E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] ATIS has entered into a partnership with the Video Services Forum (VSF) to define additional IP video performance metrics, the organizations announced Feb. 22.     The partnership […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] Thuraya is launching a mobile satellite broadband starter package specifically designed for occasional-use Thuraya IP service customers, the company announced Feb. 21.     The Thuraya IP starter […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] Northrop Grumman is expanding its Salt Lake City facilities to increase the factory output of its defense and commercial navigation systems, the company announced Feb. 22.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] Hughes Network Systems unveiled its 9201-M2M universal SCADA IP terminal that operates over Inmarsat‘s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) satellite service, the company announced Feb. 23.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] Mobile satellite TV market revenues are projected to reach $11 billion by 2015, driven by the growing consumer demand for video content on an anytime, anywhere basis, […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] U.S. Broadband stimulus funds of $100 million specifically set aside for satellite projects in a U.S. Rural Utilities Services (RUS) and U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] SpaceX’s debut Falcon 9 launch vehicle is now vertical at its Cape Canaveral, Fla., launch facility, the company announced Feb. 22.     The Falcon 9 rocket was […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-22-10] Eutelsat’s W3B will be launched by Arianespace between August and September after Thales Alenia Space, the spacecraft’s prime contractor, renegotiated its previous launch arrangements with China in […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-22-10] Thales Alenia Space recorded a sharp increase in sales in 2009 with order intake reaching 1.6 billion euros ($2.17 billion), an increase of 17 percent compared to […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-22-10] Russian launch provider Kosmotras has postponed the launch of the European Space Agency‘s (ESA) CryoSat-2 satellite due to technical issues with the Dnepr rocket‚s second stage steering […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-22-10] Satellite telecommunications service provider BusinessCom has launched its Advantage IP VSAT service to provide coverage to Middle East and parts of Asia, the company announced Feb. 19. […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-22-10] Cobham Satcom’s 24-inch marine-stabilized antenna USAT 24 has received a full accreditation license from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Cobham announced Feb. 19.     The license […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-19-10] Network partners of the CASBAA-led Asia TV Advertising Coalition (ATAC) are promoting a TV marketing campaign targeted at regional advertisers and media agencies, CASBAA announced Feb. 18. […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-19-10] Com Dev data services subsidiary exactEarth signed a $1.4 million contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to provide space-based Automatic Identification System (S-AIS) data collected by […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-19-10] Orbital Sciences Corp. revenues dropped to $282.3 million in the fourth quarter, compared to $305.2 million in same period of 2008.     The company’s fourth quarter operating […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-19-10] Latens, a developer of middleware and software-based security solutions for IPTV and cable services, launched CAS 5, a software-only conditional access system (CAS) compatible with cable, DTH, […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-19-10] The European Anti-Piracy Association (AEPOC) appointed Philippe-Olivier Rousseau president, the association announced Feb. 17.      Rousseau replaces Jean Grenier, former director general of Eutelsat and executive leader […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-18-10] Verizon Wireless has signed an agreement with Skype to bundle Skype’s VoIP service with Verizon’s high-end 3G handsets models starting in March, Verizon announced Feb. 16.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-18-10] Italian state-owned broadcaster RAI is launching the Yes Italia channel on AsiaSat 5, AsiaSat announced Feb. 17.     The 24-hour channel will be available to Asia Pacific […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-18-10] A DirecTV injunction to temporarily halt Dish Network’s “Why Pay More” TV advertising campaign has been rejected by the U.S. District Court of Manhattan, N.Y., Dish Network […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-18-10] Arabsat believes that its success in 2009 is proof that the Middle East satellite market is resistant to the global economic downturn, CEO Khalid Balkheyour told Satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-18-10] TerreStar promoted President Jeffrey Epstein to CEO, TerreStar announced Feb. 17.     Following promotion, Epstein will remain president of TerreStar — a role he has served in […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-17-10] Orbcomm signed an agreement with trailer fleet solutions provider GE Transport International Pool (GE TIP) to provide data transmitting services from Orbcomm’s low-Earth orbit satellite network to […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-17-10] Korean DTH pay-TV service provider SkyLife has contracted Nagravision to supply its Nagra Media Access conditional access system (CAS) to secure SkyLife’s HD platform, Nagravision announced Feb. […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-17-10] Enensys unveiled a DVB-T2 end-to-end solution, demonstrating single frequency network (SFN) and multiple input single output (MISO) abilities, the company announced Feb. 16.     The Enensys solution […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-17-10] Madrid-based space company GMV has completed initial testing of the World Space Observatory Ultraviolet mission satellite ground segment, the company announced Feb. 16.     GMV was contracted […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-17-10] The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) is set to complete construction on the runway of its new horizontal launch facility, Spaceport America, NMSA announced Feb. 16.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-16-10] Solaris Mobile has unveiled the Solaris Mobile Pocket Gateway, an S-band mobile gateway device for smartphones, the company announced Feb. 15.     The pocket-sized S-band receiver, developed […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-16-10] Gilat Satellite Networks saw revenues decline to $56.6 million in the 2009 fourth quarter, down from $66.1 million in the same period in 2008, according to financial […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-16-10] SES is adopting training services from Global VSAT Forum (GVF) in order to help prevent RF interference (RFI), SES announced Feb. 15.     SES said the services […]