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ViaSat received contracts worth about $6 million from High Capabilities Telecom (Hicap) to expand a demand assigned multiple access (DAMA) VSAT network to provide connections for a variety of advanced […]

Comtech EF Data unveiled its new CDM-740 Satellite Modem – a high performance architecture featuring an integrated DVB-S/S2 receiver and a turbo product-coding Single Carrier Per Channel (SCPC) Modulator, the […]

Gilat Satellite Networks subsidiary Spacenet introduced its Prysm Pro application, the company’s second-generation integrated and off-the-shelf IP networking solution, Spacenet announced Aug. 3.     Spacenet said Prysm Pro’s release was […]

EchoStar Satellite Services signed an agreement with Ringgold Telephone Company (RTC), a U.S. provider of converged communications to access lines in northern Georgia, to deliver EchoStar’s ViP-TV video transport service […]

Prime Time Communications, a provider of integrated IP-based services, and Amino Communications, an IPTV entertainment solutions provider, have completed an MPEG-4 upgrade program to deliver expanded high-definition services to their […]

Vizada launched the ThurayaIP broadband mobile satellite service. The launch follows an extensive development phase with Thuraya to fine-tune the service and link it to Vizada’s network infrastructure. ThurayaIP transmits […]

EchoStar Satellite Services signed an agreement to deliver its ViP-TV IP video transport service to Citizens Cablevision, a broadband data, video and voice provider in Virginia, EchoStar announced July 27. […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-11-09] EchoStar Corp. more than doubled its profits in the second quarter of 2009, earning $101.8 million compared with $47.8 million in the same period in 2008, according […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-11-09] Keystone Enterprise Services has been contracted by the Channel One News network to supply turnkey satellite network and support services for its school news broadcast, which reaches […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-11-09] Dish Network Corp.’s second-quarter earnings dropped 81 percent, with net income falling from $336 million in 2008 to $63 million and revenues dipping 0.4 percent to remain […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-11-09] Norsat International Inc. appointed Amiee Chan, Norsat’s president and CEO, to its board, the company announced Aug. 6.     “On behalf of the board, I believe this […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-11-09] Pay-TV operators in Asia have gained close to 6 million new subscribers in the first half of the year, according to research by Media Partners Asia (MPA) […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-09] DirecTV’s second-quarter profits dropped 11 percent in the second quarter of 2009, as the company spent more money on customer acquisition, which offset revenue growth, according to […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-09] KVH Industries has activated its mini-VSAT Broadband service in the Asia-Pacific maritime region, the company announced Aug. 6.     KVH is working in collaboration with Sky Perfect […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-09] Companies under the umbrella of Greek telecom OTE reported strong second quarter results this week, according to company reports.     RomTelecom, based in Romania, reported it had […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-09] Spacenet Rural Communications (SRC) has deployed a Gilat SkyEdge 2 broadband satellite communications network at more than 1,300 sites for the Colombian Ministry of Communications, Gilat announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-09] Telespazio signed a 30 million euro ($43 million) contract with the Polish Ministry of Defense to provide Poland’s military with Italian Sicral 1B space capacity in the […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-07-09] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) space systems division sales declined by 11 percent to $364 million compared from $407 million in the previous year, according to the company’s 2010 […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-07-09] Comcast Corp., the largest cable operator in the United States, lost 214,000 basic video subscribers in the first quarter of 2009, sending its total customer base below […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-07-09] Dutch language channel BVN-TV expanded its contract with RRsat following the launch of services over Asia, Africa and Australia in 2007, RRsat announced Aug. 6.     BVN-TV, […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-07-09] Integral Systems CEO John Higginbotham has resigned, effective immediately, the company’s board of directors announced Aug. 6.     Paul Casner, a board member of the company since […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-07-09] Stratos Global Corp. was awarded a contract from maritime transportation company Stolt Tankers to provide a high-speed satellite-based communications network for a fleet of 75 ships, Stratos […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-07-09] Inmarsat reported a 5 percent increase in revenues to $508.7 million, driven by strong growth in the company’s maritime business, Inmarsat announced in its 2009 first half […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-07-09] Sirius XM Radio’s net loss grew from $83.9 million a year ago to $157 million in the 2009 second quarter, according to financial reports released Aug. 6. […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-07-09] The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) have partnered to create a common marketplace for commercial satellite communication acquisitions, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-09] Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. completed environmental testing for the WorldView-2 remote sensing satellite built for DigitalGlobe and has begun post-environmental performance testing, Ball Aerospace announced Aug. […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-09] News Corp. increased its stake in the German satellite broadcaster Sky Deutschland from 30.5 percent to 39.96 percent, the company announced Aug. 5.     Sky Deutschland, formerly […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-09] TS2 Satellite Technologies introduced new satellite link products aimed at companies that execute government and military contracts in the Near East and Asia, as well as by […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-09] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) named Marv Vander Weg Vice President of the company’s EELV customer office, the company announced Aug. 5.     Vander Weg will be responsible […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-09] Satellite technology is playing a key role in boosting emergency services for Australian regional governments, said Australian Senator Stephen Conroy, the Minister for broadband, communications and the […]