E-letter: Briefs

Unlimi-Tech Software Inc. has announced its introduction of FileCatalyst 2.0 to offer broadcasters, carriers, telecoms, post-production houses and digital delivery or system integration companies a software-based product to provide maximum […]

A payload of 14 satellites was delivered on April 17 in the first launch of a Dnepr rocket since a July 2006 failure, Russian officials reported. Egyptian, Saudi and U.S. […]

Symmetricom Inc., a provider of precise-time and frequency technologies to accelerate deployment and enable management of next-generation networks, rolled out its 9900 series of hybrid space crystal oscillators comprised of […]

GlobeCast successfully provided the first-ever live, high-definition (HD) contribution service from Saint Peter’s Square to Centro Televisivo Vaticano (CTV), the official television station of the Vatican, GlobeCast announced April 19. […]

Homeland Integrated Security Systems Inc. (HISC) has received final regulatory approvals on its patent-pending Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Cyber Tracker, HISC announced April 19. Regulatory approvals were required […]

Globalstar Inc. is anticipating a May 21 launch window for the first of its four first-generation ground spare satellites to be lofted, the company announced April 18. The four satellites, […]

Radyne Corp. has received follow-on orders for more than $6.7 million for Ka-band power amplifiers and DM-240 satellite modulators to be used in DirecTV’s high-definition (HD) TV expansion. All of […]

Phoenicia Group Libya, a U.S.-Libyan diversified business and consultancy group, announced April 18 its plans to offer BGAN satellite Internet solutions to corporate and government clients across Libya, marking the […]

Hughes Network Systems signed a contract with TerreStar Networks Inc., a majority owned subsidiary of Motient Corp., to design, develop and manufacture a turnkey satellite base station subsystem (S-BSS) and […]

Premiere will suspend the marketing of Arena (Bundesliga and sports content) while a Federal Cartel Office (FCO) investigation takes place into the deal between Unity Media, Premiere and Arena announced […]

Digital+, Sogecable’s Spanish DTH platform, ended the first quarter of 2007 with nearly 2.1 million subscribers, having added a net 21,000 subscribers in the quarter to the end of March. […]

Cerona Networks Corp., a portfolio company of Republic Financial Corp.’s private equity group, has received additional funding, the company announced April 18. A Series-B financing round is being provided to […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced April 18 the appointment of Larry D. Haughey as group vice president for its government sector. Haughey will lead the company’s sales and marketing initiatives […]

The Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) team of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman has demonstrated the functionality of its Next-Generation Processor Router (NGPR) in a comprehensive test conducted by the U.S. […]

ViaSat Inc. has received orders for its LinkWay 2100 IP modems and LinkWay Network Management Systems from General Dynamics C4 Systems and TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS), ViaSat announced April 17. […]

DigitalGlobe will provide Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., with high-resolution imagery for Garmin’s new BlueChart g2 line of highly detailed cartography, DigitalGlobe announced April 16. BlueChart g2 […]

Beam Communications Ltd. has received a $3.5 million order from Telstra Corp. for Iridium-based satellite communications systems, Iridium announced April 17. The primary component, a Beam remote satellite terminal, emulates […]

Scopus Video Networks, a digital video networking provider, and Neotion, a technology provider for digital TV, announced April 16 that Neotion’s MPEG-4 conditional access module has been integrated with Scopus’ […]

Cerona Networks Corp. is rolling out the SkyDSR digital satellite router, its initial DVB-S2 product, Cerona announced April 16. The robust digital satellite router is designed to serve corporate private […]

Norsat International Inc. has unveiled its next-generation family of ultra-portable satellite newsgathering terminals, the company announced April 17. Packaged in rugged, wheelable, self-contained cases to comply with International Air Transport […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,203,490 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, MSV announced April 17. The patent describes and claims systems and methods […]

Globecomm has introduced SkyBorne Enterprise to integrate cost-effective IPTV broadcast technology into enterprise networks, Globecomm announced April 17. Designed to provide satellite-based IPTV content acquisition and management, subscriber management, packaging […]

GlobeCast is adding two Bosnian channels, BosTel and NTV Hayat, to expand the offerings on its WorldTV service, the company announced April 16. An aggregator and distributor of international television […]

Intelsat and Arqiva have signed a multi-year, multi-million-dollar contract for satellite capacity to carry digital programming after the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC)’s digital switchover, Intelsat announced April 17.   Intelsat […]

Kyle Private Networks has selected Microspace Communications Corp.’s Velocity digital-signage satellite system to power DrinksTV, a digital signage network for beverage retailers, Microspace announced April 17. DrinksTV.com is a multimedia […]

Orbit, the Middle East DTH operator, has signed a deal to kick-start its HD proposition, the company announced April 16. It has teamed with Zonemedia to launch the Voom HD […]

Patriot Antenna Systems has sold its 4.8 meter tri-fold Cassegrain trailer-mounted antenna system to PacSat, Patriot announced April 16. PacSat will utilize the antenna for its state-of-the-art, high-definition (HD) broadcast […]

Spaceconnection Inc. signed a definitive agreement with Intelsat for global occasional use space segment capacity, Intelsat announced April 16. Spaceconnection is extending its relationship for space segment capacity to support […]

Global content-management and broadcast distributor GlobeCast selected Intelsat’s IS-9 and IS-904 satellites for distributing all 51 matches of Cricket World Cup 2007, Intelsat announced April 16. GlobeCast reportedly chose Intelsat’s […]

Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, has introduced its new advanced program receiver (Model D9854), Scientific Atlanta announced April 16. The receiver is designed for widespread flexibility to service providers through […]