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Eumetsat, the European Organisation for The Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, announced further measures to improve hurricane detection. The organization has announced that the High Resolution Visible (HRV) Channel on Eumetsat’s […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) said Sept. 20 that Mark Faris will take over as the company’s chief operating officer. Faris, a 30-year veteran network operator, will be responsible for design, […]

New Skies Satellite Holdings Ltd. announced Sept. 20 its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend for the third quarter of 2005 in the amount of $0.463125 per share, […]

LogicaOMG will define next-generation satellite navigation technologies intended for insertion into mass-market location-based services (LBS) which use a mobile phone. The ultimate objective of the “Applications of Galileo in the […]

Communication Systems-West, a division of L-3 Communications, will supply satellite communications terminals to the U.S. Army, the company announced Sept. 19. Under the $82 million contract modification from Army Communication-Electronics […]

Harris Corp. received a $16 million contract to supply antennas to the U.S. military, the company announced Sept. 19. The contract from The U.S. Army calls for Harris to provide […]

SES Americom said Sept. 19 it signed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar agreement with Jones Radio Networks, an independent radio programming company, to broadcast Jones programming over SES Americom’s AMC-8 satellite. Jones […]

Worldspace Inc. announced late last week that it has expanded its program lineup for its satellite radio subscribers. The most recent channel addition, Moksha, is intended to expand Worldspace’s offerings […]

XM Satellite Radio will be the exclusive live radio broadcaster of the “From the Big Apple to the Big Easy” concert for Hurricane Katrina relief, taking place at New York’s […]

In the Sept. 19 issue of Satellite Today, we reported that Quake Global Inc. said its new Q1000 modem was delivered to Orbcomm for final U.S. Federal Communications Commission testing. […]

Orbimage Holdings Inc. agreed to acquire the assets of Space Imaging LLC, Orbimage announced Sept. 16. Dulles, Va.-based Orbimage, which operates the Orbview 3 high-resolution imagery satellite, will pay about […]

Tom Betts, the COO of ITV‘s consumer division is confident that the company’s Freesat, a new free digital satellite service that will feature a number of BBC and ITV channels, […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. announced Sept. 16 it received a contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide the space agency with Pegasus and Taurus launch services throughout […]

Westar Satellite Services said it will complete its new “on-ramp” facility in New York next month. The site in lower Manhattan will enable rapid distribution of video, data and voice […]

Quake Global Inc. introduced Sept. 16 it new Q1000 satellite modem, which the company said would work on any satellite system. Measuring just 2.5 inches square by 0.6 inches thick, […]

Orbimage Holdings Inc. agreed to acquire the assets of Space Imaging LLC, Orbimage announced Sept. 16. Dulles, Va.-based Orbimage, which operates the Orbview-3 high-resolution imagery satellite, will pay about $58.5 […]

With a promise to boost Canadian content, Canadian Satellite Radio and Sirius Canada, the Canadian satellite partners of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio, respectively, had their licenses to […]

The future for Internet protocol television (IPTV) services distributed by telecommunications service providers received a boost earlier this month when Gov. Rick Perry of Texas signed into law a bill […]

With the uncertain nature of the Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) market, a concern operators in that segment will not have to worry about is a shortage of spectrum, according to […]

Events such as Hurricane Katrina can reveal the strength of satellite communications and serve as a catalyst for the deployment of satellite networks by emergency management agencies. Those deployments also […]

In two of Europe’s biggest digital television markets, new satellite platforms are emerging to serve the lower end of the market. Operators BSkyB in the United Kingdom and Premiere in […]

Sky Italia and Eutelsat signed a strategic multi-transponder agreement that will provide Sky Italia with transponder capacity for the next 20 years, the companies announced Sept. 15. The agreement renews […]

Racetrack Television Network (RTN) is getting set to launch a MPEG-4 AVC-based standard definition satellite TV service that will allow RTN to add up to 60 channels to its lineup […]

Harris Corp. completed field demonstrations of a high-speed satellite antenna feed prototype, the company announced Sept. 15. The feed prototype achieved data rates up to 105 megabits per second using […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. will provide satellite communications support to the National Weather Service under a subcontract from Raytheon, Globecomm announced Sept. 15. Under the contract, Globecomm will support the Advanced […]

Panamsat received a contract from Venevision Continental to distribute content across Latin America using the Pas-9 satellite, Panamsat announced. The contract expands on an existing relationship between Panamsat and the […]

SDN Global received a contract from the Disaster Relief and Strategic Telecommunications Infrastructure Co. to provide broadband satellite-delivered voice and data services around the globe, SDN announced. Sites in West […]

Sirius Satellite Radio and BMW North America LLC announced an agreement that extends Sirius’ exclusive relationship with BMW through August 2008. BMW will continue to offer Sirius receivers as a […]

XM Satellite Radio said it would offer multiple play-by-play broadcasts for each of Major League Baseball‘ s league championship series and World Series games, allowing listeners to listen to the […]

Echostar Communications Corp. announced earlier this week it added NFL Network as part of the America’s Top 120 for its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service. NFL Network provides around-the-clock […]