E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-11] Sky Italia contracted video contribution and distribution solutions provider T-VIPS to deliver its TVG425 MPEG Transport Stream and the TVG450 JPEG2000 video gateways to the broadcaster, T-VIPS...

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-11] GlobeCast and Japan International Broadcasting (JIB) have launched NHK World HD on the Sky and Freesat platforms in the United Kingdom, the companies announced May 9. GlobeCast is...

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-11] Earth imagery solutions provider DigitalGlobe has entered into a cooperative agreement with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and German tourism company 3D RealityMaps to provide a range...

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-11] Gilat Satellite Networks was contracted by Optus Networks to provide, install, operate and maintain a SkyEdge 2 VSAT network for the Australian National Broadband Network Co.’s (NBN)...

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-11] Canadian information solutions provider MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed multi-year contracts totaling more than $1 million to supply oil field monitoring products to an unnamed...

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-11] RTV Slovenia has extended its Hot Bird satellite capacity contract with Eutelsat Communications for another 10 years, the operator announced May 6.              RTV Slovenia’s Hot Bird...

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-11] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has completed the installation of key ground station equipment for the Astrium-led Earth observation hub project at the International Space Innovation Center...

Starting this week, the editors at Satellite TODAY.com would like to present you with a list of what we found were interesting and relevant reads from the Web every Monday....

[Satellite TODAY 05-06-11] Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg chose to remain silent on a possible IPO or company sale after reporting a 6 percent increase in his company’s first quarter 2011...

[Satellite TODAY 05-06-11] Russian satellite broadcaster NTV Plus will enter the IPTV market and deploy Verimatrix’s IPTV Video Content Authority System (VCAS) on its wholesale network as the result of...