music from around the […]

L-3 Communications Electron Technologies Inc. (L-3 ETI) received a contract from Space Systems/Loral to provide S-band traveling wave tube amplifiers for a pair communications satellites being built for ICO Satellite […]

Americom Government Services (AGS) received a contract from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for shipboard terminals and satellite service, AGS announced Oct. 18. AGS will install network […]

Arrowhead Global Solutions and Norsat International Inc. announced Oct. 18 they will jointly deliver Norsat’s portable broadband satellite system to U.S. military forces in the field. Under the agreement, Arrowhead […]

EMS Satellite Networks announced Oct. 18 that DVB-RCS standardization organization Satlabs Group issued EMS a DVB-RCS certificate of compliance. The certificate verifies that EMS broadband satellite terminals comply with the […]

Direct-to-home satellite television services provider DirecTV announced Oct. 18, in association with Sur Corp., the launching of Sur Mexico, a new channel offering regional network programming from Mexico. Sur Mexico, […]