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MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has taken a controlling interest in Orbital Optics Ltd., MDA announced March 20. MDA will pay 900,000 British pounds ($1.7 million) to Rutherford Appleton […]

[3/21/07] WildBlue Communications Inc. has started operations with its WildBlue-1 satellite, which will allow the company to more than triple its customer capacity, WildBlue announced March 20. Wildblue-1, built by […]

[3/20/07] CIP Canada Investment Inc. will acquire Stratos Global Corp., the largest distributor of Inmarsat services, in a deal funded in part by Inmarsat, the companies announced March 19. The […]

Direct-to-home operator Sky TV New Zealand is increasing the number of widescreen channels available to customers, as the National Geographic Channel will begin broadcasting in 16:9 widescreen in early April, […]

ViaSat Inc. delivered a Ku-band satellite communications antenna kit to the U.S. Air Force that will be used on C-130 aircraft, the company announced March 16. The antenna enables use […]

Iridium Satellite has appointed OTESAT-Maritel as an authorized service provider, Iridium announced March 16. A satellite communications equipment and services provider to the Greek and international maritime markets, OTESAT-Maritel is […]

MobiTV has hired GlobeCast to manage content ingestion to support live-TV delivery to MobiTV’s mobile and broadband platforms in North America, GlobeCast announced March 18. GlobeCast will furnish constant channel […]

Telesat Canada has signed a contract to aid in the launch of Vietnam’s first telecommunications satellite, according to Vietnamese state news service TTXVN. Under the contract, signed in Ottawa March […]

SES New Skies received a contract from the Office des Postes et Telecommunications of French Polynesia (OPT) to provide Internet trunking services to the 118 islands constituting French Polynesia, SES […]

Digital TV penetration in the United Kingdom has reached 77 percent, according to a report from communications regulator Ofcom. In the fourth quarter, another million households went digital, bringing the […]

Österreichischer Lloyd Ship Management (ÖLSM) is fitting its fleet of ships with Iridium satellite terminals, Iridium announced March 15. One Net Ltd. is supplying and installing the Sailor SC 4000 […]

Österreichischer Lloyd Ship Management (ÖLSM) is fitting its fleet of ships with Iridium satellite terminals, Iridium announced March 15. One Net Ltd. is supplying and installing the Sailor SC 4000 […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC latest generation Hughes 9250 mobile satellite terminal has been approved to operate over Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN), Hughes announced March 15. The unit is […]

Imagery satellite operator GeoEye has acquired M.J. Harden Associates Inc., a Mission, Kansas-based provider of digital aerial imagery and geospatial information products, GeoEye announced March 15. M.J. Harden, acquired from […]

[3/15/07] Eutelsat Communications confirmed March 14 that its broadcast clients of the HotBird-2 satellite had been transferred to HotBird-8.   The precautionary switch, with no change in reception parameters for […]

Turner Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS) has selected Eutelsat Communications to supply capacity and services for delivering three entertainment channels to cable networks in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg, Eutelsat announced […]

MultiChoice, a South Africa-based, direct-to-home (DTH) television provider, has selected Intelsat to support its mobile broadcast TV trial in the metropolitan areas of Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria and Cape Town, Intelsat […]

Telesat has been signed by the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Pakistan’s  national space agency, to assist in the procurement and 2010 launch of the Paksat-1R satellite […]

Wegener Corp.’s board of directors has formed a committee of independent directors to consider strategic and financial alternatives to boost shareholder value, the company announced March 13. The company has […]

Premiere Sky, a new subsidiary of German pay-TV operator Premiere, will launch an eponymous programming package in September, the company announced March 14 in Munich. Sold as an inexpensive package, […]

The Jan. 30 catastrophic failure of Sea Launch’s Zenit-3SL booster carrying the NSS-8 commercial communications satellite was caused by an engine failure, according to a commission of independent Ukrainian and […]

SES Astra, a subsidiary of SES, will launch its Astra-1L satellite onboard an Ariane 5 rocket, SES Astra announced March 14. The satellite, an A2100 AXS model built by Lockheed […]

Globalstar Inc., a provider of mobile satellite voice and data services, has completed hardware installation for its satellite packet data network, the company announced March 12. The work affects Globalstar […]

In reporting its 2006 numbers, Tandberg Television claimed total revenue earnings of $350.3 million with a gross margin of 57.8 percent. The company listed operating expenses of $128.7 million, with […]

[3/14/07] GeoEye Inc. has reported that an anomaly to its Orbview-3 has effectively blinded the satellite’s imaging capability. In a March 9 filing to the U.S. States Securities and Exchange […]

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Kishore Shirekar has been named general manager for NDS India as conditional access and middleware vendor NDS aims for improved performance amid a potentially lucrative DTH market in India. Based […]

Hughes Network Systems is offering enterprise users nationwide broadband coverage with a choice of DSL and/or satellite technologies, the company announced March 13. Hughes has signed wholesale agreements with New […]

Arianespace placed two satellites into geostationary transfer orbit on March 11 after its dual launch of military communications satellite Skynet-5A for the British Ministry of Defense, and the civil communications […]

Shin Satellite’s subsidiary, Ipstar New Zealand, has signed a deal with BayCity Communications to become the exclusive national service operator (NSO) for Ipstar services throughout New Zealand. BayCity will be […]