E-letter: News Feed

[Via Satellite 10-29-2015] Hispasat has implemented a connectivity solution for audiovisual services and Internet access on an AVE train, part of Spain’s high-speed rail system. This pilot project began at […]

[Via Satellite 10-29-2015] Telecommunications operator Entel Bolivia has deployed an integrated headend solution from Harmonic to power its Direct-Broadcast Satellite (DBS) service. Harmonic is supplying its Electra encoders for MPEG-4 […]

[Via Satellite 10-28-2015] The October/November issue of Via Satellite Magazine is out, and in it we take a look at ways satellite is being used in the energy sector, broadcasting […]

[Via Satellite 10-28-2015] Globalstar and first responder communications specialist Disaster Tech Lab are working together to assist the victims of the European and Middle East refugee crisis by dispatching satellite communications […]

[Via Satellite 10-28-2015] Eutelsat announced an agreement with Thales Alenia Space for a new High Throughput Satellite (HTS) based on the Spacebus Neo platform. The all-electric satellite is planned for […]

[Via Satellite 10-28-2015] Lifestyle content producer Scripps Networks Interactive has signed a strategic agreement with SES to expand and migrate its North American distribution platform to a pair of SES […]

[Via Satellite 10-28-2015] NASA has selected the Chair and Professor of Ohio State’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Joel Johnson to lead an agency program to help mitigate the […]

[Via Satellite 10-27-2015] After losing a satellite deal earlier this summer due to the lack of Export Credit Agency (ECA) support, Orbital ATK clenched a new order for a geostationary […]

[Via Satellite 10-27-2015] Boeing has received a satellite order from New York Broadband (NYBB) to construct a satellite on its Boeing 702 platform to serve mobile users in China, India […]

[Via Satellite 10-27-2015] In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) provider Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) has doubled its satellite capacity from SES through a new multi-year, multi-transponder agreement. During the past two […]

[Via Satellite 10-27-2015] Lepton Global Solutions has launched a managed satellite network service in the North Pacific for Lepton and Eutelsat’s enterprise and government customers. The service will provide a secure satellite network […]

[Via Satellite 10-27-2015] Lockheed Martin has awarded a five-year follow on contract to battery manufacturer Saft for Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries to use in telecommunications satellites. Through the multi-million dollar long-term […]

[Via Satellite 10-26-2015] AT&T is already seeing the benefits of its merger with U.S. satellite pay-TV giant DirecTV. The telco completed the acquisition in July, after agreeing to certain four-year […]

[Via Satellite 10-26-2015] Globalstar subsidiary Globalstar Europe Satellite Services, along with wireless partner Ovinto, are equipping Sabic’s European fleet of 500 rail tank cars with Ovinto Sat Machine-to-Machine (M2M) satellite-based […]

[Via Satellite 10-26-2015] IsoTropic Networks has expanded its service offerings through the Hunter Beam on the Eutelsat 115 West B satellite. The Hunter Beam is from Hunter Communications, which has […]

[Via Satellite 10-26-2015] Yahlive has signed a one-transponder capacity deal with Adriatic Tours, owner of Alpha One RTV Network, and reached a collaborative agreement to broadcast channels to the Balkan […]

[Via Satellite 10-26-2015] Bollywood film and television network B4U has increased the number of channels broadcasting on AsiaSat 7 with the addition of B4U Movies Asia Pacific. B4U currently broadcasts […]

[Via Satellite 10-23-2015] Phasor has completed the technology for its flat, Electronically Steered Antenna (ESA), and is now shifting into a new stage focused on making its products ready for […]

[Via Satellite 10-23-2015] Intelsat elected Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Stephen Spengler to the company’s board of directors, effective Oct. 22, 2015, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Denis […]

[Via Satellite 10-23-2015] Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) has entered into an agreement with Hughes Network Systems to use the company’s Jupiter System HT Aero Modem to power GEE’s next-generation aeronautical […]

[Via Satellite 10-23-2015] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received $5 million in incremental funding from the U.S. Army for sustainment of the AN/TSC-198A SNAP (Secret Internet Protocol Router (SIPR) and Non-classified Internet Protocol Router (NIPR) Access Point) […]

[Via Satellite 10-23-2015] Comtech EF Data has expanded its LPOD Block Up Converter (BUC) product family with the introduction of two new models, the 300-Watt LPOD and the 16-Watt LPOD-R. […]

[Via Satellite 10-22-2015] German entrepreneur Matthias Spott is developing a European network of small communications satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) using a revamped constellation project from the 1990s. The […]

[Via Satellite 10-22-2015] EMC has increased its leadership team, adding Tom Severson as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Bill Madden as Senior Vice President (SVP) of product development, and John Finney, […]

[Via Satellite 10-22-2015] Inmarsat and Intellian have reached a deal with Eukor Car Carriers, one of the world’s largest shipping companies specializing in the transportation of cars and other rolling cargo, […]

[Via Satellite 10-22-2015] AsiaSat has launched 4K-SAT, the operator’s first Ultra-HD television channel, at 122 degrees east on AsiaSat 4. This new Ultra-HD channel will be available Free-to-Air (FTA) across […]

[Via Satellite 10-22-2015] DigitalGlobe announced that L. Roger Mason Jr. will join the company’s board of directors, effective immediately. He succeeds Martin Faga, who has served on the DigitalGlobe board since January 2013 and the […]

[Via Satellite 10-21-2015] U.K.-based telecommunications network operator Talia is waiting before making any new purchases of satellite capacity due to instability in pricing. Alan Afrasiab, CEO of Talia, told Via […]

[Via Satellite 10-21-2015] Space Systems/Loral (SSL) confirmed Oct. 20 that the company received a contract to build the joint satellite Azerspace 2/Intelsat 38 for Azercosmos and Intelsat, respectively. The satellite will be […]

[Via Satellite 10-21-2015] Cobham Satcom, in response to heavy rains in South Carolina in the U.S., has redirected the demonstration SUV for the company’s first Explorer 8100 VSAT system in […]