Author: Staff Writer

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] Iridium Communications has expanded its value-added manufacturing agreement with Quake Global to integrate Iridium’s short-burst data (SBD) service into Quake’s new line of industrial satellite transceivers, the...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] Lockheed Martin is ahead of development schedule for the U.S. Air Force‘s next-generation GPS system, GPS 3, having completed 26 of 65 critical design review (CDR) tests,...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] Inmarsat completed an eight-year, 225 million euro ($302.9 million) credit facility from the European Investment Bank to fund the build and launch of the Alphasat 1-XL satellite,...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] SES Astra signed a capacity agreement with South African pay-TV operator On Digital Media (ODM), the DTH satellite system provider announced April 19.     ODM, which is...

Ericsson has signed a deal with ESPN to provide its 3-D channel with a complete standards-based video processing solution, featuring encoders and receivers for 3-D broadcasts, Ericsson announced.     The...

Vizada has launched a new video software program, which aims to enable users operating in remote areas to edit, compress and send video images over a mobile satellite terminal, the...

Sirius XM Radio expects to add 500,000 new subscribers in 2010 after adding 257,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2009 and ended the year with a customer base of...

A total of 147.8 million set-top boxes will ship worldwide in 2010, an increase of 11.5 percent from 132.6 million units last year, according to an iSuppli Corp. study.    ...

As broadcast subscribers have upgraded from standard- to high-definition services, DTH operators have steadily grown their ARPU numbers, according to an NSR study.     The study, “HD to 3-D –...

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-10]  Brazil, India and the Republic of South Africa signed an agreement to develop and launch a new civil satellite program into space, government officials from the countries...