E-letter: News Feed

[Satellite TODAY 09-10-09] Norsat International released the Norsat SA-RSSI-I LNB Spectrum Analyzer, a new line of satellite terminal operator tools, to be used in Norsat’s portable satellite terminals, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-10-09] Harris Corp. added broadband satellite capability to its Falcon 3 RF-7800M wideband networking radio, the company announced Sept. 8.     The new capability aims to enable global-area […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-09-09] Thales Alenia Space and Astrium were awarded contracts by Argentine satellite company Arsat to build the Arsat-1 satellite, scheduled to launch in 2012, the companies announced Sept. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-09-09] Protostar’s bankruptcy case was postponed Friday by a Delaware State Supreme Court judge to November, the company confirmed Sept. 8. Judge Geoffrey Bell pushed the case back […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-09-09] GlobeCast signed a three-year capacity deal with Eutelsat to help boost its position in the professional video services market in Europe, the company announced Sept. 7.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-09-09] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has won a contract from Astrium to launch an Earth observation satellite it designed for its recently acquired subsidiary, Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL), […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-09-09] Orbcomm reported its total revenues for the 2009 second quarter were $6.8 million – a 1.5 percent drop from the second quarter of 2008, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-09-09] EMS Satcom has combined its Tracking and Messaging, Search and Rescue and its recently acquired Satamatics business units to create EMS Global Tracking, which will supply a […]

[Satellite News 09-09-09] CEOs of the four largest FSS operators, Intelsat, SES, Telesat and Eutelsat, discussed the state of their businesses and future growth strategies on a panel at Euroconsult’s […]

[Satellite News 09-08-09] This year has been a challenging year for Europe’s top broadcasters. With an economic credit crunch sweeping Europe, it has been a tough environment for Europe’s top […]

[Satellite Today 09-08-09] Eutelsat signed a contract with International Launch Services (ILS) to the launch the W7 satellite on an ILS Proton rocket in mid-November, the companies announced Sept. 8. […]

[Satellite Today 09-08-09] SES Americom-New Skies re-branded to SES World Skies, the company announced Sept. 7.     Rob Bednarek, president and CEO of SES World Skies, said that its future […]

[Satellite Today 09-08-09] Ateme, a French compression company, has signed a deal with U.S pay-TV company DirecTV, to supply 1080p video compression solutions and improvements to DirecTV’s Video-on-Demand (VoD) service, […]

[Satellite Today 09-08-09] Flo TV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, has selected Newtec’s Multistream technology and products for an IRD upgrade of its Mobile TV content distribution network, Newtec […]

[Satellite Today 09-08-09] Latens, a provider of software-based conditional access and middleware for Pay TV providers, launched its Secure Distribution System (SDS), the company announce Sept. 8.      Latens SDS […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-07-09] RigNet Inc., a global provider of managed communications solutions for the upstream oil and gas industry, appointmented Richard Norton to the newly created position of manager of […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-07-09] Globalstar has signed a value added reseller agreement with TIE Technologies, a developer of communication technologies, Globalstar announced Sept. 3.      TIE plans to integrate the coverage […]

[Satellite News 09-08-09] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully sold its Falcon 1 launch vehicle services twice this week. On Sept. 3, it won a four-year long-term commitment with Orbcomm […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-07-09] Thrane & Thrane won a $2.31 million gateway upgrade deal from Telecom Italia (TI), the company announced Sept. 3.     Thrane & Thrane will provide capacity expansion […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-07-09] Streambox is set to launch Streambox Live, an IP-based contribution service, the company announced Sept. 4.     The solution aims to enable remote and citizen reporters to […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-07-09] Arqiva has appointed John Keeling platform controller for its new Video-on-Demand (VoD) service in the U.K., the company announced Sept. 4.     Keeling will be responsible for […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-04-09] The Indonesian Palapa-D communications satellite has been placed into a geostationary transfer orbit and will start a nominal launch early operation phase, manufacturer Thales Alenia Space announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-04-09] Nagravision has won a new conditional access (CA) deal in Spain, securing the TDT Premium pay-TV digital terrestrial television (DTT) horizontal platform operated by Spanish audiovisual network […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-04-09] ABI Research expects location based services (LBS) revenues to grow 156 percent from $1.7 billion in 2008 to $2.6 billion in 2009, according to a Sept. 3 […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-04-09] SES Astra signed a deal with Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. (TPSA) to bring its Astra2Connect satellite broadband service to Poland, SES Astra announced Sept. 3.      TPSA, majority-owned […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-04-09] Commercial data and satellite-based Earth observation sales will top $1 billion in 2009, with figures nearly quadrupling by 2018, according to a Euroconsult study released Sept. 3. […]

[Satellite News 09-04-09] Orbit Technology Group believes it is in a strong position to sell one of its latest satellite communications antenna solutions to train operators in Asia, after successful […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-04-09] Raytheon and Iridium Satellite have completed a joint technology development project by integrating a flight-worthy main mission antenna (MMA) with special test equipment to simulate on-orbit antenna […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-04-09] Orbcomm and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) have reached an agreement for SpaceX to launch 18 Orbcomm Generation 2 (OG2) satellites to begin as early as the […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-03-09] Tandberg Television is set to reveal the industry’s first MPEG-4 AVC HD 4:2:2 system solution for the contribution and distribution market, the company announced Sept. 2.     […]