E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] Fujitsu Computer Products of America’s IP-9500 MPEG-4 AVC encoder now features DVB-S and DVB-S2, the company announced March 16.     Fujitsu said that the integration of DVB-S/S2 […]

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] NDS has secured a contract win with Comstar-United TeleSystems (Comstar), a subsidiary of Russian company Sistema, to supply a number of services, including content protection and a […]

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] Orbcomm reported a 34.4 percent increase in 2008 service revenues to $23.8 million, the company announced March 16.     The company also reported a 39.8 percent ($4.2 […]

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] The U.S. subsidiary of Telecomunicaciones Bantel C.A., a satellite communications provider in Venezuela, has upgraded to the advanced Hughes HN System platform in providing Ku-band broadband services […]

[Satellite Today 03-16-09] Newtec appointed Martin De Prycker to its strategic committee, which advises and assists the board with company policy and strategy, Newtec announced March 13.     De Prycker […]

[Satellite Today 03-16-09] SES Astra has increased the number of digital television-equipped homes reached by the Astra satellite system in Germany by 13.9 percent, SES Astra announced March 12. The […]

[Satellite Today 03-16-09] Ion Media Networks has signed a multiyear distribution agreement with SES Americom to launch a suite of television networks in HD, Ion announced March 12. Ion HDTV […]

[Satellite Today 03-16-09] Boeing and the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command/Army  Forces Strategic Command have launched a joint research and development effort to coordinate and fuse multiple types […]

[Satellite Today 03-16-09] Boeing and the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command/Army  Forces Strategic Command have launched a joint research and development effort to coordinate and fuse multiple types […]

[Satellite Today 03-16-09] Unique Broadband Systems (UBS) and Abertis Telecom have deployed a pilot network using digital video broadcasting equipment based on the DVB-SH standard, UBS announced March 12. During […]

[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 03-13-09] Networkfleet Inc. has made high-resolution satellite and hybrid maps available to its flagship Networkfleet wireless fleet management system, the company announced March 11.     Networkfleet combines GPS […]

[Satellite Today 03-13-09] Uplogix, a provider of secure remote management solutions, named Transcendent Global Networks LLC a channel partner with a focus on satellite and energy markets, Uplogix announced March […]

[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 03-12-09] 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 03-11-09] 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, […]

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] Swe-Dish Satellite Systems unveiled its FA120KS Fly-Away satellite communications terminal with multi-band capability, the company announced March 10.     The FA120KS is being marketed for voice, video […]

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] Twenty First Century Systems (21CSI) has entered into an agreement with Infoterra to become the U.S. distributor of its satellite based synthetic aperture radar TerraSAR-X services, 21CSI […]

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC), in partnership with its Australian-based distributor, OmniCast, received an order from Global Vision Networks for the provision of a digital cinema broadband distribution […]

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] Thuraya has launched a satellite-based Public Calling Office (PCO) service in Zambia and Cameroon, the company announced March 10.     Thuraya’s PCO is a telephone unit providing […]

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] Raytheon, along with Northrop Grumman and the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Integrated Program Office have deployed and demonstrated the ground segment’s interface data processing […]

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] Orbcomm’s two-way satellite data communications services have been authorized for use in Greece, Albania and Latvia, the company announced March 9.     The company said the increase […]

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has delivered the first two suites of equipment for the Kanopus-type satellite platforms to VNIIEM in Russia, the company said March 6. […]

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] SkyTerra appointed Gary Epstein as executive vice president of law and regulation, the company announced March 9.     Epstein will be responsible for the legal, legislative and […]