Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today – 4-25-08] IP-Prime signed an agreement to broadcast the NFL Network to carriers using SES Americom’s IPTV service, IP-Prime announced April 25.      The transport agreement ensures that the NFL Network will be available to all IP-Prime operators throughout the United States, though each operator will have to sign individual carriage deals with...

[Satellite Today – 4-25-08] RT Logic’s unveiled its new waveform signal generator product, the Telemetrix 400TSS, the company announced April 24.     The T400TSS is a modular, software-defined telemetry simulator and signal generator that supports testing of telemetry subsystems within satellite ground stations, missile and satellite factories, and calibration laboratories as well as command generation....

[Satellite Today – 4-24-08] Raytheon Co.’s Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) segment posted an increase of 3 percent in net sales for the first quarter of 2008, the company announced April 24.     SAS reported net sales of $995 million, up 3 percent from $964 million in the first quarter of 2007. Operating income decreased...

[Satellite Today – 4-24-08] The launch of Spacecom’s Amos-3 satellite aboard a Land Launch rocket has been delayed, the operator announced April 24.     The satellite had been scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome site on a Zenit-3SLB rocket. Spacecom said that according to reports it received, the supporting arm of the launcher did...

[Satellite Today – 4-24-08] Integral Systems Inc. won a contract to provide a second ground control system for ProtoStar Ltd., Integral announced April 22.     Integral will provide a integrated ground control system for ProtoStar 2, which is scheduled to be launched in early 2009. The contract includes primary and backup satellite control, network, and...

[Satellite Today – 4-24-08] The Russian Satellite Communications Company’s (RSCC) Express-AM33 satellite is operational, the company confirmed April 23. Express-AM33 satellite was launched aboard a Proton rocket from Baikonur Space Center in late January and put into operation April 14 at 96.5º East as part of RSCC’s constellation.     The spacecraft is designed to provide...

[Satellite News – 4-23-08] Bell Canada, which owns and runs Canada’s largest direct-to-home (DTH) operator, Bell ExpressVu, is pushing satellite technology as a solution to help the country become fully digital.     If the operator is successful, even people in remote areas of the country would have access to the latest high-definition (HD) channels and...

[Satellite Today – 4-23-08] Revenues for Boeing Co.’s Network and Space Systems segment fell 3 percent for the first quarter of 2008, the company announced April 23.     The segment posted revenues of $2.7 billion for the quarter ending March 31, compared to $2.8 billion in 2007. The segment also posted a $267 million operating...

[Satellite Today – 4-23-08] SES Astra’s signed a framework contract with the Belgium-based Satelliet Electronics for the marketing and sales of the Astra2Connect broadband services, SES Astra announced April 23.     Under the terms of the deal Satelliet Electronics will distribute the service in Belgium and the Netherlands.     “With Astra2Connect we want to address...

[Satellite Today – 4-23-08] Ondas Media has signed an agreement with the Radio Communications Agency in the Netherlands that gives the European satellite radio company exclusive rights to construct, launch and locate up to two geostationary satellites, Ondas announced April 23.     Ondas plans to provide satellite radio services throughout Europe, a market it estimates...