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  • Com Dev Revenues Slip Due To Canadian Dollar Gains

    [11-30-07 – Satellite Today] Com Dev International Ltd. expects to report smaller revenue growth in 2007 due to the strengthening of the Canadian dollar, the company announced Nov. 29.     […]

  • Iridium Names Vice President For Ground Operations

    [11-29-07 – Satellite Today] Iridium Satellite has appointed John Roddy executive vice president for ground operations and product development, the company announced Nov. 29.     Roddy, who has more than […]

  • Foxtel Goes Mobile

    [11-29-07 – Satellite Today] Australian direct-to-home operator Foxtel unveiled an initiative that enables customer base control their viewing experience from their cell phone, the company announced Nov. 29.     Foxtel’s […]

  • STSS Satellites Complete Thermal Testing

    [11-29-07 – Satellite Today] The second of two Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites manufactured by Northrop Grumman Corp. for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has completed […]

  • FAA Allows SatWest To Sell LearJet Satcom Kit

    [11-29-07 – Satellite Today] The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted a supplemental type certificate for SatWest LLC’s SatWest L-1 Satcom Kit for LearJet aircraft, SatWest announced Nov. 28. […]

  • Swe-Dish Receives Spanish Broadcast Orders

    [11-29-07 – Satellite Today] Swe-Dish Satellite Systems AB, a DataPath company, has received an order from Spanish broadcasters for up to 20 systems, Swe-Dish announced Nov. 29.     The order […]

  • Eutelsat, TDA Strike Bargain

    [11-29-07 – Satellite Today] Eutelsat Communications will sell capacity on its Atlantic Bird 3 satellite to Algerian broadcaster Télédiffusion d’Algérie (TDA), Eutelsat announced Nov. 29.     The five-year contract, which […]

  • Arqiva Delivering African Channel To United Kingdom

    [11-28-07 – Satellite Today] Arqiva will support the delivery of Southern Africa Direct, a free-to-air lifestyle and culture channel, onto BSkyB‘s platform, Arqiva announced Nov. 28.     Arqiva is providing […]

  • Arqiva Delivering African Channel To United Kingdom

    [11-28-07 – Satellite Today] Arqiva will support the delivery of Southern Africa Direct, a free-to-air lifestyle and culture channel, onto BSkyB‘s platform, Arqiva announced Nov. 28.     Arqiva is providing […]

  • Boeing, General Dynamics Demonstrate Message Transmission

    [11-28-07 – Satellite Today] Boeing Co. has demonstrated the communications and transmission security architecture of its proposed Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT), the company announced Nov. 28.     The tests, […]

  • Globecomm Awarded Contract For Broadcast Station

    [11-28-07 – Satellite Today] Globecomm Systems Inc. received a contract to provide a direct-to-home broadcast ground station valued from an unnamed European services provider, Globecomm announced Nov. 28.     Under […]

  • Eagle Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

    [11-28-07 – Satellite Today] Eagle Broadband has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.       Eagle listed its assets as […]

  • MSV Receives FCC Waiver

    [11-28-07 – Satellite Today] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has waived a requirement that Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) build a ground-based spare satellite, MSV announced Nov. 28.     Under […]

  • Harris Names EMEA Broadcast Executive

    [11-27-07 – Satellite Today] Harris Corp. has named Richard Scott vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) operations for Harris Broadcast Communications, the company announced Nov. 27. […]

  • TCS Receives System Patent

    [11-27-07 – Satellite Today] TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) received a patent for its high-level operational support system, the company announced Nov. 27.     The patent enables applications and systems to […]

  • TeamCast, Axcera Team Up To Provide Flo Services

    [11-27-07 – Satellite Today] Mobile TV and DTV transmission company TeamCast will provide its Flo modulation equipment to Axcera, a provider of equipment and systems for the television broadcast, mobile […]

  • IPTV Expands Into Europe Using Arqiva

    [11-27-07 – Satellite Today]  IPTV has chosen Arqiva to distribute content into the European market, IPTV announced Nov. 27.     In April, Arqiva completed its acquisition of BT Satellite Broadband […]

  • WorldView-1 Begins Operations

    [11-27-07 – Satellite Today] The WorldView-1 imagery satellite has completed commissioning and is sending images to the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), DigitalGlobe announced Nov. 26.     Full operations began […]

  • L-3 Provides Software For CUSat Program

    [11-27-07 – Satellite Today] L-3 Communications subsidiary Telemetry-West has provided licenses for its InControl software to Cornell University’s CUSat nanosatelite program, Telemetry-West announced Nov. 27.     The InControl software is […]

  • Hughes To Provide Backup For Cement Producer

    [11-27-07 – Satellite Today] Hughes Network Systems LLC will provide Essroc, a North American cement producer, with backup satellite broadband service, Hughes announced Nov. 27.     HughesNet Access Continuity uses […]

  • Shin Satellite Signs Australia IPStar Deal

    [11-27-07 – Satellite Today] ETT Ltd. will become the exclusive national service operator for IPStar broadband services in Australia, Shin Satellite announced Nov. 27.     Under the 12-year agreement, ETT […]

  • Canal Satellite Reunion Uses Eutelsat Capacity For Pay-TV

    [11-27-07 – Satellite Today]    Eutelsat Communications has signed a multi-year contract to sell capacity on its W2 satellite to support the expansion of the Canal Satellite Reunion pay-TV platform, Eutelsat […]

  • Thuraya, CNN Offer SMS Info Service

    [11-27-07 – Satellite Today] CNN entered into a strategic alliance with Thuraya to provide mobile satellite customers access to breaking news in English and Arabic beginning Nov. 27, Thuraya announced.    […]

  • Sea Launch To Reschedule Thuraya-3 Launch

    [11-27-07 – Satellite Today] Sea Launch is returning to port and rescheduling the launch campaign for the Thuraya-3 mission, the company announced Nov. 26.     Sea Launch’s Odyssey platform and […]

  • Galileo Signal Reflections Used To Monitor Waves, Weather At Sea

    [11-26-07 – Satellite Today] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) and the University of Surrey have captured a Galileo signal reflected off the ocean surface, demonstrating the potential for determining the […]

  • PlanetSpace, Lockheed Martin, ATK To Bid On COTS Program

    [11-26-07 – Satellite Today] PlanetSpace, Lockheed Martin and ATK have submitted a bid for NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Project (COTS), PlanetSpace announced Nov. 22. NASA has opened up the […]

  • Cisco Names Vice President Of Global Government Solutions Group

    [11-26-07 – Satellite Today] Cisco appointed retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Steven Boutelle, vice president, Global Government Solutions Group, the company announced Nov. 26. Boutelle will lead Cisco’s efforts in […]

  • Northrop Grumman Qualifies Advanced EHF Software

    [11-26-07 – Satellite Today] Northrop Grumman Corp. completed qualification testing of the payload flight software for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) payload, the first flight qualification of the new […]

  • SingTel Signs Agreement To Operate ProtoStar Satellite

    [11-26-07 – Satellite Today] Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) will provide satellite control services for the ProtoStar 1 satellite as well as lease C-band capacity on the spacecraft, SingTel and ProtoStar […]

  • Yes Ready to Launch HDTV in Israel

    [11-26-07 – Satellite Today] Israel’s direct-to-home operators Yes plans to launch high-definition TV (HDTV) services in December, according to press reports. The package will cost 39.90 Israeli shekels ($10.14) per […]