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MTN, Intelsat Expand Relationship
Officials from Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) and Intelsat today said the two companies have signed a new five-year contract under which Intelsat will provide MTN with additional capacity to expand […]
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ViaSat Adds Furniture Chain To Immeon Satellite Communications Service
ViaSat Inc. [VSAT] officials today said the company is expanding its Immeon shared-hub services to all Haverty Furniture Co. [HVT] locations under a new four-year agreement. Immeon will provide 768 […]
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EastEnders To Air Exclusively On Dish
EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] officials today said the company has signed an exclusive agreement with BBC America to broadcast the BBC drama “EastEnders” on its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television […]
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DirecTV, Dish Win Highest Ratings For Customer Service
Officials from The DirecTV Group [DTV] said today that their DirecTV satellite television unit tied with rival satellite TV service EchoStar Communications [DISH] in earning a customer satisfaction rating of […]
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SES Astra Takes Aim At Spanish Broadband Market
SES Astra has signed a deal with Ya.com Internet Factory, owned by T-Online, to launch a new satellite broadband service in Spain called Yacom Satélite. The service is aimed at […]
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Kingston Inmedia Renamed
Kingston Inmedia, a leading provider of broadband satellite services, changed its name to Inmedia Communications, and it will trade as Inmedia. The new identify stems from a leveraged buyout of […]
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NRTC Redesigns Relationship With DirecTV
DirecTV Inc., a unit of The DirecTV Group [DTV], today said the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) and DirecTV have agreed to end NRTC’s exclusive DirecTV service distribution contract, effective […]
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Globalstar Improves Caribbean Coverage
Globalstar LLC said its service quality in the Caribbean region has been “dramatically improved,” following the installation of a fourth antenna at its regional gateway at Las Palmas, Puerto Rico. […]
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BT Taps Intelsat For Satellite Broadband Service
Intelsat officials today said BT Broadcast Services launched its satellite broadband service using the Intelsat system. The service is targeted to small and medium businesses as well as small office/home […]
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Retired General Admonishes Industry To Work Together
LONG BEACH, Calif.–The three sectors of the aerospace industry–commercial, civil space and military space–need to work together to lower expenses and exploit technological synergies, said Gen. Eugene Tattini [Ret.], deputy […]
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Regulatory Review: European Regulators And Issues–Team RA5 Digs Deep
by Gerry Oberst Understanding the European satellite regulatory scene can be difficult to those peering in from the outside, due to the different levels of regulators and constantly shifting names […]
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Multimedia Matters: Under The Big Star–Big Changes Are Coming
by Peter J. Brown Much is in motion on the multimedia over satellite map these days, and yet one of the events that stands out is the successful launch of […]
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Remote Possibilities: Markets Outside The Mainstream
By Susan Trott Asset management, aviation connectivity and maritime communications are three "remote applications" outside the mainstream satellite markets of voice, business data and video. To the companies that offer […]
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Latin America: Is It Safe To Get Back In The Water?
Three words seem to sum up the Latin American economy: boom and bust. In the early 1990s, this region was a prime destination for satellite service providers. Then, economic and […]
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Next generation HDTV: A Demand-Driven Leap Ahead
By Peter J. Brown The first generation High Definition Television (HDTV) was all about preparing HD-ready digital infrastructure, while second-generation HDTV is all about filling up the content pipe with […]
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Industry At Large
People ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP. Names Key Executives Orbital Sciences Corp. appointed Brent Collins senior vice president and deputy general manager for operations in the Launch Systems Group. In this position, […]
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Fazoli’s Taps Gilat For Broadband Retail Network
Gilat Satellite Network Ltd. [GILTF] said its U.S.-based subsidiary, Spacenet Inc., has been chosen by Fazoli’s Management Inc. to provide a Connexstar broadband satellite network to Fazoli’s Italian restaurants in […]
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Dish Network Adds Six Chinese Channels To International Programming
EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] added ET News, ET Drama, YOYO TV, ET China and JET TV International to its Chinese programming lineup in a complete package called The Chinese Super […]
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Eumetsat Signs Czech Deal
Eumetsat, the intergovernmental organization that establishes and maintains operational meteorological satellites for 18 European states, has announced that the Czech Republic will become a Eumetsat cooperating state. The agreement gives […]
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Intelsat Monitors Formula One Race Cars
Officials from the BMW WilliamsF1 racing team tapped Intelsat to transmit mission-critical information during all European Grand Prix racing and testing days. Beginning this year, Intelsat’s 905 satellite, located at […]
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Globecomm Launches DTH Platform In EMEA
Globecomm Systems [GCOM] has entered the ethnic-programming video business by launching a direct-to-home video platform into Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The platform offers a full range of […]
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Sprint Offers Discounted Dish Service
Sprint [FON] officials today said that customers in its 18-state local telephone operating territory now can subscribe to Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service directly through Sprint. The deal makes […]
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Global Development Learning Network
The Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) is a worldwide partnership of public, private and non-governmental organizations enabling knowledge sharing, dialogue training and consultations on development topics to the developing world. […]
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Bob Evans: Profiting From Its Satellite Advantage
How does a company streamline its administrative duties, increase its efficiency for financial transactions and keep the workforce trained throughout its remote locations with a minimal investment in an infrastructure […]
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Buy A Partner, Not Just Service
Strategic partnerships are key in today’s business world. In cases regarding upgrades to a company’s infrastructure, solid partnerships are vital. Having spoken to many end users who have incorporated satellite, […]
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New Skies Steps Up Sales Talks
An announcement about the sale of global satellite operator New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK] to a private- equity firm appears to be only weeks away, and it could be followed […]
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Boeing Defends Superbird’s Status
Officials at The Boeing Co. [BA] acknowledge the Superbird-6 satellite, built by its El Segundo, Calif.-based satellite-manufacturing team for Tokyo-based Space Communications Corp., may have lost at least a full […]
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Feds May Decide Remote-Sensing Survivor
By Paul Dykewicz, Senior Analyst/Senior Editor The U.S. government could be in the unusual position of picking which American-based, remote-sensing company vying for the second — and apparently last — […]
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Spotlight: GPS, DBS Are Featured Road-Trip Gadgets
Al and Ed’s Autosound, a mobile electronics and communications retailer with 29 stores in Southern California, has included two new satellite products in its “hot items” list for consumers to […]
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10 Thoughts About Issues, Trends And The Future
By Mark R. Chartrand The quip “it is hard to predict, especially the future” has been attributed to baseball great Yogi Berra, movie kingpin Samuel Goldwyn and Danish physicist Niels […]