Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 02-24-11] Optimized bandwidth aggregation solutions provider Freedom Networks launched its ExpressBits program, which aims to reduce costs for network resellers deploying private and public cloud-customer solutions, the company...

[Satellite News 02-24-11] In 2009, Showtime Arabia and Orbit merged and created a join platform, OSN, now the dominant pay-TV service in the Middle East.     Under the direction of...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-24-11] DirecTV‘s fourth quarter 2010 revenues increased 11 percent to $6.62 billion compared to the same period in 2009, which helped the company generate net profits of...

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-11] Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) has approved a 3-D TV delivery system specification for frame compatible plano-stereoscopic 3-D services, the broadcasting consortium announced Feb. 22.     The system...

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-11] LightSquared closed its $586 million financing deal with UBS and JP Morgan to provide funds for general corporate purposes and support the construction of LightSquared’s 4G LTE-network,...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-23-11] The Canadian Department of National Defense (DND) has contracted Astrium Services to deliver AirPatrol airborne satcom terminals to support Canada’s Radar and Imaging for the Land/Littoral...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-21-11] Inmarsat expects to sign the launch contract for its Inmarsat-5 constellation fleet of three Ka-band satellites later this year to support the launch of its Global...

[Satellite TODAY 02-21-11] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) signed a deal with Spacecom to provide Ku-band capacity on the ABS-7 satellite, the satellite operator confirmed Feb. 21.     SpaceCom plans to...

[Satellite TODAY 02-21-11] Harmonic released its Omneon MediaPort 7000 series of video I/O modules for its Omneon Spectrum media server system, Harmonic announced Feb. 22.    The single, configurable MediaPort...

[Satellite TODAY 02-21-11] AVX Corp., a passive components and interconnect solutions manufacturer, has developed a multilayer capacitor chip series, UQCL, with new dielectric and internal electrode materials intended to allow...