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DirecTV has released its earnings for the third quarter 2012, reflecting its dispute with Viacom as well as its U.S. additions of soft subscribers due to the pay-TV market saturation, […]

Intelsat has agreed to provide satellite connectivity and C-band capacity on the Intelsat 1R satellite at 310 degrees East to Grupo Chilefilms for a new digital cinema distribution network to […]

Spanish-language broadcaster Grupo Televisa SAB enjoyed a significant 41 percent increase in its 2012 third-quarter profit compared to the same period last year thanks to a healthy boost of new […]

Telespazio Brasil S.A. has signed a long-term capacity agreement with SES to expand its corporate and government networks across Brazil, SES announced.    Telezpazio will utilize the new SES-4 satellite’s […]

Worldwide pay-TV yearly service revenues will grow from $223 billion reported at the end of 2011 to $236 billion by the end of 2012, according to a research report published […]

The Indian Space Research Organization announced its plans to launch its heavy-lift Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV).

Arianespace has started preparations for its first heavy-lift flight of 2013 carrying the Amazonas 3 and Azerspace/Africasat-1 telecommunications satellites.

Arianespace launched its 52nd Ariane 5 launch via an Ariane 5 ECA launcher from Kourou, French Guiana Nov. 10, orbiting the telecommunications satellites Eutelsat 21B for European operator Eutelsat and Star […]

All of Globalstar’s six satellites scheduled for launch in early February are now at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, completed when the final two satellites arrived at the launch complex Dec. 9

Gilat Satcom has partnered with XipLink to accelerate web-surfing speeds and satellite communications throughput.

Russian Proton heavy-lift rocket suffered a failure during launch, delivering Gazprom Space System’s telecommunication satellite into a lower orbit than desired.

OnAir’s inflight connectivity is now a linefit option for Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir to be equipped with Dassault’s Falcon 7X and available for 2014 delivery.

[Satellite TODAY 12-10-12] Portugal’s Upstar Comunicacoes has chosen Nevion to upgrade their existing video transport infrastructure with greater channel capacity, longer distance transport and increased redundancy, the company announced Dec. […]

Gokturk-2 is Turkey’s second homemade earth observation satellite and is scheduled to launch Dec. 19 from the Chinese Jiuquan Base.

Iran’s oil tankers are sending incorrect satellite signals to global tracking systems to conceal their voyages to Syria.

North Korea announced it plans to delay the launch of a long-range rocket to orbit a satellite originally scheduled to take off between December 10 and 22, 2012.

NASA released high-quality images of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula that suddenly erupted after being dormant for 36 years.

[Satellite News 12-07-12] (London, United Kingdom) The Global VSAT Forum’s Ka-band roundtable assembly in London this week featured top speakers from regulators, legal firms, as well as satellite companies all […]

The new MapBox Satellite allows users to customize public domain satellite imagery through its platform.

Boeing selected Saft to provide Li-ion battery packs for four new 702SP communication satellites.

NASA released new images of Earth’s night scene from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite.

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-12] Direct-to-home (DTH) satellite broadcaster Vision Asia has chosen Telstra to provide its Australian and New Zealand viewers with managed satellite services, the companies announced Dec. 7. The […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-12] EchoStar subsidiary EchoStar Technologies and DISH will design, manufacture and sell new energy-efficient set-top boxes (STBs), the companies announced Dec 6. EchoStar is the exclusive provider of […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-12] GMV USA will provide Harris Corporation with its software product for the ground system of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series (GOES-R), the companies announced Dec. 7. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-12] Fire Watch America has been made a Space Certification Program Partner and is now authorized to carry the Certified Space Technology seal, the Space Foundation announced Dec. […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-07-12] Shaw Direct, which has over 900,000 DTH subscribers in Canada, is looking to bring a variety of new applications to its customer base in Canada. Shaw […]

The Space Foundation, a global nonprofit organization focused on space awareness and education, released a report this week about U.S. leadership in space.

A team of researchers from Ohio State University has suggested satellites as a new way to detect nuclear tests.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded two contracts to SpaceX in the latest move to foster competition in the country’s launch market.

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-12] ViaSat has implemented an Integrated Waveform Network Control Station (IW NCS) for the UK Ministry of Defense (MOD), the company announced Dec. 6. The IW is designed […]