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The U.S. Air Force has exercised an option on its Alternate Infrared Satellite System (AIRSS) contract with Northrop Grumman Corp. to accelerate the program to a System Design Review (SDR),...

DirecTV Latin America (DTVLA) president Bruce Churchill believes telcos will find it tough in terms of developing IPTV strategies in Latin America, but hopes it can work with telcos the...

The Modern Times Group (MTG), owners of direct-to-home (DTH) platforms in the Nordic and Baltic regions of Europe, has outlined a number of strategic objectives as it looks to consolidate...

The first of four satellites for Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed constellation was delivered in a June 8 launch aboard a Boeing Delta 2 booster from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Thales...

Sea Launch has concluded its failure investigation and expects its return to flight in October with delivery of Thuraya-3 aboard a Zenit 3SL booster, company spokeswoman Paula Korn said June...

France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications (FTMSC) has renamed itself Vizada as it aims for sharpened performance in the mobile satellite services market. Apax Partners acquired the erstwhile FTMSC in October...

Sogecable’s direct-to-home (DTH) platform Digital+ is preparing to bring high-definition (HD) services to its 2 million customers in Spain. The operator said that beginning in August, its iPlus service will...

Inmarsat and Axiom Telecom signed an exclusive agreement for Axiom to manage the global distribution of Inmarsat’s forthcoming mobile and fixed satellite phones, Inmarsat announced June 7. Axiom will support...

Asian IP solutions provider BNS has unveiled its Nautilus Middleware platform designed to power IP-based video services such as IPTV, Internet TV and MDU IPTV, the company announced June 7....

Viaccess, a conditional access vendor and subsidiary of France Telecom, has appointed François Moreau de Saint Martin as its new CEO. Moreau de Saint Martin had been chief technology officer...