E-letter: News Feed

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected to build the Anik G1 satellite for Telesat, the companies announced June 1.    The Anik G1 multi-mission spacecraft will be […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] DigitalGlobe has secured a one-year Crisis Event Service (CES) imagery agreement with the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), DigitalGlobe announced June 1.     CES, launched by DigitalGlobe […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Eurovision has signed deals with SES World Skies and AsiaSat to provide satellite delivery of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the operators announced June […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Intelsat’s Galaxy 15 satellite has safely passed SES’s AMC-11 satellite after Intelsat lost control of the spacecraft April 5 due to a solar storm anomaly, Intelsat confirmed […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Venezuelan telecoms operator CanTV has signed a deal with China Digital TV Holding Co. (CDT), which will see the Chinese company install various systems and solutions on […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] VT iDirect has released a new line of software packages for its SatManage network management system, the company announced June 1.     iDirect has combined the product’s […]

CET Teleport Names VSAT, IPTV Sales Executive CET Teleport appointed Matthew Ivey vice president of sales. Ivey will be responsible to expand CET’s VSAT network services, teleport services and IPTV […]

Arqiva Renews Uplink Contract on Thor 5 Satellite operator Telenor renewed its contract with Arqiva for the uplink of three multiplexes onto its Thor 5 satellite, which carries video services […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-01-10] SES Astra has entered into a partnership with Italian public broadcaster RAI to bring more content to its 3-D demo channel, the satellite operator announced May 27. […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-01-10] Russian Space Systems Corp. (RSSC) and the U.S. Trimble Navigation Group have signed an agreement to create Rusnavgeoset Co., a joint satellite navigation venture in Russia, RSSC […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-01-10] Serbian government prosecutors have filed legal charges against former Serbia-Montenegro defense minister Prvoslav Davinic for signing a deal to rent an Israeli spy satellite from ImageSat, government […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-01-10] CapRock Communications has selected Alpheus Communications’ SAS 70 Type 2 audited certified data centers and deep metro fiber footprint to provide circuit access and supporting services to […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-01-10] BSkyB has released its Sky Mobile TV app for the Apple iPad in the United Kingdom, the pay-TV operator announced May 28.     The iPad, released in […]

[Satellite News 06-01-10] Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems has had its fair share of ups and downs in the last year, winning a multi-satellite contract with Intelsat in July last […]

[Satellite News 06-01-10] On April 30, 2012, German broadcast government agencies ARD and ZDF will begin working with commercial broadcast giants RTL-Group and Pro7-Group to broadcast their satellite programming in […]

[Satellite News 06-01-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) and International Launch Services (ILS) were selected to build and launch the Anik G1 multi-mission satellite for Telesat, which will support DTH television broadcasting […]

With a population of more than 1 billion people and a growing middle class, India is a TV market ripe for growth. A number of DTH platforms have been launched […]

BusinessCom Launches iDirect VSAT Services in Middle East BusinessCom launched iDirect Evolution Ku-band satellite Internet access services on the Loral Skynet Telstar-11N and SES NSS-12 geostationary satellites. The services cover […]

Glowlink Upgrades Spectrum Monitoring System Glowlink has released the third generation of its Model 1000 spectrum monitoring system, which includes upgrades such as paired-carrier monitoring, increased signal speed and characterization, […]

Ericsson Wins 3-D Technology Award The Ericsson 3-D content delivery solution, featuring the company’s MPEG-4 AVC HD contribution encoder, won the 2010 Superior Technology Award Recipient (STAR) award at the […]

[Satellite News 05-31-10] Eurosport will only launch a commercial 3-D TV channel in the next year if it is able to do so on multiple satellite pay-TV platforms, Eurosport General […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] SES World Skies has signed a deal with An Vien Group (AVG) to provide transponder capacity on the NSS-6 satellite for a new DTH service in Vietnam, […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] The Azerbaijan Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies has signed a contract with Orbital Sciences Corp. to build Azerbaijan’s first national satellite, Orbital announced May 27.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] Potential crashes between satellites and space debris may impact the $250 billion space-services market, according to a U.S. Defense Department Space Posture Review report released to the […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] Eutelsat has teamed up with Eurosport to broadcast the French Open in 3-D to retail stores throughout Europe, Eutelsat announced May 27.    The 3-D coverage, running […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] Eric Shanks, former executive vice president of entertainment of DirecTV, has been appointed president of Fox Sports, the Fox Sports Media Group confirmed May 26.    Shanks […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) postponed Delta 4 launch of the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System 2F-SV1 satellite (GPS 2F-SV1) has pushed SpaceX’s first test launch of […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] Harris Corp. has received a $55 million delivery order for advanced satellite terminals under the U.S. Army‘s Modernization of Enterprise Terminals (MET) program, the company announced May […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] South Africa-based telecom service provider Q-Kon has leased long term C- and Ku-band capacity on Spacecom’s Amos-5i and Amos-5 satellites, the operator announced May 26.     Q-Kon […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] Globecomm has received a $7.9 million increase in the total value of a four-year contract from an unnamed U.S. government prime contractor, the company announced May 26. […]