E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 03-13-09] Norsat International Inc. reported a 10 percent increase in revenues, which jumped from $16.5 million in 2007 to $18.1 million in 2008, according to its financial report...

[Satellite Today 03-13-09] Harmonic Inc., a provider of broadcast and on-demand video delivery solutions, completed its acquisition of Scopus Video Networks Ltd. for $5.62 per share in cash, Harmonic announced...

[Satellite Today 03-13-09] EADS Astrium revenues increased by 21 percent to 4.2 billion euros ($5.3 billion), driven by contributions from all three of its business units and a focus on...

[Satellite Today 03-12-09] Bourbon, a French marine services group, has chosen Orange Business Services for the modernization of the communications system for its fleet of 150 vessels, Orange announced March...

[Satellite Today 03-12-09] Sirius XM Radio added about 83,000 new subscribers at the end of the year, well short of the 1.1 million subscribers the company added in the fourth...

[Satellite Today 03-12-09] Thales Alenia Space has won a contract with JSC ISS-Reshetnev Co. to supply the Telkom-3 communications satellite payload, the company announced March 11.     ISS is the...

[Satellite Today 03-12-09] AsiaSat will deregister from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and terminate its reporting obligations, the company announced March 10.     AsiaSat delisted its American depositary...

[Satellite Today 03-12-09] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) completed a full mission-duration firing of its Merlin vacuum engine March 7 at SpaceX’s test facility in McGregor, Texas, the company announced...

[Satellite Today 03-12-09] ComDev reported a 26 percent increase in revenue in its first quarter of 2009, at $56.5 million compared to $44.9 million in 2008, the company announced March...

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] TeamCast is releasing Power4-T2, the first version of its DVB-T2 modulator, the company announced March 10.     The company said the solution had just completed DVB-T2 testing,...