Recently added articles from Wireless Satellite and Broadcasting Newsletter:
International satellite industry opposes effort to introduce terrestrial service in Ku band.(TOP NEWS)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The global satellite communications sector has opposed a proposal made at the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow terrestrial fixed services to operate in the 14.0-14.5GHz band, a move that would cause harmful interference to fixed and mobile satellite-based services ...
AMERICOM Government Services to host US Air Force Payload.(CONTRACTS)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Satellite solutions provider AMERICOM Government Services (AGS) announced that it has been awarded a contract by the US Air Force to host an experimental sensor on board a commercial spacecraft. The three year $65 million firm fixed price contract was signed on June 30 with the ...
Mobile Satellite Ventures and Boeing amend satellite system procurement contract.(CONTRACTS)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced that it has reached an agreement with Boeing Satellite Systems (Boeing) to defer an additional $40 million of payments on the construction of the MSV-2 satellite. The $40 million deferral is in addition to the original construction ...
SES Astra signs framework deal with Nordnet to market Astra2connect in France.(CONTRACTS)
Jun 01, 2008 ... SES ASTRA, an SES firm, has inked a key framework deal with ISP (Internet service provider) NordNet for marketing its satellite based on the ASTRA2Connect two-way broadband service in France. The commercial deployment was expected to begin in late May. NordNet, which is an ...
GlobeCast renews SES NEW SKIES satellite capacity for the Americas and Europe.(CONTRACTS)
Jun 01, 2008 ... SES NEW SKIES, an SES company, and GlobeCast, a subsidiary of France Telecom, have signed five-year contracts for the continued use of two 36MHz transponders on the NSS-806 satellite at the orbital location of 319.5 degrees East. Terms of the contract remain confidential. ...
Globecomm Systems awarded multiple contracts from a global multilateral organization valued at approximately $9.1 million.(CONTRACTS)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Globecomm Systems Inc., a provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services on a global basis, announced that the company has been awarded multiple contracts from a global multilateral organization valued at approximately $9.1 million. Pursuant to ...
Greece's OTE selects On Demand Group to manage on-demand TV service.(CONTRACTS)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2008 ... On Demand Group (ODG), a subsidiary of SeaChange International, will provide an outsourced video-on-demand solution to the Hellenic Telecommunication Organisation S.A. (OTE). OTE, Greece's largest telco, with 5 million fixed lines and over 700,000 broadband customers, has plans to extend ...
GIT Satellite Communications awarded GSA Schedule contract.(CONTRACTS)
Jun 01, 2008 ... GIT Satellite Communications (www.gitsat.com), a provider of satellite voice and data equipment, airtime services, encrypted communications, and customer-driven specialty applications, announced that it has been awarded a United States General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule ...
Med Gen's FabULust to be aired in 110 million homes via satellite system.(CONTRACTS)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Med Gen Inc., manufacturers of nationally branded OTC healthier life products and specialty financial services, reports the signing of an agreement that will place its newest product, FabULust, via the Astra East Satellite System, into 110 million homes within Europe and North Africa. ...
IDMI contracts 40MHz capacity on SES NEW SKIES' NSS-7 satellite to launch a DVB S2 SCPC broadband platform.(CONTRACTS)
Jun 01, 2008 ... SES NEW SKIES, an SES firm, has said that IDMI, the international division of Lebanon's largest Internet service provider, IDM, has contracted 40MHz spectrum on the SES company's NSS-7 satellite for launching a DVB S2 SCPC broadband platform for its users in the Middle East and Africa. ...
Ingram Micro's V7 and Media One Direct team up to launch informational videos for portable GPS navigation products.(NEW PRODUCTS)
Jun 01, 2008 ... V7, the exclusive house brand for Ingram Micro Inc. and maker of world-class IT and consumer electronics global solutions, announced the availability of a new series of original, high-production quality multimedia videos for its NAV740 portable GPS navigation system. The V7 ...
Lockheed Martin achieved key Mmilestone on new missile warning satellite.(NEW PRODUCTS)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Lockheed Martin. announced that it has achieved a major integrated test milestone on the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft that enables the start of environmental testing in preparation for launch in late 2009. The GEO-1 satellite, designed ...
Long-lived NASA polar satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, ends service after 12 productive years.(NEW PRODUCTS)
Jun 01, 2008 ... After more than 12 years of collecting valuable data on how Earth's space environment is affected by continual bombardment from radiation and particles from the Sun, NASA has decommissioned its Polar spacecraft. Polar--built by Lockheed Martin--was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base ...
Hill Branscomb and IPotential announce multimillion-dollar patent sale.(BUSINESS)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Oil industry veteran and inventor Hill Branscomb announced the multimillion-dollar sale of a fundamental patent portfolio covering DVD scene selection and satellite image map navigation technology to an undisclosed buyer. The transaction, which was brokered by IPotential LLC, was made on ...
TerreStar announces satellite update.(BUSINESS)
Jun 01, 2008 ... TerreStar Corporation and its majority-owned subsidiary, TerreStar Networks Inc,. announced that its satellite TerreStar-1 (TS-1) has successfully completed its Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) testing, and High Power and Passive Intermodulation (PIM) testing of the flight model S-band feed array for ...
DIRECTV on Demand now available nationwide.(SERVICES)
Jun 01, 2008 ... DIRECTV Inc. has launched its DIRECTV on Demand service to customers across the country. The platform is available at no additional charge to customers with a DIRECTV Plus HD DVR or R22 DVR receiver and offers more than 4,000 standard-definition and HD titles, 24 hours a day, seven days a ...
Inmarsat and ILS set August 14 for Proton flight with Inmarsat satellite.(SERVICES)
Jun 01, 2008 ... International Launch Services (ILS) has scheduled its next Proton Breeze M commercial mission for August 14 (August 13 GMT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the launch of the Inmarsat-4 F3 satellite. The satellite is scheduled to be shipped to Baikonur in early ...
Multichoice teams up with Nigerian operator to launch mobile TV.(SERVICES)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Multichoice's Nigeria-based division has joined hands with Nigerian mobile service provider MTM to unveil a 10-channel mobile television service called "DStv from MTN." MTN, which had secured a GSM license back in 2001, had bagged a 3G license for $150 million in 2007. Bola Akingbade, ...
ViaSat expands global Ku-band mobile broadband satellite communications network.(NETWORKS)
Jun 01, 2008 ... ViaSat Inc. has signed a new 10-year agreement with KVH Industries Inc., to establish a global Ku-band mobile broadband network using ViaSat-patented ArcLight technology. The agreement includes an initial purchase by KVH of three ArcLight hubs, with options for more hubs as the network ...
News Corporation and Permira announce proposed acquisition of publicly held NDS Group plc Series A ordinary shares.(MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS)
Jun 01, 2008 ... News Corporation and two newly incorporated companies formed by funds advised by Permira Advisers LLP (the Permira Newcos) announced that they have proposed a transaction to an independent committee of the board of directors of News Corporation's majority-owned public subsidiary, NDS Group ...