E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 12-09-08] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) won a contract with the Canadian Department of National Defense to continue broadcasting Canadian Forces Radio and Television (CFRT) to Canadian soldiers serving […]

[Satellite News 12-09-08] CapRock Communications signed a five-year contract with offshore drilling contractor Transocean to provide VSAT communications onboard Transocean’s offshore fleet, CapRock announced Dec. 9. The deal marks the […]

[Satellite Today 12-09-08] The Canadian government selected Stratos to provide products and Inmarsat broadband global area network (BGAN) services to all government departments, including the Canadian Department of National Defense, […]

[Satellite Today 12-09-08] On Call Communications has assumed management of the QuickSpot satellite bandwidth-on-demand service from Intelsat, On Call announced Dec. 9.     On Call will manage the marketing, sales, […]

[Satellite Today 12-09-08] Arinc Inc. and EADS Secure Networks North America, a subsidiary of EADS, have formed a strategic alliance to address growing market opportunities for advanced Land Mobile Radio […]

[Satellite Today 12-09-08] Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has developed a full-mold package low-noise, high-electron mobility transistor, the MGF4921AM, for low noise amplifiers in satellite digital radio reception systems, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) changed its name to SkyTerra, MSV announced Dec. 8.  MSV’s Canadian joint venture partner, Mobile Satellite Ventures (Canada) Inc., also is changing its […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Inmarsat will switch to a single dialling code, +870, for all its services by the end of 2008 as part of its One World, One Number project, […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Microspace Communications Corp. (Microspace), a distributor of digital cinema via satellite, delivered the 2009 season opening night performance of "Don Carlo" live in high definition from the […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Raytheon Co., Northrop Grumman Corp. and the U.S. National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System’s (NPOESS) integrated program office completed another phase of compatibility testing for the NPOESS […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Norsat International Inc. reported increased revenues in its 2008 third quarter 2008 of $4.9 million, up from $3.8 million in 2007, Norsat announced Dec. 6. Net earnings […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] The launch of the Hot Bird and W2M satellites for Eutelsat has been set for Dec. 20, Arianespace announced Dec. 8.     The launch will be Arianespace’s […]

[Satellite Today 12-5-08] The digital video recorder (DVR) market is seeing significant growth as satellite pay-TV operators face stiffer competition from terrestrial alternatives, according to IMS Research.     The DVR […]

[Satellite Today 12-5-08] BSkyB has launched Sky Player TV in the United Kingdom, the company announced Dec.4.     Sky Player TV is an online only subscription TV service offering live […]

[Satellite Today 12-5-08] Tandberg Television received contracts from South Korea’s KT and SK Broadband for equipment to support IPTV expansion, Tandberg announced Dec. 5.     KT, selected a Tandberg Television […]

[Satellite Today 12-5-08] SES Astra signed a deal to bring satellite broadband to the Dutch agricultural community, the company announced Dec. 5.     Under the agreement with LTO Commerce, the […]

[Satellite Today 12-5-08] Arrowhead Global Solutions, the government services division of CapRock Communications, has launched a managed network services based on commercial X-band satellites, Arrowhead announced Dec. 5.     To […]

[Satellite Today 12-04-08] StarHub, a pay-TV operator in Singapore, is using digital delivery service SmartJog for its file-based workflow to receive content for its newly launched cable video-on-demand platform, StarHub […]

[Satellite Today 12-04-08] The Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) has expanded the capabilities of its ground satellite control and monitoring system in an effort to deliver the new Express-AM44 and […]

[Satellite Today 12-04-08] APT Satellite President Cheng Guangren is not convinced that Ka-band satellites have much of a future in Asia.     “We cannot see much opportunity for Ka-band in […]

[Satellite Today 12-04-08] Raytheon Co. has appointed Lynn Dugle president of Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS), effective Jan. 1, the company announced Dec. 4.     Dugle succeeds Michael Keebaugh, […]

[Satellite Today 12-04-08] MySpace Mobile has entered the mobile video market with the launch of a beta version of a streaming video application for mobile phones, the company announced Dec. […]

[Satellite Today 12-04-08] Cyfrowy Polsat, a digital satellite pay-TV platform in Poland, has launched a mobile phone service, Rodzinna Telefonia Komorkowa (Family Cellular Telephony), based on its own telecommunications infrastructure […]

[Satellite Today 12-03-08] LXE, the wireless logistics computing business of EMS Technologies, signed an agreement with MCL Technologies giving the partners greater access to MCL software tools on LXE equipment, […]

[Satellite Today 12-03-08] Stratos Global Corp. has introduced ChatCard Online 5.0 to improve the order-processing performance of its ChatCard and eChatCard maritime crew calling services, the company announced Dec. 2. […]

[Satellite Today 12-03-08] Khrunichev has lost the Kazsat-1 satellite, the head of the Russian national space agency, Talgat Musabayev, announced to Russian press officials Dec. 2.     “The KazSat-1 satellite […]

[Satellite Today 12-03-08] Globecomm Systems completed a media processing center in New Delhi, India, providing program origination for Bharti Airtel‘s new DTH service, Globecomm announced Dec. 2.     The program […]

[Satellite Today 12-03-08] Thaicom signed a contract with Vietnam Telecom International (VTI) for capacity on the IPStar satellite, Thaicom announced Dec. 3.     The three-year agreement, valued at nearly $3.5 […]

[Satellite Today 12-03-08] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) signed a 10-year deal with Vizada Networks to provide antenna, hosting and network management services from TSB’s largest teleport, Nittedal, the companies announced […]

[Satellite Today 12-02-08] Link Research, a manufacturer within the Vislink Group, is expanding its operations in Singapore to accommodate growing sales and distribution for the Asia-Pacific region, the company announced […]