E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] Measat Satellite Systems renewed an agreement with Celestial Movies Channel Ltd. to distribute Celestial Movies and Celestial Classic Movies on Measat-3, the Measat announced June 15.    ...

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] Eurovision and Eutelsat signed a pair of contracts for capacity on Eutelsat’s W2A satellite, the companies announced July 15.     Eurovision will use Ku-band capacity on the...

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] Vietnam Multimedia Corp. (VTC) signed a contract with Tandberg Television for encoding, multiplexing and modulation for 10 high-definition (HD) and 32 standard-definition (SD) channels simultaneously played out...

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] Thuraya signed a distribution agreement with Sharaf DG, one of the largest information technology and consumer electronics retailers in the United Arab Emirates, Thuraya announced June 14....

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] Boeing Satellite Systems received a $13.8 million contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for phase 2 of the Fast Access Spacecraft Testbed (FAST)...

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] Measat’s Measat 3A satellite is now at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan in final preparations for launch, the company said June 12. The Measat-3A satellite will add an...

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] Vislink appointed Chris Wilson general manager for the Asia-Pacific region, the company announced June 11.     Wilson will be based at Vislink’s regional headquarters in Singapore and...

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] EaglePicher Technologies named Rick Estus as vice president of operations, the company announced.     Estus will oversee all production operations across EaglePicher Technologies including manufacturing, engineering, supply...

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] M/A-CcomTechnology Solutions Inc. is introducing a family of surface mount broadband switches for test instrumentation, satellite and other wide frequency range applications, the company announced June 10....

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] Absolute Maritime Tracking Services (AMTS) is offering long-range identification and tracking through the Iridium satellite network, AMTS and Iridium Satellite LLC announced June 10.     AMTS, joint...