Focus: Broadcasting

[10-19-07 – Satellite Today] Iridium Satellite formed a strategic partnership with Brazilian telecommunications company Tesacom do Brasil, Iridium announced Oct. 19. Tesacom provides the maritime, oil and gas, utilities, agriculture,...

[10-19-07 – Satellite Today]  AeroAstro, a business unit of the Radyne Corp., will supply Globalstar with network upgrades to increase satellite messaging capacity, Radyne announced Oct. 18. AeroAstro will supply...

[10-19-07 – Satellite Today]  Com Dev International Ltd. will demonstrate an advanced automatic identification system (AIS) detection capability from space, the company announced Oct. 17. The VHF broadcast system will...

[10-19-07 – Satellite Today] C2Sat Communications signed a deal with Trac ID Systems, covering a new radio link application for the oil and gas industry, C2Sat announced Oct. 19. Under...

[10-18-07 – Satellite News] Intelsat’s deal to acquire 10 transponders on Telenor Satellite Broadcasting‘s Thor 6 satellite, to be launched in 2009, is an indication that Intelsat expects strong growth...

[10-18-07 – Satellite Today] Digital+, the Spanish direct-to-home platform owned by Sogecable, lost 10,000 subscribers in the quarter that closed Sept. 30, the company announced Oct. 17. At the end...

[10-17-07 – Satellite Today] Pacific Century Matrix, a provider of satellite-based television broadcast solutions, has signed agreements with the Indus Media Group to use the Measat-3 satellite for the distribution...

[10-17-07 – Satellite Today] Digital television switchover officially began in the United Kingdom Oct. 17, as thousands of homes the north of England received digital channels for the first time....

[10-16-07 – Satellite News]  SES Sirius managing director Håkan Sjödin is optimistic that the operator’s Sirius 4 satellite will be in orbit before the end of the year despite the...

[10-15-07 – Satellite Today] Virgin Media will use satellite technology to boost its sports coverage, teaming up with M3U.com to provide interactive content from sports fans across the United Kingdom...