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Eutelsat subsidiary Skylogic Italia won a contract to provide satellite broadband access to public administrators in Tuscany, Italy. Under the contract awarded by the region of Tuscany, Skylogic will provide […]

TANDBERG Television will be acquiring IP video solutions provider SkyStream, through a cash/stock transfer transaction valued at $80 million. The move will bring together two major players in the digital […]

International Datacasting Corporation (IDC) has won a $2.6 million contract to provide satellite services to the Canadian Forces. Under the deal, IDC will deploy its SuperFlex DVB-IP satellite datacasting products […]

ILC released its new MaxView 5.0 for Broadband at the SATELLITE 2006 Conference & Exhibition in Washington D.C. MaxView 5.0 is a software platform that lets service providers manage IPTV, […]

Telesat says it will be serving as the exclusive satellite carrier for Auroras Entertainment; an end-to-end provider of IPTV for the North American market including Alaska and Hawaii. Auroras plans […]

Norway’s TSAT AS has introduced its TSAT-3000, a VSAT private network solution to support critical applications in harsh environments and remote locations. The ruggedized TSAT- 3000 meets the latest IEC […]

DRS Codem Systems announced its new X-Band Satellite Communications-On-The-Move (XOTM) Antenna Subsystem at the SATELLITE 2006 Conference & Exhibition this week. According to the company, the XOTM Antenna Subsystem is […]

Chellomedia appointed Jeroen Oerlemans, general manager of the digital TV channel Sport1 in the Netherlands, which was launched earlier this month. Sport1 is a new, 24-hour sports channel in the […]

Following Monday’s news of International Launch Services being selected to launch JSAT’s JCSAT-11 satellite on a Proton vehicle in 2007, ILS announced two more contracts at the SATELLITE 2006 Conference […]

SES Global subsidiary Americom Government Services (AGS) will be offering Command and Control On-The-Move two-way broadband IP connectivity to war fighter vehicles traveling at 60 mph or faster. Using a […]

Swe-Dish Satellite Systems is taking the wraps off its new FA150K Lite fly-away terminal. The FA150K Lite is a rugged, quick set-up portable earth station with a 1.5m elliptical Gregorian […]

Triveni Digital developed a new secure data broadcasting solution for emergency services networks, which can be carried via satellite, terrestrial digital TV, or cable TV. Branded as the SkyScraperT Emergency […]

iDirect Technologies has added a mesh solution to its iDirect platform. Aimed at providing iDirect customers with more flexibility, iDirect Mesh supports a single hop connection between remote modems to […]

RaySat, Inc. says it has developed a low-profile (5.7″) antenna designed for moving vehicles. Called the StealthRay, this Ku-band satellite antenna works with a wide range of bandwidths, supports VoIP […]

The U.S. Department of Justice has completed its review of SES Global’s acquisition of New Skies Satellites, effectively giving permission for the deal to go through. The acquisition was announced […]

JSAT Corporation will be launching its JCSAT-11 satellite on an ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle in 2007; making it the first Japanese company to use a Russian launch vehicle. The […]

DataPath, Inc., which provides products for mission-critical communications, has deployed battlefield communications equipment for the marines‚ three SWANs (Support Wide Area Networks. SWAN is a satellite and Internet protocol (IP) […]

Swe-Dish Satellite Systems launched a new Remote Monitor and Control System (RMC) for its fly-away satellite terminals. The new control system gives Swe-Dish users control and monitoring of all vital […]

Romania Cable Systems (RCS), the country’s largest DTH, has signed a multimillion dollar contract with Intelsat for additional capacity on the IS 10-02 satellite in order to expand RCS’ business […]

DRS Codem Systems Inc., a provider of antenna control systems, OTM pedestals, network access products, spectrum management, signals intelligence (SIGINT) systems, monitor and control systems and engineering services for a […]

The four largest U.S.-based space companies, Boeing Co., Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp. and Raytheon Co., generally posted strong performances in 2005 thanks to continued strong government work and […]

Part of Frascati’s Controlled Origin Denomination — "Denominazione d’Origine Controllata" or DOC in Italian, a wine’s legally demarcated home region — was surveyed before and after the October harvest using […]

Ex-Aramiska CEO Philippe Bodart believes the future for satellite broadband in the United Kingdom is limited, if any future exists at all. Aramiska, a pan-European satellite broadband operator, abruptly shut […]

Xtar LLC signed master service agreements with two companies that provide service to U.S. government customers, Xtar announced Feb. 3. Under the agreements, General Dynamics Satellite Communications Services Inc. and […]

Boeing completed initial electromagnetic compatibility and interference testing of the first GPS 2F satellite, the company announced Feb. 2. The test, conducted at the company’s Satellite Development Center in El […]

Spacedev completed its acquisition of Starsys Research Corp. after shareholders of both companies approved the deal, Spacedev announced Feb. 2. Spacedev agreed in October to pay $9 million in cash […]

Harris Corp. purchased non-exclusive rights to Earthstar Geographics LLC‘s Terracolor satellite imagery product, Earthstar announced. The products simulates true color satellite imagery at 15-meter resolution. Applications include location-based mapping, land […]

Michael Targoff has been elected CEO of Loral Space & Communications, replacing the retiring Bernard Schwartz, the company announced Feb. 2. Targoff has served as vice chairman of Loral’s board […]

Employees represented by three locals of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers at Boeing facilities in California, Alabama and Florida, voted Feb. 1 to accept the company’s offer […]

Gilat Satellite Networks announced four new deals with telecommunications companies in Kazakhstan for high-speed satellite communications networks. These four contracts with Jarykh, JSC Astel, JSC Kazakhtelecom and Technoservice Lyuks cover […]