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[Satellite TODAY 01-13-12] Via Satellite magazine has announced the nominees for its 2011 Satellite Executive of the Year award.    Via Satellite AssociateEditor Mark Holmes said that 2011 was a […]

Arianespace Inks DirecTV Latin America Satellite Launch Deal U.S. Pay-TV operator DirecTV exercised an option in its multi-launch contract with Arianespace to include a mission to send a new DirecTV […]

Gulf Air, based out of Bahrain and one of the largest airlines in the Middle East, aims to be one of the most progressive in terms of providing in-flight entertainment […]

GlobeCast Appoints Brackett to vice president, WorldTV GlobeCast has appointed Emma Brackett as its new vice president, WorldTV. Brackett will be responsible for driving development of the company’s WorldTV DTH […]

Eutelsat W3C Enters Full Service; Total TV Expands Capacity Lease Eutelsat has commenced full commercial operations on the W3C satellite at the 16 degrees East orbital slot. The operator activated […]

ATIS Unveils IP Content Security Specification ATIS has developed a downloadable multimedia security solution specification that aims to allow network operators to facilitate secure delivery of copyrighted video and other […]

CTC Media is one of Russia’s largest broadcasters and a key player in the country’s evolving broadcast landscape. As Russian satellite operators, Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) and Gazprom Satellite […]

Japanese satellite operator, SKY Perfect JSAT faced a true test in March 2011 when the nation was hit with a catastrophic earthquake. Shinji Takada, president, SKY Perfect JSAT, talks about […]

As one of 3-D TV’s earliest innovators in the United States, sports broadcaster ESPN remains committed to bringing 3-D content to households. Chuck Pagano, who was recently named ESPN’s new […]

Arianespace Grabs Optus 10 Launch Deal Australian satellite operator Optus has selected Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket to launch its new Optus 10 spacecraft into geostationary transfer orbit in the middle […]

GateHouse Integrates Inmarsat BGAN into SDR Solution Denmark’s GateHouse has combined Inmarsat’s BGAN satellite communications capability with software-defined radio (SDR) technology to rollout an SDR implementation of a BGAN terminal. […]

Gilat CEO Levinberg Steps Down Gilat Satellite Networks’ board of directors has appointed Erez Antebi as its new CEO effective Jan. 1, replacing Amiram Levinberg who will continue to serve […]

Eutelsat Activates Atlantic Bird 7 Eutelsat has activated commercial service on its Atlantic Bird 7 satellite at the seven degrees West orbital position. Eutelsat transferred all of Atlantic Bird 4A’s […]

EADS acquired independent global satellite-based mobility communication services provider Vizada this past August for 673 million euros ($934.32 million). The deal, which is still awaiting final regulatory approvals, will see […]

KVH Introduces TracVision HDTV Maritime Satellite System KVH Industries is set to unveil a new global maritime satellite HDTV system, TracVision HD11. The 1-meter TracVision HD11 includes a four-axis stabilized […]

Northrop Grumman Distributes Inmarsat BGAN Services Northrop Grumman has entered into a network distribution partnership agreement with Inmarsat Commercial Satellite Services, Northrop Grumman announced. As part of the agreement, Northrop […]

ATK Moves Headquarters to D.C. Metro Area Aerospace manufacturer ATK will relocate its corporate headquarters at the beginning of October to a larger facility in Arlington, Va. The company said […]

Dish Network Takes Aim at Netflix with Blockbuster Movie Pass Dish Network is set to launch Blockbuster Movie Pass, an on-demand video streaming service to compete with rival Netflix. The […]

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is one of Australia’s main public service broadcasters. The onus on ABC will be to lead innovation on the Australian broadcast landscape. ABC managing director […]

Asian telco SingTel prides itself on progressive strategies towards satellite. It has recently launched its ST-2 satellite, a joint-venture project with Taiwanese telco Chunghwa Telecom, which aims to give SingTel […]

Quake Global Adds Inmarsat Network Capability to Q-Pro Modem Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communicator manufacturer Quake Global has enhanced its Q-Pro satellite data modem with new abilities that can be used over […]

Eutelsat Inks Ka-Sat Tooway Deal with Egpytian VSAT Provider Eutelsat and its Skylogic subsidiary have signed a six-year, 20 million euro ($29 million) distribution agreement with Egyptian VSAT provider Egyptsat, […]

Skybox Imaging Names New CEO Satellite imagery provider Skybox Imaging has named Thomas Ingersoll its new CEO. Ingersoll replaces former CEO Dan Berkenstock, who led the company as its co-founder […]

Asiacell Expands Mobile Service Technology Footprint in Iraq Private Iraqi telecommunications provider Asiacell is rolling out mobile, satellite backhaul-supported voice, broadband and SMS services across remote communities in Iraq via […]

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) is the largest broadcaster in Kenya, and will play a key role in bringing the African country, which has a population of around 40 million people, […]

Boeing’s new Commercial Satellite Services entity was created in February to design and market a variety of hosted payload and other configurations based on customer needs. The move is a […]

The satellite industry has recently been flooded with strong demand for capacity to support applications for a cross-section of vertical markets, creating a string of new and potentially lucrative business […]

Integral Systems Issued DARPA F6 BAA Architecture Subcontract Integral Systems received a $468,000 contract from mZeal Communications to provide space systems expertise and Multi-level Secure (MLS) network architecture to support […]

GeoEye Launches NGA Enhanced View Web Hosting Geospatial information solutions provider GeoEye has delivered EnhancedView Web Hosting Service (WHS) capabilities to the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). EnhancedView WHS aims […]

Digital Plus Partners with Cisco to Develop iPlus Terminals Spanish DTH provider Digital Plus has signed a strategic partnership with Cisco Systems. The alliance between the two companies will enable […]