E-letter: News Feed

While a global economic credit crunch has affected many industries and many countries grapple with debt problems, the satellite industry continues to perform well, although growth was slowed in 2009. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-01-10] Globecomm Systems, a provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services, has received a $4.3 million contract from an unnamed media and entertainment company, Globecomm announced Aug. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-01-10] Artel has released its DLT710 multi-format 3G-SDI capable signal generator and test module to the market, the developer announced Aug. 30.     The DLT710 is Artel’s DL4000-based, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-01-10] ITT Corp. received a subcontract from Lockheed Martin Space Systems to continue building the imaging system for GeoEye’s next-generation Earth-imaging satellite, GeoEye-2, ITT announced Aug. 31.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-01-10] Harris Corp. has received a $9.5 million contract from Elbit Systems to provide engineering services to support the Australian Department of Defense’s (ADF) Land 200 communications modernization […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-31-10] Iraqi satellite broadcaster Alsumaria has selected Newtec’s DualFlow and FlexACM technologies to help continue its migration toward tapeless news production, Newtec announced Aug. 30.     Alsumaria’s fleet […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-31-10] Iberium Communications, a provider of digital TV (DTV) demodulation intellectual property, has released its Santana digital demodulator core for the U.S. mobile DTV market, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-31-10] Global shipping line APL has created SmarTemp, a satellite tracking service that monitors the temperature and humidity of refrigerated containers carrying sensitive cargo, APL announced Aug. 30. […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-31-10] Raytheon subsidiary Raytheon Technical Services Co. (RTSC) signed a deal with NASA to support facilities and operations for astronaut training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center and Sonny […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-31-10] Technology and strategic consulting services and solutions provider SRA International has won a military task order under the U.S. General Services Administration’s mission-oriented business integrated services contract, […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-31-10] Commercial space services provider Astrotech Corp. posted a fourth quarter fiscal year 2010 net loss of $1.6 million and decreased revenues, which impacted the company’s full-year 2010 […]

[Satellite News 08-31-10] The U.S. Military’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency 1 (AEHF 1) satellite, which experienced a main engine shut down shortly after its initial orbit burn on Aug. 30, […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-31-10] GPS 2F-SV1, the first of 12 Boeing-built U.S. Air Force Block 2F satellites, has entered service, Boeing announced Aug. 30.     The Air Force’s GPS Wing transferred […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-31-10] AsiaSat signed a capacity deal with Pakistani broadcaster Sports Star International Private (SSI) to deliver two Urdu-language satellite channels, A-Lite and A-Plus, on the AsiaSat 3S satellite, […]

[Satellite News 08-30-10] Polish DTH operator Cyfrowy Polsat is not resting on the laurels of its recent achievements in the competitive Central European markets. Despite ending June with more than […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-30-10] L-3 GCS was awarded contract by the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to provide Panther VSAT manpack satellite communications systems and associated equipment to support communications for […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-30-10] Canadian satellite technology company Com Dev International will post a net loss of about $1.6 million in its 2010 third quarter, compared with a net income of […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-30-10] Cyfrowy Polsat, the Polish DTH operator, had over 3.2 million subscribers at the end of June, according to its 2010 half-year results issued Aug. 26.         […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-30-10] African pay-TV operator MultiChoice has announced three new distribution deals for its DStv on Demand service, the company announced Aug. 26.     MultiChoice signed deals with South […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-30-10] RigNet, a provider of remote communications and collaborative applications to the global oil and gas industry, has recently opened a service center in Dickinson, N.D.     The […]

[Satellite News 08-30-10] The Obama administration has completed a Category 7 U.S. Munitions List review of tanks and military vehicles, which determined that about 74 percent of the 12,000 military […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-27-10] General Dynamics Satcom Technologies received an $80 million contract from Harris Corp. to design, manufacture and install six new 16-meter antennas and upgrade four 9-meter satellite communications […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-27-10] Hong-Kong based operator APT Satellite saw profits almost double in the first half of 2010 to $12.54 million, an increase of over 85 percent compared to the […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-27-10] Broadcast content management and distribution services provider RRsat Global Communications Network appointed David Aber CFO after its current CFO Gil Efron resigned after four years of service, […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-27-10] The STM Group has launched the its SatLink 2000 VSAT Indoor Unit (IDU), supporting IP throughput up to 30 Mbps and operating on DVB-S2 carriers at information […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-27-10] Sensio Technologies has partnered with 3-D-capable set-top box and TV semiconductor solutions provider Trident Microsystems to integrate Sensio’s 3-D technology into Trident’s products, the companies announced Aug. […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-27-10] Telecast Fiber Systems has released its CopperHead 3050 camera-mounted fiber optic transceiver designed to meet the requirements of electronic and satellite news gathering journalists transmitting HD video […]

[Satellite News 08-27-10] Two of Indonesia’s major telcos PT Indosat (Indosat) and PT Telkom (Telkom) are teaming up to deploy a new satellite to benefit the entertainment, communications and cellular […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-26-10] The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Culture and Information has contracted Newtec and its integration partner First Gulf Co. to implement a satellite-based television and radio exchange network […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-26-10] Latens has signed a contract with Satellite Channel Nepal, a pay-TV provider in the South Asia region, to provide its conditional access content security services for the […]