Author: Tai Nichols

[Via Satellite 08-27-13] Dish and NCC Media have entered a partnership that expands upon the cable industry’s collaborative I+ initiative, which links cable, satellite and telco companies’ ad inventory. The...

[Via Satellite 08-26-13] iDirect Government Technologies (iGT), a wholly owned subsidiary of VT iDirect (iDirect), announced the availability of its Bandwidth Timeslot Correlator (BTC), an add-on module to its SatManage...

[Via Satellite 08-26-13] Artel has been awarded a CTC COMSATCOM Transponded Capacity (CTC 0149) task order by the Defense Information Systems Agency Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DISA-DITCO), under the...

[Via Satellite 08-26-13] Hispasat will provide telecommunications services for the Vuelta a España cycling race, which started in Vilanova de Arousa, Pontevedra, and ends in Madrid in mid-September. Two high-performance mobile...

[Via Satellite 08-23-13] The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorized a $105.4 million loan to Space Communication (Spacecom) to finance the Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) launch...

[Via Satellite 08-23-13] SageNet will pay approximately $16 million to acquire one of its larger competitors, Spacenet, a subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks. With the sale, Gilat expects to strengthen...

[Via Satellite 08-23-13] KVH Industries announced that Mark Guthrie has joined the company as vice president of global mobile broadband sales to manage the continuing development of the mini-VSAT broadband...

[Via Satellite 08-23-13] Globalstar, a provider of mobile satellite voice and data services, has met all of the conditions precedent necessary for the effectiveness of the amended and restated COFACE...

[Via Satellite 08-23-13] Cobham Broadcast has appointed Sam Medler as technical services manager for broadcast. Medler, who will be based at the company’s head office in Whiteley, Hampshire, U.K., will...

[Via Satellite 08-23-13] Gaia, believed to be the most advanced space telescope built in Europe, has left the Toulouse facilities of Astrium after final integration and testing. The spacecraft is...