Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 06-15-10] GeoPro LBS, a developer of enterprise remote workforce solutions, released GeoPro, a workplace safety, monitoring, and productivity solution to the commercial market, the company announced June 14....

The drive to bring 3-D TV to the masses was launched in earnest at the beginning of 2010, when broadcasters such as BSkyB, ESPN, DirecTV and Discovery Communications announced plans...

Singapore hopes to be an early leader in deploying 3-D TV technology in Asia, and the Media Development Authority (MDA) is preparing to launch a 3-D trial in September with...

Satellite broadband generally has been a hot topic at satellite events throughout the past several years. In the United States, Hughes and WildBlue (now owned by ViaSat) have close to...

ABI Research has projected that the global pay-TV subscriber base will grow by 7 percent, reaching 719 million customers by the end of 2010 in a research forecast released June...

HBO Asia signed a long-term transponder lease agreement with APT Satellite for capacity on Apstar 2R (Telstar 10) and Apstar 2R’s replacement satellite, Apstar 7, set to be launched in...

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 1.  Eurovision, a...

[Satellite TODAY 06-15-10] Thailand’s government is planning to buy Temasek Holdings’ stake in Thaicom for national security reasons after protesters broke into Thaicom’s facility and used its signal for anti-government...

Ericsson has supplied CJ Golden Village (CGV), a South Korean multiplex cinema chain, with compression solutions that will enable CGV to show World Cup action in 3-D, Ericsson announced June...

Measat Satellite Systems has signed an agreement with GlobeCast and SPE Networks Asia to distribute the Southeast Asian feed of the AXN HD channel via the Measat-3 satellite, the operator...