Staff Writer

GlobeCast signed a deal for an additional full transponder on the AsiaSat 5 satellite, GlobeCast announced.    The increased capacity on AsiaSat 5, formerly AsiaSat 2, will be used to […]

Future shareholders of UAE-based satellite broadcasting venture YahLive have signed a memorandum of understanding with Jordan Media City, a media hub based in Amman, Jordan, to establish a strategic business […]

Enterprise management software provider ScheduALL has been selected by HBO to provide the broadcast network’s U.S. West Coast facilities with an operations management solution, ScheduALL announced.     ScheduALL will be […]

Front Porch Digital has introduced its DIVAsolo V.4 content migration system, which aims to incorporate full integration with global NLE systems, the company announced.     The DIVAsolo handles turnkey migration, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-10] CET Teleport has appointed Matthew Ivey vice president of sales, the company announced April 11.     Ivey will be responsible to expand CET’s VSAT network services, teleport […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-10] Norsat International has appointed Trevor Greene CFO effective immediately, the company announced April 12.     Greene replaces Eugene Syho, will remain at Norsat during a transition period […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-10] Azzurro, a New York-based all-digital, HD-enabled video switching hub and T-VIPS, a video contribution and distribution solutions provider signed a partnership agreement to provide HD video connectivity […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-10] Newtec is set to launch its DualFlow solution, which aims to allow broadcasters to migrate to satellite IP-based operations through interfacing with both ASI and IP networks, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-10] Sky Brasil has expanded its HDTV service in Latin America based on Harmonic’s Electra 8000 multi-channel universal encoder, Sky Brasil announced April 12.     Sky Brasil launched […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-10] Arianespace has postponed the launch of the SES Astra 3B and ComsatBw-2 satellites a second time following the detection of an anomaly in the launch vehicle’s pressurization […]

EchoStar is planning to expand Dish Network’s broadcast market presence in North America following a capacity deal with SES and the launch of the EchoStar 14 satellite, the companies announced. […]

Media transport solutions developer Net Insight has been contracted by France Telecom subsidiary GlobeCast to expand its media contribution network and provide technology to handle GlobeCast’s services for 2010 FIFA […]

An April 6 decision by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s [FCC] Internet regulatory authority should not affect the FCC’s […]

ND SatCom will introduce XWARP, a new IT solution that aims to offer their customers and service providers almost latency-free cloud computing software at the user’s front end, the company […]

Kudelski Group subsidiary Nagravision signed a 10-year conditional access system agreement with Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat, Nagravision announced.     The agreement extends the existing long-term security technology partnership between […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-12-10] Vislink is set to unveil its NewSwift LT vehicle-mounted satellite antenna for the mid-range satellite uplink and satellite newsgathering market, the company announced April 9.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-12-10] ND SatCom will introduce XWARP, a new IT solution that aims to offer their customers and service providers almost latency-free cloud computing software at the user’s front […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-12-10] Protesters from Thailand’s Red-Shirt anti-government movement broke into operator Thaicom’s satellite compound April 9 after a confrontation with the facility’s military security force, the operator announced.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-12-10] MTN Satellite Communications signed an agreement with Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, an international shipping company based in Norway, to outfit its entire fleet with broadband VSAT equipment, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-12-10] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received an additional $7.1 million in funding from the U.S. Army for the maintenance of its Secret and Non-secure Internet Protocol Router SNAP […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-12-10] The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched the CrySat-2 ice research satellite on a Dnepr rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the agency announced April 8. […]

Telesat will be dedicating a 16 Ku-band-transponder payload on the Anik G1 satellite to Canadian DTH proivder Shaw Direct, Telesat announced.     “The deal is the result of Industry Canada‚s […]

DirecTV will add ESPN 3D to its dedicated 3-D programming package, scheduled to launch in June, the satellite broadcaster announced.     ESPN 3D will showcase a minimum of 85 live […]

Future shareholders of UAE-based satellite broadcasting venture YahLive have signed a memorandum of understanding with Jordan Media City, a media hub based in Amman, Jordan, to establish a strategic business […]

Enterprise management software provider ScheduALL has been selected by HBO to provide the broadcast network’s U.S. West Coast facilities with an operations management solution, ScheduALL announced.     ScheduALL will be […]

Front Porch Digital has introduced its DIVAsolo V.4 content migration system, which aims to incorporate full integration with global NLE systems, the company announced. The DIVAsolo handles turnkey migration, content […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-09-10] Intelsat‘s Galaxy 15 satellite (G-15), located at 133 degrees West, experienced an anomaly on April 5, the operator announced April 8.     "There has been no immediate […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-09-10] International Datacasting Corp, (IDC) appointed David Little to its board.     Little is a partner with Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, a Canadian national business law firm.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-09-10] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) adjusted its full-year sales projection down to about $4.8 billion from expectations of up to $4.875 billion, with an earnings shift due to better-than-expected […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-09-10] After a year of economic uncertainty, the North American satellite broadband industry became the first region to top 1 million subscribers, with Western Europe likely to exceed […]