E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 06-11-09] Triveni Digital named Magna Systems & Engineering an new international dealer for Triveni’s products throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Triveni said June 10.     Magna, based in Australia,...

[Satellite Today 06-11-09] Euroconsult, the French satellite consulting firm, forecasts that nearly 1,200 satellites will be built and launched for the period 2009-2018, an increase of about 50 percent compared...

[Satellite Today 06-10-09] EchoStar Satellite Services signed agreement to deliver its ViP-TV video transport service to KPU Telecommunications, a provider of telecommunications and video services to a city of approximately...

[Satellite Today 06-10-09] KCPS Satellite Communications Limited Partnership has launched a tender offer to purchase 2 million shares of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. for $3.65 per share, KCPS announced June...

[Satellite Today 06-10-09] Integral Systems signed a deal with Orbital Sciences Corp. to primary and backup satellite command and control systems for Koreasat-6, Integral Systems announced June 8.     Integral...

[Satellite Today 06-10-09] TerreStar Networks Inc. has pushed the launch of the TerreStar-1 satellite from late June into early July to perform further testing of the S-band payload, the company...

[Satellite Today 06-10-09] The U.S. Air Force is terminating for convenience the Transformational Satellite Communications System (T-Sat) Mission Operations System contract with Lockheed Martin, the Air Force announced June 8....

[Satellite Today 06-10-09] C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. and Thaicom PCL will cooperate to develop the mobile satellite market in Asia, C-Com announced June 9.     C-Com’s iNetVu auto-deploying mobile satellite...

[Satellite Today 06-09-09] Eutelsat is increasing the speed of its satellite broadband service, Tooway, the company announced June 8.     At the beginning of July, the speed of the Tooway...

[Satellite Today 06-09-09] BBC Worldwide signed a distribution deal with GlobeCast for delivery of international channel BBC Prime, Globecast announced June 8.     The channel will be distributed via GlobeCast’s...