E-letter: Briefs

Österreichischer Lloyd Ship Management (ÖLSM) is fitting its fleet of ships with Iridium satellite terminals, Iridium announced March 15. One Net Ltd. is supplying and installing the Sailor SC 4000 […]

Österreichischer Lloyd Ship Management (ÖLSM) is fitting its fleet of ships with Iridium satellite terminals, Iridium announced March 15. One Net Ltd. is supplying and installing the Sailor SC 4000 […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC latest generation Hughes 9250 mobile satellite terminal has been approved to operate over Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN), Hughes announced March 15. The unit is […]

Imagery satellite operator GeoEye has acquired M.J. Harden Associates Inc., a Mission, Kansas-based provider of digital aerial imagery and geospatial information products, GeoEye announced March 15. M.J. Harden, acquired from […]

SES New Skies received a contract from the Office des Postes et Telecommunications of French Polynesia (OPT) to provide Internet trunking services to the 118 islands constituting French Polynesia, SES […]

Digital TV penetration in the United Kingdom has reached 77 percent, according to a report from communications regulator Ofcom. In the fourth quarter, another million households went digital, bringing the […]

Turner Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS) has selected Eutelsat Communications to supply capacity and services for delivering three entertainment channels to cable networks in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg, Eutelsat announced […]

MultiChoice, a South Africa-based, direct-to-home (DTH) television provider, has selected Intelsat to support its mobile broadcast TV trial in the metropolitan areas of Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria and Cape Town, Intelsat […]

Telesat has been signed by the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Pakistan’s  national space agency, to assist in the procurement and 2010 launch of the Paksat-1R satellite […]

Wegener Corp.’s board of directors has formed a committee of independent directors to consider strategic and financial alternatives to boost shareholder value, the company announced March 13. The company has […]

Premiere Sky, a new subsidiary of German pay-TV operator Premiere, will launch an eponymous programming package in September, the company announced March 14 in Munich. Sold as an inexpensive package, […]

The Jan. 30 catastrophic failure of Sea Launch’s Zenit-3SL booster carrying the NSS-8 commercial communications satellite was caused by an engine failure, according to a commission of independent Ukrainian and […]

SES Astra, a subsidiary of SES, will launch its Astra-1L satellite onboard an Ariane 5 rocket, SES Astra announced March 14. The satellite, an A2100 AXS model built by Lockheed […]

For news and updates from Satcom Africa 2007, read Satellite Today’s blog about all the latest happenings in Johannesburg.

Kishore Shirekar has been named general manager for NDS India as conditional access and middleware vendor NDS aims for improved performance amid a potentially lucrative DTH market in India. Based […]

Hughes Network Systems is offering enterprise users nationwide broadband coverage with a choice of DSL and/or satellite technologies, the company announced March 13. Hughes has signed wholesale agreements with New […]

Arianespace placed two satellites into geostationary transfer orbit on March 11 after its dual launch of military communications satellite Skynet-5A for the British Ministry of Defense, and the civil communications […]

Shin Satellite’s subsidiary, Ipstar New Zealand, has signed a deal with BayCity Communications to become the exclusive national service operator (NSO) for Ipstar services throughout New Zealand. BayCity will be […]

DigitalGlobe, a provider of high-resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information, has opened a commercial business unit in Boston, the company announced March 12. The new office occasions the integration […]

Globalstar Inc., a provider of mobile satellite voice and data services, has completed hardware installation for its satellite packet data network, the company announced March 12. The work affects Globalstar […]

In reporting its 2006 numbers, Tandberg Television claimed total revenue earnings of $350.3 million with a gross margin of 57.8 percent. The company listed operating expenses of $128.7 million, with […]

Beginning today,  SatelliteToday.com will feature the latest news from Satcom Africa 2007. Be sure to check out the live blog for updates on all the happenings from Johannesburg.

End II End Communications has appointed Tariq Bhatty as regional representative for its clients in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, the Charlotte, N.C.-based company announced March 12.

In its newly released update of the “World Market Survey of Satellites to be Built & Launched by 2016 (11th edition),” Euroconsult expects governments around the world to launch a […]

As part of an in-theater, urgent operational requirement program, QinetiQ integrated in less than 12 weeks’ time a civil satellite communications system to British Ministry of Defense Joint Helicopter Force […]

Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a contract by Alcatel Alenia Space, Harris announced March 12. Harris will supply a 12-meter, commercial satellite antenna […]

Beginning March 13, SatelliteToday.com will bring you the latest news from Satcom Africa 2007. Be sure to check out the live blog for updates on all the happenings from Johannesburg.

In a March 9 research note, Credit Suisse analyst Bryan Kraft considers an AT&T move for EchoStar less likely, due to the increasing ramp-up of AT&T’s own TV service. AT&T […]

Globecomm Systems Inc., a global provider of end-to-end, value-added, satellite-based communications systems, has received a $9.7 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from a U.S. government customer, the company announced March […]

Major League Baseball and satellite provider DirecTV announced a seven-year agreement to continue carriage rights to the MLB Extra Innings subscription package of out-of-market games, and include the launch of […]