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[Satellite TODAY 06-15-10] Thailand’s government is planning to buy Temasek Holdings’ stake in Thaicom for national security reasons after protesters broke into Thaicom’s facility and used its signal for anti-government...

ABI Research has projected that the global pay-TV subscriber base will grow by 7 percent, reaching 719 million customers by the end of 2010 in a research forecast released June...

HBO Asia signed a long-term transponder lease agreement with APT Satellite for capacity on Apstar 2R (Telstar 10) and Apstar 2R’s replacement satellite, Apstar 7, set to be launched in...

Eurovision has signed deals with SES World Skies and AsiaSat to provide satellite delivery of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the operators announced June 1.  Eurovision, a...

Ericsson has supplied CJ Golden Village (CGV), a South Korean multiplex cinema chain, with compression solutions that will enable CGV to show World Cup action in 3-D, Ericsson announced June...

Measat Satellite Systems has signed an agreement with GlobeCast and SPE Networks Asia to distribute the Southeast Asian feed of the AXN HD channel via the Measat-3 satellite, the operator...

[Satellite TODAY 06-15-10] Hughes Network Systems has been awarded an IDIQ contract by the State of Oregon to provide Hughes Broadband Internet and Access Continuity services via its Spaceway 3...

[Satellite TODAY 06-15-10] The National Space Organization (NSPO), based in Taiwan, has contracted SpaceX to launch Formosat-5, NSPO’s Earth observation satellite, as early as December 2013, SpaceX announced June 14....

[Satellite TODAY 06-15-10] Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi) has designed and delivered a complete Flyaway broadcast system to World Cup broadcasters in South Africa, the company announced June 14.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 06-15-10] ITT Corp. has completed a Critical Design Review (CDR) for a mission data unit (MDU) the company is developing for the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System...