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Gateway Gets Extra Finance for DTH Platform

Gateway Broadcast Services, a subsidiary of Gateway Telecommunications, has raised an additional $40 million as it looks to make GTV – its new pan-Africa, direct-to-home (DTH), pay-TV service – a...

Chellomedia Seeks Interactive Advertising Boost

Chellomedia, the European-based content division of Liberty Global, is launching a range of interactive advertising solutions for television platforms, including satellite, in the United Kingdom. The systems are designed to...

ND Satcom Aids G8 Summit

Satellite technology and services are underpinning the Group of 8 (G8) political summit meeting in Germany. ND Satcom is working with the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) during...

Kudelski Settles Patent Dispute

The Kudelski Group, which supplies middleware and conditional access solutions to direct-to-home operators worldwide, has settled a patent dispute with Assa Abloy Identification Technologies. Kudelski’s subsidiary, NagraID, settled the dispute...

COSMO-SkyMed Spacecraft Ready For Launch

Developed by Thales Alenia Space Italia for the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defense, a COSMO-SkyMed spacecraft was awaiting a June 7 launch aboard a Delta 2...

Thuraya Slashes Prices

Thuraya plans to re-launch its mobile satellite services in a bid to gain customers while promising significant discounts to existing subscribers, the operator announced June 5. Branded ThurayaECO, the new...

DigitalGlobe Promotes Three Vice Presidents

DigitalGlobe, a content provider of the world’s highest-resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products, announced June 5 the promotion of three vice presidents: Dawn Sienicki to government relations; Mike...