Author: Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 02-21-13] Eutelsat has inked German Internet service provider skyDSL Global to a five-year multiple spot beam capacity contract on Ka-Sat, with an option for an additional five years,...

[Satellite TODAY 02-21-13] A growing number of seafarers see on-board Wi-Fi connectivity as essential in order to use their own smartphones, tablets and laptops aboard ships, with social media, especially...

[Satellite TODAY 02-21-13] Hispasat’s Amazonas 3 satellite has started its systems, deployed its solar panels and begun its in-orbit test phase, the operator confirmed.    The satellite reached its geostationary...

[Satellite TODAY 02-20-13] Satellite broadcast television continued to expand its household reach in Germany during 2012, with approximately 18 million households receiving their TV directly from a satellite source by...

[Satellite TODAY 02-20-13] Dish Network reported a decrease in its 2012 full-year net income, caused by higher subscriber-related expenses that were driven by programming costs, increased subscriber acquisition costs from higher...

[Satellite TODAY 02-19-13] Video delivery infrastructure specialist Harmonic has reached an agreement to sell its Cable Access business to Aurora Networks for $46 million in cash, which would complete the...

[Satellite TODAY 02-13-13] By 2017, 4G LTE operators will see their revenues leap through an extended growth spurt, reaching more than $340 billion spread throughout the international market, compared to...

XipLink and Vitacom have successfully deployed XipLink XA appliances for various satellite service customers in Africa and Latin America.        The new optimized services aim to provide higher...

Arianespace successfully carried out its 54th Ariane 5 launch in a row, orbiting the Amazonas-3 for Spanish operator Hispasat and Azerspace/Africasat-1a for the Azerbaijani operator Azercosmos.     Arianespace’s 68th launch...

SES and GlobeCast have renewed their agreement for use of transponders on the operator’s NSS-806 and AMC-1 satellites, the companies announced.    GlobeCast will continue to utilize two transponders of...