E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 04-15-10] Inmarsat has unveiled specifications, as well as pricing details, for its IsatPhone Pro handset, scheduled for release in June, the company announced April 13.     IsatPhone Pro, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-15-10] SES World Skies has signed a long-term, multi-transponder deal with Puerto Rico Telephone, which aims to bring DTH services to Puerto Rico, the company announced April 13. […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-15-10] Eutelsat has signed a five-year capacity contract with ACS Angola, a supplier of IT solutions and corporate network connectivity, Eutelsat announced April 13.     ACS Angola will […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-15-10] EchoStar Satellite Services has signed two reseller deals for its ViP-TV program, the company announced April 13.     The operator signed contracts with Fidelity Solutions, a provider […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-15-10] GlobeCast signed a three-year deal with French broadcaster France 24, GlobeCast announced April 13.     The deal aims to enable France 24 to expand coverage of its […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-14-10] NASA Administrator Charles Bolden told audience members at the 2010 Space Symposium that U.S. President Barack Obama’s new direction for NASA should be seen as a transformative […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-14-10] SES World Skies signed capacity deal with Wananchi, a new pay-TV platform in East Africa, the company announced April 13.     Wananchi will utilize three full transponders […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-14-10] Ericsson has signed a deal with ESPN to provide its 3-D channel with a complete standards-based video processing solution, featuring encoders and receivers for 3-D broadcasts, Ericsson […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-14-10] Value-added content protection solutions provider Nagravision has formed a business partnership with Korean DTH pat-TV service provider SkyLife that will see the companies combine technological efforts to […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-14-10] Gilat Satellite Systems has been contracted by Ethiopian Telecommunication Corp. (ETC), Ethiopia’s national telecom operator, to provide a broadband satellite communications network, Gilat announced April 13.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-14-10] GlobeCast has signed a new deal with Argentinean broadcaster Pramer to provide playout and origination from GlobeCast’s technical operations center in Sunrise, Fla., the company announced April […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-14-10] Arianespace has set up a task force to conduct a quality audit in the wake of problems with the SES Astra 3B and ComsatBw-2 launch, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-10] Newtec is set to launch its DualFlow solution, which aims to allow broadcasters to migrate to satellite IP-based operations through interfacing with both ASI and IP networks, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-10] Azzurro, a New York-based all-digital, HD-enabled video switching hub and T-VIPS, a video contribution and distribution solutions provider signed a partnership agreement to provide HD video connectivity […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-10] Norsat International has appointed Trevor Greene CFO effective immediately, the company announced April 12.     Greene replaces Eugene Syho, will remain at Norsat during a transition period […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-10] CET Teleport has appointed Matthew Ivey vice president of sales, the company announced April 11.     Ivey will be responsible to expand CET’s VSAT network services, teleport […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-10] Sky Brasil has expanded its HDTV service in Latin America based on Harmonic’s Electra 8000 multi-channel universal encoder, Sky Brasil announced April 12.     Sky Brasil launched […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-12-10] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received an additional $7.1 million in funding from the U.S. Army for the maintenance of its Secret and Non-secure Internet Protocol Router SNAP […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-12-10] MTN Satellite Communications signed an agreement with Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, an international shipping company based in Norway, to outfit its entire fleet with broadband VSAT equipment, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-12-10] Protesters from Thailand’s Red-Shirt anti-government movement broke into operator Thaicom’s satellite compound April 9 after a confrontation with the facility’s military security force, the operator announced.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-12-10] ND SatCom will introduce XWARP, a new IT solution that aims to offer their customers and service providers almost latency-free cloud computing software at the user’s front […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-12-10] Vislink is set to unveil its NewSwift LT vehicle-mounted satellite antenna for the mid-range satellite uplink and satellite newsgathering market, the company announced April 9.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-09-10] Marlink has introduced the Comtech Vipersat bandwidth and capacity management platform to its Sealink VSAT solution, the company announced April 8.     Marlink’s Sealink service customers will […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-09-10] After a year of economic uncertainty, the North American satellite broadband industry became the first region to top 1 million subscribers, with Western Europe likely to exceed […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-09-10] GlobeCast signed a playout and delivery services deal with Fashion One TV, GlobeCast announced April 7.     GlobeCast is providing playout and origination of Fashion One TV […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-09-10] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) adjusted its full-year sales projection down to about $4.8 billion from expectations of up to $4.875 billion, with an earnings shift due to better-than-expected […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-09-10] International Datacasting Corp, (IDC) appointed David Little to its board.     Little is a partner with Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, a Canadian national business law firm.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-09-10] Intelsat‘s Galaxy 15 satellite (G-15), located at 133 degrees West, experienced an anomaly on April 5, the operator announced April 8.     "There has been no immediate […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-08-10] Harris Corp. has completed operational testing of its AN/WSC-6G(V)9 satellite communications terminal for the U.S. Navy, the company announced April 7.     The completion of testing and […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-08-10] Roberts Communications Network (RCN) has contracted Newtec to upgrade its contribution network to an HD- and IP-based DVB-S2 solution using Newtec’s DualFlowTM technology, the company announced April […]