Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today – 4-16-08] SatelliteToday.com will feature the latest news from the 2008 NAB Show beginning April 14.     Be sure to check out the live Blog at www.SatelliteToday.com/blog for updates on events in Las Vegas from April 14-17.

[Satellite News – 4-16-08] Former Near Earth LLC President J. Armand Musey has reached base camp on Mount Everest and is preparing to ascend to Camp 1, 19,600 ft. above sea level.     Musey, who left Wall Street in 2007, is climbing Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth, as both a personal goal and...

[Satellite News – 4-15-08] In the month since the World Teleport Association (WTA) named Globecomm Systems President Kenneth Miller Teleport Executive of the Year, the company has been awarded more than $16 million in contracts by the U.S. government.     Over the past year, Globecomm has entered the mobile solutions market with SatCell, a service...

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd. has launched its ICO G1 satellite, ICO announced April 14.     The satellite was launched at 4:12 p.m. EST, and was successfully placed into its initial geosynchronous transfer orbit at 4:56 p.m. The initial telemetry and command contact with the spacecraft was established through the Perth,...

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] The Broadcasting Satellite Systems Corp. (B-Sat) has awarded Lockheed Martin the contract to build BSAT-3b, Lockheed Martin announced April 15.     BSAT-3b, the second consecutive satellite built by Lockheed Martin for B-Sat, will provide high-definition (HD) direct broadcast services throughout Japan. BSAT-3b will comprise 12 130 W Ku-band channels (8 operating...

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] International Datacasting Corp. reported increased growth for both the fiscal year 2008 and the fourth quarter, the company announced April 14.     IDC posted a 9 percent increase in revenue for the quarter ending Jan. 31, from 6.9 million CAD ($6.8 million) in 2007 to 7.5 million CAD ($7.4 million). The...

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] German pay-TV operator Premiere has unveiled its strategy to deter criminal hackers, the company announced April 15. The operator, which saw its platform compromised earlier this year, has decided to use a dual strategy, working with both the Kudelski Group and NDS, two of the biggest players for providing Conditional Access...

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] Globecast is updating and enlarging its playout center and MCR in London, the company announced April 15.     The expansion will increase the capacity of services offered, as well as to provide multi-platform solutions on a worldwide scale. The new multimedia center will be IPTV and Mobile TV capable, and will...

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] SatelliteToday.com will feature the latest news from the 2008 NAB Show beginning April 14.     Be sure to check out the live Blog at www.SatelliteToday.com/blog for updates on events in Las Vegas from April 14-17.

[Satellite News – 4-15-08] SES has confirmed the worst-case scenario for the AMC-14 satellite, declaring the spacecraft a total loss April 11. The loss is a blow to SES, but will create more problems for EchoStar, which had been banking on AMC-14 to help boost its high-definition (HD) strategy in the United States.     AMC-14,...