Author: Staff Writer

 AsiaSat CEO Peter Jackson, a key figure in the Asian satellite industry since the early 1970s, will retire in July from his position as leader of the satellite operator. William...

BusinessCom Launches iDirect VSAT Services in Middle East BusinessCom launched iDirect Evolution Ku-band satellite Internet access services on the Loral Skynet Telstar-11N and SES NSS-12 geostationary satellites. The services cover...

Glowlink Upgrades Spectrum Monitoring System Glowlink has released the third generation of its Model 1000 spectrum monitoring system, which includes upgrades such as paired-carrier monitoring, increased signal speed and characterization,...

Ericsson Wins 3-D Technology Award The Ericsson 3-D content delivery solution, featuring the company’s MPEG-4 AVC HD contribution encoder, won the 2010 Superior Technology Award Recipient (STAR) award at the...

CET Teleport Names VSAT, IPTV Sales Executive CET Teleport appointed Matthew Ivey vice president of sales. Ivey will be responsible to expand CET’s VSAT network services, teleport services and IPTV...

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] SES World Skies has signed a deal with An Vien Group (AVG) to provide transponder capacity on the NSS-6 satellite for a new DTH service in Vietnam,...

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] The Azerbaijan Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies has signed a contract with Orbital Sciences Corp. to build Azerbaijan’s first national satellite, Orbital announced May 27.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] Potential crashes between satellites and space debris may impact the $250 billion space-services market, according to a U.S. Defense Department Space Posture Review report released to the...

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] Eutelsat has teamed up with Eurosport to broadcast the French Open in 3-D to retail stores throughout Europe, Eutelsat announced May 27.    The 3-D coverage, running...

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] Eric Shanks, former executive vice president of entertainment of DirecTV, has been appointed president of Fox Sports, the Fox Sports Media Group confirmed May 26.    Shanks...