E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 10-13-09] Keystone Enterprise Services is supplying turnkey satellite network services for a business television network that will deliver closed-circuit corporate events in HD to private dining rooms in […]

[Satellite Today 10-13-09] HD Plus, a subsidiary of SES Astra, will launch its HD+ service in Germany at the beginning of November, SES Astra confirmed Oct. 12.              The market […]

[Satellite Today 10-13-09] Harris Corp. received a potential three-year, $7.5 million contract to provide technical and support services for the U. S. Air Force Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) command and […]

[Satellite Today 10-13-09] Mid Europa Partners, a European private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of Bulgarian DTH operator Interactivni Tehnologii AD (ITV), Mid Europea said Oct. 9.             ITV […]

[Satellite Today 10-12-09] GlobeCast has deployed a new terrestrial video network for leading French broadcaster TF1 and its news channel, LCI, Globecast said Oct. 8. The five-year contract covers the […]

[Satellite Today 10-12-09] MSS operators reported increased revenues of about 8 percent in 2008 to more than $1.2 billion, Euroconsult announced. Inmarsat held a 51 percent market share in 2008, […]

[Satellite Today 10-12-09] Digicel is relaunching its satellite wireless broadband service in of Tonga using the Aptilo Carrier Wireless Service Management System, Digicel announced Oct 7.             The network uses […]

[Satellite Today 10-12-09] Norsat International Inc. signed a non-exclusive agreement for distribution, installation and service of C2SAT products, Norsat announced Oct. 9.             The agreement will add C2SAT stabilized antenna […]

[Satellite Today 10-12-09] DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 satellite was launched Oct. 8. aboard a Boeing Delta 2 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., DigitalGlobe announced.             The DigitalGlobe ground station received a […]

[Satellite Today 10-09-09] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has been chosen by Cable & Wireless Panama (C&W), Panama’s largest telecommunications operator, to provide a SkyEdge 2 network that will deliver broadband […]

[Satellite Today 10-09-09] Korea’s KT Corp. signed a multi-year agreement with Intelsat for capacity in Intelsat 17, Intelsat announced Oct. 8.             KT expects to use the capacity to deliver […]

[Satellite Today 10-09-09] Measat Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. signed an agreement with UTV Entertainment Television Ltd. for capacity on Measat-3a, the satellite operator announced Oct. 8.             The capacity will […]

[Satellite Today 10-09-09] Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) and Macau Special Administrative Region‟s public broadcaster, TDM, signed an agreement for television broadcasting service across more than 50 countries in […]

[Satellite Today 10-09-09] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. received orders totaling $33.4 million under its Movement Tracking System (MTS) contract with the U.S. Army, the company announced Oct. 7.             The […]

[Satellite Today 10-09-09]  Inmarsat and Satlink won a contract in Ireland to migrate fishing vessels from a paper logbook system to electronic recording and reporting in Europe, Inmarsat said Oct. […]

[Satellite Today 10-09-09] Boeing has been informed by the U.S. Air Force that the second Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite began operations Aug. 18, supporting warfights in the Middle East […]

[Satellite Today 10-08-09] SES Astra has surpassed 50,000 subscribers for its Astra2Connect satellite broadband service, the operator said Oct. 7.             The service was launched in early 2007 and is […]

[Satellite Today 10-08-09] The Satellite News article, “Top Pay-TV Execs Set to Battle for Malaysian Market Share,” should have said, “TM Vice President Jeremy Kung said that after completing trials, […]

[Satellite Today 10-08-09] Eutelsat Communications is distributing more than 100 HD channels following the addition of Sky Sport 1HD, the flagship channel of the latest HD package from the Sky […]

[Satellite Today 10-08-09] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) completed acceptance testing of the first and second stages of its Falcon 9 rocket, the company announced Oct. 5.             Testing at SpaceX’s […]

[Satellite Today 10-08-09] The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) approved a resolution requiring members’ passenger ships to be fitted with satellite tracking devices based on Iridium, Iridium said […]

[Satellite Today 10-08-09] Thuraya signed a distribution agreement with U.K.-based Global RadioData Communications, the company announced Oct. 7.             Thuraya provides advanced data services through its A-5 sized ThurayaIP terminal […]

[Satellite Today 10-08-09] SpeedCast Ltd. and Eutelsat Communication expanded coverage of their maritime solution across the Atlantic Ocean and the Americas, the companies announced Oct. 7. SpeedCast and Eutelsat launched […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-09] i-concerts, a dedicated live music channel, signed carriage agreements deals with Eutelsat and YouTube, which will be effective in mid-October, i-concerts announced Oct. 6.     Eutelsat’s Eurobird […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-09] Rockwell Collins signed a deal with the Dutch Ministry of Defense to provide Swe-Dish satcom terminals, the company announced Oct. 5.     Rockwell Collins will deliver 23 […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-09] The U.S. Department of Defense extended its contract with Northrop Grumman to further demonstrate a GPS-free inertial navigation system through September, the company announced Oct. 5.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-09] Satellite Holdings has changed the name of the recently acquired Raven Group to Skyware Global, Satellite Holdings announced Oct. 5.      Satellite Holdings and investment partners Granahan […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-09] RapidEye formed a strategic distribution partnership agreement with Taiwan-based Lotus.     Lotus was awarded exclusivity for RapidEye products in Taiwan.     “We are very excited about being […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-09] The Kudelski Group issued a new offer to acquire all outstanding Class A shares of OpenTV, a middleware and interactive services company, for $1.55 per share in […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-09] Malaysia, a country with around 25 million people, has seen its pay-TV landscape dominated by DTH operator Astro All Asia Networks (Astro). However, its dominance is likely […]