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Hispasat Confident Of Spanish Victory Over Astra
Spanish operator Hispasat is in for a busy year. It is just over a year away until the operator launches its dedicated Latin American satellite Amazonas at 61 degrees West. […]
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Maritime Market Spurs Teamwork
Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a Miramar, Fla.-based provider of satellite-based communications to cruise ships and offshore oil rigs, has signed a marketing and distribution agreement with Xantic, a Dutch satellite […]
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Belgacom Selects Router
Belgacom will use SkyStream Networks’ Mediaplex 20 video services router to deliver Internet and streaming services via satellite to its business customers, especially Internet service providers. Belgacom is a Belgian […]
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Japan Studies Space Debris
As a first step in collecting space debris, the National Space Development Agency of Japan’s (NASDA) satellite, mu-Lab Sat, last month captured images of a small target jettisoned from the […]
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ILS To Launch AsiaSat 4
International Launch Services is getting ready to launch the AsiaSat 4 communications satellite April 10 aboard an Atlas III rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The AsiaSat 4, […]
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PanAmSat “Re-invents” Itself In Latin America
U.S.-based satellite service provider PanAmSat is hoping for a successful year in Latin America despite the recent announcement that one of its biggest customers in the region, DirecTV Latin America […]
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Success Stories Emerging In Interactive TV
The interactive TV revolution is well underway. This was the main message coming out of the recent MILIA 2003 show in Cannes, France. With seemingly more and more channels being […]
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Correction
In the previous edition of Interspace (issue 765), in the AsiaSat story titled “Despite lower revenues, AsiaSat CEO still hopeful,” the table within the story states that AsiaSat 4’s final […]
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SES Americom Signs Landmark Deal With EchoStar
SES Americom’s deal with EchoStar to provide satellite capacity on its AMC-15 satellite is a key first step in bringing a European wholesale model for direct-to-home (DTH) services across to […]
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News Corp Receives Double Boost
News Corp has had a double boost in the last week. Its deal to merge Telepiu and Stream in Italy is expected to be approved by the European Commission. It […]
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Pilotime Ready For Take-Off
Canal Satellite, the French satellite pay-TV operator, is raising the stakes in the personal video recorder (VCR) arena by deploying Pilotime, a next-generation set-top box (STB) designed by Thomson, with […]
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Noteworthy
Don’t miss the International Space University‘s 8th Annual International Symposium: “Satellite Navigation Systems: Policy, Commercial and Technical Interaction” to be held in Strasbourg, France from May 26 – 28. The […]
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Top Satellite Executives To Participate In PBI Media Webinar
SATELLITE TODAY invites you and your team to join us on Tuesday, April 29, from noon-1:30 PM EST for an exclusive Webinar: “From Broadcast To Broadband: Seizing the Next Satellite […]
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Elop Systems To Team With AeroAstro To Develop Small Satellites and Components
Elop Electro-Optics Industries, a subsidiary of Israeli-based defense electronics company Elbit Systems [Nasdaq: ESLT], has agreed to join Ashburn, Va.-based AeroAstro inmanufacturing low-cost satellite systems and components. With the alliance […]
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EMS Delivers Second Hub To Loral For High-Speed Internet Access
EMS Satellite Networks, an Atlanta, Ga.-based design and manufacturer of wireless, satellite and defense products [Nasdaq: ELMG], has delivered a second DVB-RCS hub to Loral Skynet, located in Bedminster, N.J. […]
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Inforetech Wireless, Club Concepts Sign $7 Million GPS Golf Contract
Club Concepts, a golf management and marketing agency, has signed a contract with Inforetech Wireless Technology [OTCBB:WYRE], a Vancouver, British Columbia-based manufacturer of GPS devices for the golf industry, to […]
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NavCom Signs Distribution Accord With Navtech GPS Supply
NavCom Technology (Redondo Beach, Calif.) has signed a sales representation and distribution agreement with Navtech Seminars & GPS Supply Co. to make NavCom’s line of StarFire dual-frequency GPS receivers more […]
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Japanese Satellite Takes Images of Space Debris
As a first step in collecting space debris, the National Space Development Agency of Japan‘s (NASDA) satellite, mu-Lab Sat, last month captured images of a small target jettisoned from the […]
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Boeing, Ball Team On Satellite-Based Laser Communications
Boeing [NYSE:BA] is teaming with Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. to develop laser technologies that will be used for satellite communications. Under the terms of the agreement, Boeing and Ball […]
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PBI Media Launches Telecom Policy Publication
Responding to the growing need in the telecom industry for improved guidance on regulatory and policy issues, PBI Media today launches Telecom Policy Report. This weekly newsletter is tailored to […]
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Cornerstone Extends Bandwidth Agreement With SES Americom
SES Americom, an SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG] unit, has signed a multi-year agreement with Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Cornerstone TeleVision Network to lease C-band capacity on AMC-4 to distribute its religious programming […]
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PanAmSat Extends Contracts With Broadcasters
PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] recently expanded its North American operations through long-term and multi-year contracts with Starz Encore, Rigler Deutsch and HDNet. PanAmSat’s contracts with the three companies support the delivery […]
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Belgacom Selects SkyStream’s Mediaplex Router
Belgacom will use SkyStream Networks‘ Mediaplex 20 video services router to deliver Internet and streaming services via satellite to its business customers, especially Internet service providers. Belgacom is a Belgian […]
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Newell Named Account Manager at EMS’ SATCOM
Stephen Newell has been named senior account manager at EMS Technologies‘ SATCOM Aeronautical Group in Ottawa, Ontario. Newell will represent EMS’ products to Gulfstream Aerospace, the U.S. military and other […]
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Helius Signs Globecomm To Expand Satellite IP Availability
Satellite communications products provider Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM] (Hauppauge, N.Y.) has joined Helius‘ strategic alliance program. Helius (Lindon, Utah) provides satellite broadband routing. The Helius program integrates products and services […]
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ESA, Japan’s NASDA Complete Data Relay Tests
The European Space Agency‘s experimental satellite Artemis has successfully transmitted data from the Japanese earth observation satellite Adeos II, ESA announced Monday. ESA and Japan’s National Space Development Agency (NASDA) […]
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Harris Gets $3.2M Contract To Upgrade NOAA System
Harris Corp. [NYSE: HRS] (Colorado Springs, Colo.), which supplies satellite communications equipment and integrated network control and support systems, landed a $3.2 million contract with Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS] to […]
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XM Delivers Big For Wall Street
XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] has turned meeting expectations into a habit that is welcomed by Wall Street. The Washington-based satellite radio services company did it again last week when […]
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Loral Seeks To Stem Financial Slide
New York-based Loral Space & Communications [NYSE: LOR] appears to have taken more than its share of financial lumps during the 2002 fourth quarter, based on results the company released […]
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ITSO’s Broadband Initiative For Have-Nots
The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) has launched an initiative to bring broadband via satellite to less developed regions of the globe. ITSO was formed during the privatization of Intelsat […]