E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today – 2-7-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) has been awarded a patent that protects technologies relating to the reduction of interference, the company announced Feb. 6.      U.S. Patent […]

[Satellite Today – 2-7-08] German pay-TV operator Premiere is fighting a major security breach in Germany, the company said Feb. 6.     The operator, which has around 3.5 million subscribers, […]

[Satellite Today – 2-7-08] The wholesale average selling price of GPS-enabled handsets will fall under $200 by 2010, according to a new report by ABI Research.     Currently, most handsets […]

[Satellite Today – 2-7-08] Iridium Satellite has upgraded the satellite phones used by Russian cosmonauts at the International Space Station, the company announced Feb. 7.     Russian authorities are replacing […]

[Satellite Today – 2-6-08] Charlie Ergen, chairman  and CEO of Dish Network Corp. and EchoStar Corp., has replaced Carl Vogel as president of Dish Network, the company announced Feb. 5. […]

[Satellite Today – 2-6-08] BSkyB now has more than 8.8 million subscribers and more than 1.2 million broadband customers, the company announced Feb. 6. The U.K.-based pay-TV operator added more […]

[Satellite Today – 2-6-08] Spanish direct-to-home platform Digital+ added only 21,000 net subscribers in the fourth quarter to close 2007 with 2.1 million subscribers, the company announced Feb. 5.     […]

[Satellite Today – 2-6-08] Israel’s Starling Advanced Communications Ltd. and EMS Technologies Inc. signed an agreement to develop, manufacture and market a new satellite-based Ku-band airborne antenna system, Starling announced […]

[Satellite Today – 2-6-08] Hughes India has signed a contract to supply 10,000 broadband satellite terminals to Comat Technologies in India, Hughes announced Feb. 4.     The Hughes-Comat consortium won […]

[Satellite Today – 2-6-08] Bigelow Aerospace and Lockheed Martin are in talks to use Atlas 5 launch vehicles to supply crew and cargo to a Bigelow-built space complex, Bigelow announced […]

[Satellite Today -2-5-08] Streambox Inc. promoted Brian Raine to vice president of business development, the company announced Feb. 5.     Raine, who has worked in high-growth technology companies for 12 […]

[Satellite Today -2-5-08] Indian direct-to-home operator Tata Sky plans to introduce a personal video recorder (PVR) by the end of the year, the company announced Feb. 5.         The […]

[Satellite Today -2-5-08] ViaSat Inc. reported record quarterly revenues of $152.1 million in its 2008 third quarter, an increase of 22 percent, the company announced Feb. 5.     The government […]

[Satellite Today -2-5-08] Digital pay-TV provider NDS has extended its relationship with Viasat Broadcasting for the provision of VideoGuard conditional access, NDS announced Feb. 5.     The two companies also […]

[Satellite Today – 2-4-08] Integral Systems Inc. posted a 36 percent increase in revenue for the first quarter of 2008 to $37.3 million, the company announced Feb. 4. Net income […]

[Satellite Today – 2-4-08] The Rascom-QAF1 satellite has been moved into its final geostationary orbit at 2.85Ëš East, Thales Alenia Space announced Feb. 4.     The spacecraft carries 12 Ku-band […]

[Satellite Today – 2-4-08] Miteq Inc. has appointed Howard Hausman as president, the company announced Feb. 1.     Hausman will replace former President and CEO Arthur Faverio.     David Krautheimer […]

[Satellite Today – 2-4-08] Ross Video has appointed Santiago Sanchez as regional sales manager in Mexico, the company announced Feb. 4.     Sanchez will be responsible for developing new and […]

[Satellite Today – 2-4-08] Israeli satellite communications company SatLink Communications launched its new multi channel per carrier platform on Eutelsat‘s W2 satellite, the company said Feb. 4.     Uplinks are […]

[Satellite Today – 2-4-08] NewTec has released a new antenna  pointing systems intended to eliminate installation costs associated with broadband over satellite systems, the company announced Feb. 4.     Dubbed […]

[Satellite Today – 2-4-08] Northrop Grumman Corp. demonstrated the interface compatibility of the next-generation Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite using a U.S. Army user terminal, the company […]

[Satellite Today – 2-1-08] Andrew Corp. completed the sale of its satellite communications business to private equity firm Resilience Capital Partners, Andrew announced Dec. 31.     The business will be […]

[Satellite Today – 2-1-08] The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. upheld a $94 million ruling in favor of TiVo Inc. in its patent infringement […]

[Satellite Today – 2-1-08] XM Satellite Radio resolved a lawsuit brought by Sony BMG Music Entertainment over XM’s Pioneer Inno device, XM announced Feb. 1.     In May 2006, The […]

[Satellite Today – 2-1-08] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) will file an Investment Canada Act registration relating to its planned acquisition of the space businesses of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), ATK […]

[Satellite Today – 2-1-08] Avanti Communications reported a 60 percent increase in revenues for the six-month period that closed at the end of December, the company announced Jan. 31.     […]

[Satellite Today – 2-1-08] Craig Cooning has been named vice president and general manager of the Space and Intelligence Systems unit within Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems unit, the company announced […]

Comtech Receives Satellite Equipment Order From The U.S. Army Comtech Telecommunications Corp. received orders from the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command for satellite equipment.     Under the $17.7 million contract, […]

Iridium Names Chief Legal Officer Iridium Satellite named John Brunette chief legal and administrative officer.     Brunette who has 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, previously served as […]

Iridium Receives Approval For Air Traffic Safety Support Iridium Satellite will be able to provide Aeronautical Mobile Satellite (Route) Services for commercial aircraft on transoceanic flights.     The International Civil […]