E-letter: News Feed

[Satellite News 10-14-09] Piracy is a plague that impacts pay-TV operators around the globe. People illegally accessing content drains pay-TV operators of much needed revenue and puts business plans in […]

[Satellite Today 10-14-09] Eutelsat won a multi-year capacity deal with one of Hungary’s top national broadcasters, Eutelsat announced Oct. 12.             Eutelsat in a consortium with Magyar Telekom and eVision, […]

[Satellite Today 10-14-09] Comtech AeroAstro Inc., a subisidary of Comtech Telecommunications has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for the development of Advanced Plug and […]

[Satellite Today 10-14-09] Australian telco Optus has announced that its Optus D3 satellite is operational.             Launched in August, Optus D3 is located at 156 degrees East and will complement […]

[Satellite Today 10-14-09] Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has completed a pre-shipment review for STPSat-2, the first spacecraft for the U.S. Department of Defense Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle […]

[Satellite Today 10-14-09] Nigerian-based Max Air selected Blue Sky Network’s automated flight following and communication devices for Max Air’s fleet, Blue Sky Network announced Oct. 13.             Max Air outfitted […]

[Satellite Today 10-13-09] Keystone Enterprise Services is supplying turnkey satellite network services for a business television network that will deliver closed-circuit corporate events in HD to private dining rooms in […]

[Satellite News 10-13-09] NDS is expanding its service offerings beyond content security and into middleware and complex interactive services, the company said.             The company has unveiled a conditional access […]

[Satellite Today 10-13-09] Germany’s Lufthansa will launch in-flight broadband services in mid-2010, the airline confirmed Oct. 12.             Lufthansa will use Panasonic’s multi-megabyte Ku-band solution, eXConnect, for the FlyNet service, […]

[Satellite Today 10-13-09] HD Plus, a subsidiary of SES Astra, will launch its HD+ service in Germany at the beginning of November, SES Astra confirmed Oct. 12.              The market […]

[Satellite Today 10-13-09] Harris Corp. received a potential three-year, $7.5 million contract to provide technical and support services for the U. S. Air Force Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) command and […]

[Satellite Today 10-13-09] Mid Europa Partners, a European private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of Bulgarian DTH operator Interactivni Tehnologii AD (ITV), Mid Europea said Oct. 9.             ITV […]

[Satellite Today 10-13-09] California-based Enterprise Satellite Solutions entered into a distribution agreement with U.K.-based Applied Satellite Technology (AST), providing Enterprise Satellite access to a range of mobile satellite system, the […]

[Satellite News 10-12-09] Digiturk intends to launch a push video-on-demand service in Turkey before the end of the year, Berkman ÇavuÅŸoÄŸlu, vice president, sales, Digiturk, told Satellite News.             “We […]

[Satellite Today 10-12-09] GlobeCast has deployed a new terrestrial video network for leading French broadcaster TF1 and its news channel, LCI, Globecast said Oct. 8. The five-year contract covers the […]

[Satellite Today 10-12-09] MSS operators reported increased revenues of about 8 percent in 2008 to more than $1.2 billion, Euroconsult announced. Inmarsat held a 51 percent market share in 2008, […]

[Satellite Today 10-12-09] Digicel is relaunching its satellite wireless broadband service in of Tonga using the Aptilo Carrier Wireless Service Management System, Digicel announced Oct 7.             The network uses […]

[Satellite Today 10-12-09] Norsat International Inc. signed a non-exclusive agreement for distribution, installation and service of C2SAT products, Norsat announced Oct. 9.             The agreement will add C2SAT stabilized antenna […]

[Satellite Today 10-12-09] DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 satellite was launched Oct. 8. aboard a Boeing Delta 2 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., DigitalGlobe announced.             The DigitalGlobe ground station received a […]

[Satellite Today 10-12-09] Viasat Broadcasting signed a four-year distribution deal with the largest IPTV service provider in Estonia, Elion, Viasat said Oct. 9.             Under the agreement, Viasat will market […]

[Satellite Today 10-09-09] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. received orders totaling $33.4 million under its Movement Tracking System (MTS) contract with the U.S. Army, the company announced Oct. 7.             The […]

[Satellite Today 10-09-09]  Inmarsat and Satlink won a contract in Ireland to migrate fishing vessels from a paper logbook system to electronic recording and reporting in Europe, Inmarsat said Oct. […]

[Satellite Today 10-09-09] Boeing has been informed by the U.S. Air Force that the second Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite began operations Aug. 18, supporting warfights in the Middle East […]

[Satellite News 10-08-09] As Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) moves closer to the scheduled launch of its Thor 6 satellite, the company is turning its attention to Thor 7, Cato Halsaa, […]

[Satellite Today 10-09-09] ViaSat Inc. received a $46 million contract from Star Satellite Communications Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC (Yahsat), to support Yahsat’s […]

[Satellite Today 10-09-09] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has been chosen by Cable & Wireless Panama (C&W), Panama’s largest telecommunications operator, to provide a SkyEdge 2 network that will deliver broadband […]

[Satellite Today 10-09-09] Korea’s KT Corp. signed a multi-year agreement with Intelsat for capacity in Intelsat 17, Intelsat announced Oct. 8.             KT expects to use the capacity to deliver […]

[Satellite Today 10-09-09] Measat Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. signed an agreement with UTV Entertainment Television Ltd. for capacity on Measat-3a, the satellite operator announced Oct. 8.             The capacity will […]

[Satellite Today 10-09-09] Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) and Macau Special Administrative Region‟s public broadcaster, TDM, signed an agreement for television broadcasting service across more than 50 countries in […]

[Satellite Today 10-08-09] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) completed acceptance testing of the first and second stages of its Falcon 9 rocket, the company announced Oct. 5.             Testing at SpaceX’s […]