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[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-06-10] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled it will not reclassify broadband from “Information Service” to “Telecommunications Service,” under the U.S. Communications Act of 1934, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-10] Eutelsat has ordered a satellite from Thales Alenia Space to replace the W3B spacecraft, which was lost in October due to a propulsion leak, the operator announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-10] DirecTV expects to generate roughly $30 billion in annual sales and serve 30 million customers by 2013, DirecTV CEO Michael White said in a statement issued to […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-10] Ascent Media Corp.’s content distribution business will be sold to services operator Encompass Digital Media for about $113 million under a purchase agreement signed by the companies […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-10] The Sirius XM-5 satellite is ready for service, Sirius XM Radio announced Dec. 3.     The operator said that it completed all orbit-raising, deployments and in-orbit tests […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-03-10] Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) is targeting four markets in Scandinavia through a contract signed Dec. 1 with pay-TV operator Canal Digital to use the ADB-5720SX hybrid […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-03-10] Astrium and Thales Alenia Space will build two high-resolution reconnaissance satellites for the French Defense Ministry under a $1.1 billion contract issued to the manufacturers Nov. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-03-10] Camgian Microsystems selected machine-to-machine (M2M) specialist Orbcomm to provide a global communications platform for Camgian’s industrial asset monitoring solution, Camigan announced Dec. 2.    Camgian’s Quantum is […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-03-10] Newsat has won $2.8 million in new contracts from the military and enterprise sector organizations to provide satellite capacity delivering voice, data and video communications, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-03-10] Digital content security solutions provider Conax has entered a contract with Vietnam’s state-owned broadcaster VCTV to deliver a content protection solution to a VCTV cable operator subsidiary, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-03-10] Oil and gas industry managed communications provider RigNet was selected by Librestream, a mobile collaboration solutions provider, to re-sell its Onsight mobile collaboration system, RigNet announced Dec. […]

[Satellite News 12-03-10] Austrian utility company Bewag Group expects to double the subscriber base of its Total TV DTH platform in Croatia over the next 12 months, Bewag Group Management […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-02-10] Integral Systems’ Satcom Solutions Division was awarded more than $14 million in additional U.S. government, domestic and international contracts to provide satellite communications products, ground systems and […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-02-10] Video transport solutions provider Nevion has installed an end-to-end, video-over-IP solution for the CNBC TV channel in the Asia-Pacific region, Nevion announced Dec. 1.     Nevion partnered […]

[Satellite News 12-03-10] While the recently enacted NASA Authorization Act of 2010 provides the agency with much-needed support to reduce acquisition risks and implement new ways of conducting future operations, […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-02-10] The Russian Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications has approved its 2011 finance plans related to activities and development on various satellite projects, the Russian Satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-02-10] In an effort to augments its IP portfolio, Sensio Technologies has acquired Algolith’s video-processing IP technology and related patents, Sensio announced Dec. 1.     The purchase […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-02-10] Hughes Network Systems’ Indian subsidiary secured two managed network services contracts with a pair of Indian public sector banks, Hughes announced Dec. 1.     The first contract […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-02-10] ATK Launch Systems has won a $42 million contract extension with NASA, to continue to provide pre- through post-launch support through December 2011, ATK announced Dec. 1. […]

Globecomm Wins Ka-Band Contract from Hughes Globecomm Systems won an $18 million, five-year Ka-band infrastructure contract from Hughes Network Systems. Globecomm will design, install, and test multiple Ka-band Earth stations […]

CapRock, Tampa Microwave Combine Military Satcom Development Efforts CapRock Government Solutions has partnered with remote terminal solutions provider Tampa Microwave to deliver end-to-end military-grade satellite communications solutions. CapRock will integrate […]

Orbit Showtime Network Names CEO David Butorac has been named CEO of DTH operator Orbit Showtime Network. Butorac replaces Marc-Antoine d’Halluin, who stepped down at the end of September. Butorac […]

EchoStar Launches U.S. News Gateway Service EchoStar Satellite Services released its News Gateway delivery service, which uses a combination of the company’s U.S. fiber network and IP multicasting technologies to […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-01-10] Inmarsat has launched its handheld service, as well as the 176kbps streaming-rate BGAN service in Vietnam, the company announced Nov. 30.      Inmarsat Director of […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-01-10] Polish DTH operator N will launch what it claims to be Poland’s first regular 3-D TV service, nShow 3D, the company announced Nov. 29     The new […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-01-10] VSAT system integrator Nynex has installed Newtec’s FlexACM technology at the IABG teleport in Ottobrunn, Germany, to provide new coverage for the Middle East and Central Asia […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-01-10] C-Com Satellite Systems has received and shipped more than $1 million in iNetVu antenna system orders from Telespazio in Argentina and multiple resellers in Russia, the Canadian […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-01-10] The global DSL fixed broadband platform contributed nearly 60 percent of the sector’s total service revenues at the end of the 2010 third quarter, but  ABI […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-01-10] Three days before Via Satellite’s webinar, “Satellite Broadband on Airplanes: A New Era Set To Begin,” German airline Lufthansa has launched its broadband service, FlyNet, on long-haul […]