Focus: Broadcasting

[Satellite Today – 3-20-08] Boeing Co. has received the first signals from the DirecTV-11 satellite, which was launched March 19 by a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket.     DirecTV-11 is a Boeing 702 satellite that will enable DirecTV to continue expanding its high-definition line up from its position at 99.2° West.     "The successful launch of...

[Satellite Today – 3-19-08] Iridium Satellite signed agreements with Lockheed Martin, Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) and Thales Alenia Space to design concepts for Iridium’s next-generation satellite constellation, Iridium announced March 19.      The three companies will develop the concepts for the Next system throughout the next five months, and Iridium will award a pair of system...

[Satellite News – 3-19-08] While Dish Network Corp. claims the uncertain status of the AMC-14 satellite will not delays plans to enhance its high-definition (HD) programming line-up, industry analysts are not as certain.     A March 15 Proton launch failure left the SES Americom satellite, which is intended to provide Dish service, short of its...

[Satellite Today – 3-18-08] Wegener Corp. has received a $1.6 million order to provide Conklin-Intracom with IPTV set-top boxes, Wegener announced March 18.     The order includes a combination of Wegner’s SMD-515 units and remote controls for premium IPTV services, including high-definition programming, video on demand and integrated personal video recording.     “Given Conklin-Intracom’s expanding...

[Satellite Today – 3-18-08] Despite the uncertain status of the AMC-14 satellite, Dish Network Corp. said plans to enhance its high-definition (HD) programming line-up this spring remain on track, Dish announced March 18.     A March 15 Proton launch failure left the SES Americom satellite, which is intended to provide Dish service, short of its...

[Satellite Today – 3-18-08] Sea Launch will launch the DirecTV-11 broadcast satellite March 19, the company announced.     The launch, originally scheduled for March 17, was put on hold in order to examine an “issue,” the company said. The launch window opens at 6:48 p.m. EDT.     DirecTV 11, the second of three satellites Boeing...

[Satellite News – 3-18-08] With satellite-enabled services dominating the competition in a number of markets, telecommunications providers are searching for ways to gain competitive advantages and find a new generation of services which they hope will strike a chord with customers, according to telco executives at IPTV World Forum 2008 in London.     Most of...

[Satellite Today – 3-17-08] SES is weighing its options for the AMC-14 satellite, which was left short of its intended orbit by a March 15 Proton failure.     “Since the spacecraft is stable and performing nominally, albeit in the wrong orbit, we have some time to carefully evaluate the consequences of it and to carefully...

[Satellite News – 3-17-08] A Proton Breeze M rocket suffered its second failure in six months when a problem with the vehicle’s second stage left SES Americom‘s AMC-14 short of its intended orbit March 15.     The satellite, which news reports claim is 8,000 kilometers short of its planned altitude of 36,000 kilometers, is in...

[Satellite Today – 3-17-08] RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. has initiated services with its new high-definition (HD) playout facility, the company announced March 13.     The facility will expand the playout services RRSat can provide to more than 90 channels as well as the global distribution services to more than 400 TV and radio channels....