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[Satellite Today 08-22-08]  Freesat has appointed James Strickland as its new director of product and technology development, the company announced Aug. 21.     Strickland will be joining Freesat from Cisco,...

[Satellite Today 08-22-08] An Alliant Tech Systems (ATK) suborbital rocket carrying two NASA hypersonic experiments exploded shortly after liftoff from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Aug. 22.    ...

[Satellite Today 08-22-08] AsiaSat CEO Peter Jackson is hoping the operator can gain good business from governments in the region. This is a key target market over the next 12...

[Satellite Today 08-21-08] Dish Network Corp. is offering new programming deals for consumers affected by the upcoming digital TV transition. The company said that consumers may opt to sign up...

[Satellite Today 08-21-08] Lars Prahm, director general of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat), said the organization is set for a more prominent role as the...

[Satellite Today 08-21-08] Crawford Communications will use Genesis Network’s fiber infrastructure as a component in the launch of a new high-definition service offering for Crawford’s client, World Fishing Network (WFN),...

[Satellite Today 08-21-08] Hawaii Pacific Teleport has put a standard A (15.5-meter) C-band antenna into service for SES New Skies, Hawaii Pacific Teleport announced Aug. 21.     The antenna will...

[Satellite Today 08-21-08] BSkyB is ramping up the number of high-definition (HD) channels available to its U.K. subscriber base, the pay-TV operator said Aug. 20.     BSkyB will launch seven...

[Satellite Today 08-21-08] JSAT has formed a joint venture with Stratos Global Corp. to serve the mobile satellite communications needs of Japanese businesses and government agencies, the companies announced Aug....

[Satellite News 08-20-08] Alcatel-Lucent is supporting the world’s first commercial trial of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)’s new BCAST smartcard profile, a standard for mobile TV content protection, Alcatel-Lucent announced...