E-letter: Briefs

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] The Ultra-HD Forum, a global organization defining industry best practices for technologies to enable Ultra-HD, has released its first phase of industry guidelines on end-to-end workflows for […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency-Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DISA-DITCO) has awarded a Comsatcom Transponded Capacity (CTC) task order to UltiSat to provide Ku bandwidth capacity […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] Launch provider Arianespace increased its turnover by 2.4 percent in 2015, growing to $1.623 billion (1.433 billion euros) over last year’s record of $1.585 billion (1.399 billion […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] SES and Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) announced further significant Ku-band capacity agreements to bring more In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) bandwidth to regions where air traffic is growing at […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] Ultra-HD continues to grow in popularity, and some of the first full commercial satellite channels have launched over the past few months. According to Statista, 4K television […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] OneWeb Satellites has chosen Florida in the United States as the location for the company’s final assembly line for the mass production of nearly 900 satellites for […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] Emergency telecoms first responder Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) has deployed to Ecuador to provide emergency support following the recent April 16 earthquake. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake, as registered […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] Tribune Broadcasting, a TV station operator reaching more than 50 million households in the United States, has selected DTV Innovations’ high-definition video encoder with internal modulator to […]

[Via Satellite 04-19-2016] ALi Corporation, a Set-Top Box (STB) chipset provider, and DishTV, Asia’s largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator, have entered a strategic partnership to enhance existing DTH operations and target […]

[Via Satellite 04-19-2016] SES announced the first phase of Content Delivery Network (CDN) development at Rutgers University’s School of Engineering to demonstrate and measure the effectiveness of SES’s CDN overlay […]

[Via Satellite 04-19-2016] Inmarsat is performing its first transcontinental live demonstration of Global Xpress (GX) broadcast capabilities during the NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev. The demonstration features a live […]

[Via Satellite 04-19-2016] NSSLGlobal, a satellite communications services provider, has acquired the majority shareholding in Marine Electronics Solutions (UK Electronics Solutions), a specialist in installation, maintenance, supply and development of […]

[Via Satellite 04-19-2016] Intelsat announced that Encompass Digital Media, a technology services company delivering end-to-end video solutions to broadcast and media companies, has renewed and expanded its contract using Intelsat’s […]

[Via Satellite 04-19-2016] The satcom division of Communications & Power Industries (CPI) has received a contract valued at more than $1 million from a major European integrator and systems provider […]

[Via Satellite 04-18-2016] Spacecom, operator of the Amos satellite fleet, and Encompass Digital Media, announced a new joint European TV distribution platform. The joint service will be distributed throughout the […]

[Via Satellite 04-18-2016] The FAA has provided Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for ViaSat to install its Ka-band satellite antenna and radome on Airbus A320 aircraft. The certification, coupled with […]

[Via Satellite 04-18-2016] Globalstar Europe Satellite Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc., and Isle of Man-based Manx Telecom, have partnered to develop EMN, a new multiple technology communications system […]

[Via Satellite 04-18-2016] Ateme announced that FranSat, Eutelsat’s satellite TV bouquet in France, broadcast the Vienna Opera ballet “Le Corsaire” live in Ultra High Definition (Ultra-HD) on April 2, in partnership with Arte […]

[Via Satellite 04-18-2016] Efficient Power Conversion (EPC), provider of enhancement-mode Gallium Nitride (GaN) power transistors, has signed an agreement with Freebird Semiconductor Corporation to develop products for use in high reliability, space, […]

[Via Satellite 04-18-2016] Inmarsat has granted full type approval for Skyware’s Atom 99 terminal, for use over its high-speed broadband service, Global Xpress (GX). Skyware’s Atom 99 terminal will enable […]

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] BBC World News, a leading global news TV channel, has renewed and expanded its contract with Intelsat to use multiple video neighborhoods and the IntelsatOne terrestrial network […]

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] SES Government Solutions (SES GS) is the sole winner of the two U.S. government Trojan follow-on contracts awarded as Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) with a five-year period […]

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] Beijing Marine Communication & Navigation Company (MCN), partner of Inmarsat and Cobham Satcom has won the largest Inmarsat Fleet Xpress installation project to date, with Nanjing Tanker Corporation (NTC) […]

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] Advantech Wireless has launched a new family of advanced Single Channel Per Carrier (SCPC) modems with bi-directional throughputs ranging from 100Kbps to 850Mbps and carrier echo cancellation […]

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] Spanish telecommunications satellite operator Hispasat, in collaboration with Cellnex Telecom, has expanded the number of Atresmedia television channels it currently distributes across the Americas through its Hispasat […]

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) plans to implement a $2 million award to UrtheCast from the Space Technologies Development Program STDP. The Contribution Agreement (CA) is to […]

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] Commercial aircraft connectivity markets are forecasted to reach retail revenues of $4.6 billion by 2025, according to Northern Sky Research’s (NSR) recent report, “Aeronautical Satcom Markets, 4th […]

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] DEV Systemtechnik, a Quintech company, announces that its Archimedes L-band Matrix Switch now comes with an Integrated Spectrum Analyzer (ISA) option, which offers cable head-end operations managers […]

[Via Satellite 04-14-2016] Rocket Lab has successfully completed the qualification of the entire second stage of the Electron launch vehicle. According to the company, the second stages are running at […]

[Via Satellite 04-14-206] Alpha Satcom Inc. (ASI), a provider of satellite ESA solutions, has selected Walton De-Ice, a designer and manufacturer of satellite Earth Station Antenna (ESA) weather protection solutions, […]