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Showtime, a Middle Eastern director-to-home operator, will add Showcomedy Extra to its bouquet this week, the company announced. The operator, which competes against DTH operators Art and Orbit, recently completed […]

Xtar has named William Schmidt vice president of government services, Xtar announced May 29. Schmidt will be responsible for the business development, sales, and marketing of X-band services to the […]

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. opened a service and support center in Beijing, the company announced May 29. The center will be operated by Hua Sheng & Li Tian Technology Co. […]

Thrane & Thrane has signed Stratos as a distributor for satellite radio and land mobile and maritime communication equipment, Thrane announced May 29. Stratos will sell products to Stratos-appointed indirect […]

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., has made some of the technology behind its satellite navigation products available to the public, hoping to spur development of new applications […]

OmniGlobe Networks has rolled out OmniCenter, a network management software system that combines satellite and WiMAX network management, operations monitoring and bandwidth optimization, the company announced May 29. OmniCenter is […]

Globalstar USA LLC is shipping its new GSP-1720 satellite data and voice module (SDVM), the company announced May 29. The Qualcomm Inc.-manufactured GSP-1720 is designed to provide integrators, original equipment […]

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems completed the launch and early orbit phase (of the Near Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE) and has turned satellite control authority over to the U.S. Missile […]

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will begin releasing certain Landsat 7 images of the United States via the Web June 4, the agency announced May 25. The images can be […]

NXP Semiconductors will supply its Nexperia PNX9520 processor for Sirius Satellite Radio’s TV service, NXP announced May 22. Sirius Backseat TV service is scheduled to be launched later this year […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) named Dave Farmer vice president of marketing for satellite services, the company announced May 25. Farmer previously served as vice president of marketing for Telenor […]

Kiyoshi Isozaki, CEO of JSAT Corp., has found that operating conditions tough in Asia and, the operator does not expect to see a huge upsurge in demand for capacity. "We […]

China launched the Yaogan-2 remote sensing satellite May 25 aboard a Long March 2D, according to the state-controlled Xinhua. The satellite was designed by the China Academy of Space Technology […]

ICO Global Communications Ltd. signed an agreement with International Launch Services (ILS) for up to five launches from 2009 through 2011, ICO announced May 24. As part of the deal, […]

ViaSat Inc. received a contract to supply 500,000 Ka-band satellite terminals for WildBlue Communications, ViaSat announced May 24. Combined with units already delivered, ViaSat will have supplied more than 750,000 […]

BSkyB’s acquisition of a 17.9 percent stake in ITV will be investigated by the U.K. Department of Trade and Industry. Alistair Darling, the secretary of state for Trade and Industry, […]

Jaba Networks Communications of Mexico City will resell Eagle Broadband Inc.’s SatMax Iridium satellite communications system in Mexico, Eagle Broadband announced May 24. Eagle’s system enables use of Iridium satellite […]

Powerstar International Inc., which provides network services over wireless, satellite and terrestrial platforms, completed its purchase of Xpel Communications AB, Powerstar announced May 24. Powerstar issued 1.4 million shares of […]

Radarsat-2 passed an acoustic qualification test by the National Research Council Institute for Aerospace Research, the institute announced May 24. The test certified that Radarsat-2, built by MacDonald Dettwiler and […]

SDN Global, a provider of global broadband satellite communications solutions, announced May 21 that Philip Arcoria has joined the company as its senior vice president of sales, marketing and business […]

Thrane & Thrane introduced its Aero-SB cabin communications system at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Geneva, the company announced May 21. Based on SwiftBroadband from Inmarsat, Aero-SB […]

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings (AsiaSat), a provider of satellite transponder capacity, reportedly may delist from the New York Stock Exchange nearly a month after its largest shareholders failed to take […]

The Nigerian Communication Satellite, or Nigcomsat-1, has reportedly taken up its final position at a longitude of 42° East after changing orbital position five times throughout the last week. Launched […]

One day after XM Satellite Radio subscribers nationwide experienced unexpected service outages or significantly degraded service, the broadcaster announced that normal service levels had been restored. In a May 22 […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) has been awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for antenna-configuration techniques that reduce interference between terrestrial and satellite links. U.S. Patent No. […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Supervisory Authority of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GSA) have signed a cooperative agreement between the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) and […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. won a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Forgent Networks Inc., EchoStar announced May 21. In a statement, EchoStar said “a Texas jury today returned a verdict in […]

Apposite Technologies Inc. unveiled its Linktropy 7500 and Linktropy 7500 Pro wide-area network emulation appliances May 22, the company announced. The emulators simulate bandwidth, delay, packet loss, congestion and other […]

DigitalGlobe will work with LocatioNet Systems Ltd., a provider of mobile mapping and location applications, to add a satellite imagery capability to the Amaze mobile navigation and mapping service, the […]

Tandberg Televison will provide a next-generation digital video system to Turkish direct-to-home operator, Digiturk, Tandberg announced May 21. The new system will help Digiturk, which has about 1.1 million subscribers, […]