Gogo Offers 70 Mbps for In-Flight Connectivity With New 2Ku Service
In-flight connectivity provider Gogo has unveiled its new technology development: 2Ku. Designed to complement the company’s Air To Ground (ATG) solution, 2Ku uses two Ku-band antennas provided by ThinKom under an exclusive agreement. Gogo claims the new Ground To Orbit (GTO) technology will deliver more than… READ MORE »
Canal + Overseas to Offer DTH Programming in Caribbean via Intelsat
Canal + Overseas renewed and expanded its existing agreement with Intelsat to enhance its high definition, Direct-to-Home (DTH) programming in the Caribbean. Canal + Overseas has decided to continue its multiple-transponder use on the Intelsat 903 satellite, and in 2017 the company plans… READ MORE »
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UrtheCast Unveils First Earth Imagery Taken From ISS
UrtheCast released its first images of Earth captured by the company’s medium-resolution camera (MRC) on the International Space Station (ISS). The image features the city of Moneague, Jamaica and has about a 20-foot Ground Distance Sampling (GSD), covering an area of more… READ MORE »
Intelsat, BT, Ericsson, Newtec and Sony Unite for 4K Demonstration
Intelsat and partners BT, Ericsson, Sony and Newtec are displaying a new 4K Ultra-HD television, which is transmitting end-to-end over satellite to the 2014 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The presentation is intended to demonstrate preparedness of satellite for 4K Ultra-HD TV commercialization… READ MORE »
The March issue of Via Satellite magazine is here! This month we bring you an exclusive interview with the 2013 Satellite Executive of the Year award winner, Khalid Balkheyour. As a strong, vibrant regional FSS operator, Balkheyour has created a powerhouse in the Middle East. Additionally, we talk to key visionaries from Kymeta, O3b, Viasat, Thuraya, Norsat, and ABS, about the future of the industry, and the world’s growing dependence on satellite. We also go over the satellite industry's effort for the disaster relief efforts after Typhoon Haiyan, get a one-on-one with CNES President, Jean-Yves Le Gall, and more! Read it now!
Gogo’s Aircell Group Expands In-Flight Connectivity Services to Canada
Gogo’s business aviation group, Aircell, launched Gogo Biz in-flight Internet and voice services to aircraft in Canada. The service was introduced to market in 2009 and is also available in the continental United States and Alaska. Gogo Biz allows flight crew and passengers to connect… READ MORE »
SES Deploys ViXS Decoder in First UHD Broadcast at SES Industry Days
ViXS has partnered with SES in an end-to-end satellite broadcast of Ultra-HD content, demonstrated during the seventh SES Industry Days in Luxembourg. SES displayed this Ultra-HD content using the ViXS XCode 6400 decoder, which encodes in 10-bit High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) at 60 frames per second. The ViXS XCode 4600 is… READ MORE »
GT-SAT Deploys MaxLinear FSC SoC in New DLNB
GT-SAT deployed MaxLinear’s Full-Spectrum Capture (FSC) MxL862 in a new Digital Low-Noise Block (DLNB), which will assist European and Latin American satellite operators to make the move to digital channel stacking. GT-SAT cited lower power draw and the MxL862’s level of integration as major reasons for its selection. Operators in Europe and… READ MORE »
