Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today 07-15-08] SES Astra awarded a contract to Astrium for the construction of the Astra 1N satellite, SES Astra announced July 15.        The satellite, based on a Eurostar...

[Satellite Today 07-14-08] BSkyB signed a new contract with one of the U.K.’s top telcos, Thus, to continue to carry calls for BSkyB’s SkyTalk service, the satellite operator said July...

[Satellite Today 07-14-08] Broadcast International announced that the Mexican Patent Office granted the company a patent for its multi-codec video compression technology, CodecSys.     The technology lowers bandwidth requirements for...

[Satellite Today 07-14-08] After multiple delays, the approval and merger of the Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio should be approved by the end of July, Tom Watts, an...

[Satellite News 07-11-08] In the early 1980s, Fred Sampliner, president of his family-owned and operated collection agency, Sampliner Worldwide Collections, saw the satellite industry as a wide-open market.     “It...

[Satellite Today 07-11-08] Eutelsat is to play a key role in reducing the digital divide in the Piedmont region of Italy, the company said July 10.     Under a memorandum...

[Satellite Today – 07-10-08] A new satellite solution will spearhead a new push into Europe for Newpoint Technologies, a market in which the company has “significantly underperformed” in throughout the...

[Satellite Today – 07-10-08] SES Americom and SES New Skies will be combined into a single operating segment, parent company SES announced July 10. Robert Bednarek, president and CEO of...

[Satellite Today 07-10-08] Integral Systems Inc. named John Higginbotham the company’s new CEO effective immediately, Integral announced July 9.     Higginbotham founded private equity firm SpaceVest Capital (now RedShift Ventures)...

[Satellite Today – 07-10-08] Pace expects to perform ahead of expectations over the next year, the company said July 10.     The set-top box manufacturer expects to benefit from a...