E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 01-21-09] Mexico is largely an untapped market when it comes to pay TV services, with less than 30 percent of the households subscribing, Steve Schaver, president of EchoStar […]

[Satellite Today 01-21-09] Proactive Communications Inc. (PCI) signed a $2 million contract negotiation with Australian-based operator NewSat to provide a unified communications solution to customers in Afghanistan, PCI announced Jan. […]

[Satellite Today 01-20-09] Sea Launch will launch the Intelsat 17 communications satellite for Intelsat late 2010, Sea Launch announced Jan. 19.     The launch is the first of five missions […]

[Satellite Today 01-20-09] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an order approving the transfer of Stratos Global’s FCC licenses to Inmarsat, the operator announced Jan. 19.     In December, […]

[Satellite Today 01-20-09] Intelsat selected KT Corp., a communications service provider for Korea and the Asia-Pacific region, to be a distribution partner for Intelsat’s network broadband global maritime service, Intelsat […]

[Satellite Today 01-20-09] Thuraya, a commercial agreement with Connect Telecom, a longstanding Thuraya distribution partner, to distribute its ThurayaIP service, the company announced Jan. 18.     Connect Telecom intends to […]

[Satellite Today 01-20-09] Glowlink released a new version of its flagship Model 1000 system, the company announced Jan. 19.     Version 2.11.1 introduces advanced data fusion technologies, alarm management tool […]

[Satellite Today 01-19-09] ERF Wireless and Schlumberger entered into an exclusive agreement for delivery of wireless broadband services throughout North America, the companies announced Jan. 15.     Under the contract […]

[Satellite Today 01-19-09] XM Canada named Synnex Canada the exclusive national supplier of aftermarket XM Satellite Radio products, XM Canada announced Jan. 15.     Under the agreement, Synnex Canada will […]

[Satellite Today 01-19-09] Raytheon Co. completed vibration testing on a sensor designed to monitor climate for three years from NASA‘s Glory satellite, expected to be launched later this year, Raytheon […]

[Satellite Today 01-19-09] Gazprom Space Systems selected Thales Alenia Space to deliver two Yamal 400 communication satellites, Gazprom announced Jan. 16.     The satellites will be built based on the […]

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] EchoStar Satellite Services signed an agreement with Vredes Inc. provide satellite services for emergency management and other remote location broadcast demands, EchoStar announced Jan. 15.     Vredes […]

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) has created the ATIS home networking forum, a centralized body responsible for comprehensively addressing home networking standards, ATIS announced Jan. […]

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] Thaicom has changed the name of one of its subsidiaries in Cambodia, the company announced Jan. 15.     Cambodia Shinawatra Company Limited (CamShin), a subsidiary of Shenington […]

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] RRSat been chosen to distribute two additional Russian-speaking channels, Smile of Child and Bridge TV, via Gascom‘s Yamal 201 satellite, RRSat announced Jan. 15.     RRsat already […]

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] ABI Research predicting strong growth in the global IPTV market over the next five years, as telcos look to turn up the heat on satellite and cable […]

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] DigitalGlobe and Aegis Technologies have released ImageScape, a 3-D satellite imagery solution that aims to provide governments, enterprises and developers with the capability to create simulations of […]

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] Canadian Satellite Radio Holdingsvreported a 2009 first quarter net loss of $25.2 million, compared to a loss of $12.9 million in the first three months of 2008, […]

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] GMV appointed Jesús Serrano CEO, the company announced Jan. 15.     Serrano, who has worked for the company since its inception, replaces former CEO Luis Mayo.     […]

[Satellite Today 01-15-09] Eutelsat turned down an invitation from the European Parliament to discuss the company’s termination of independent Chinese-language television network New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV), Reporters Without Borders […]

[Satellite Today 01-15-09] Norsat International has established an EMEA headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, the company announced Jan. 14.     Scheduled to open before the end of January, the company’s EMEA […]

[Satellite Today 01-15-09] The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted EchoStar and Dish Network’s request to reexamine the claims of TiVo’s Time Warp patent.     “We are pleased that […]

[Satellite Today 01-15-09] France Telecom (Orange) is launching a satellite-based Internet service in France, the company announced Jan. 12.     The offer is being launched through subsidiary NordNet and means […]

[Satellite Today 01-15-09] Zcom Networks has started negotiations to launch a satellite broadcasting station in Los Angeles, Zcom announced Jan. 14.     The company said it has begun talks with […]

[Satellite Today 01-15-09] NDS shareholders have approved the proposed transaction to take the company private, NDS announced Jan. 13.     If the transaction is completed, News Corp. and funds advised […]

[Satellite Today 01-15-09] L-3 Electron Technologies received combined orders totaling nearly $1 million for the development of a high-efficiency 600-watt Ka-band communications    helix traveling wave tube (TWT), L-3 announced […]

[Satellite Today 01-14-09] U-blox, a commercial GPS tracking technologies developer, has been selected to supply Xact Technology with high-performance GPS receiver modules for its new line of portable personal tracking […]

[Satellite Today 01-14-09] The first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO-1 satellite has entered a major flight software, spacecraft command and control operations test phase, developer Lockheed Martin announced Jan. 13. […]

[Satellite Today 01-14-09] Measat Satellite Systems signed a new high-definition (HD) capacity deal to distribute the All Sports Network HD channel via its Measat-3 satellite, Measat announced Jan. 12.     […]

[Satellite Today 01-14-09] Sidsa and Secuenzia have joined forces to develop a technology solution for a pay digital terrestrial television (DTT) service in Spain in 2009, the companies announced Jan. […]