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Industry News: Contracts (May 2007)
May 01, 2007
Alcatel Alenia Space Signs Harris Corp. For Commercial Antenna Contract Harris Corp. has been awarded a contract by Alcatel Alenia Space to supply a 12-meter S-band antenna for Eutelsat’s W2A...
Industry News: Executive Moves (May 2007)
May 01, 2007
DirecTV Names New Executives DirecTV has promoted Derek Chang to executive vice president of content strategy and development; Dan Hartman to senior vice president of programming acquisition; and Eric Shanks...
Emcore To Provide Solar Panels For Mars Mission
April 30, 2007
Emcore Corp.’s Photovoltaics Division has been awarded a contract by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to manufacture solar panels for the Mars Cruise Stage spacecraft, the company announced April 27. The...
Norsat Receives Orders From Army
April 30, 2007
Norsat International Inc. has received multiple contracts from the U.S. Army for portable satellite systems and ancillary equipment, the company announced April 27. The systems will be used primarily to...
European Parliament Calls For Galileo To Move Forward
April 30, 2007
The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the interested parties to solve their disagreements and move the Galileo satellite navigation program forward, the Parliament announced April 26. "Parliament expresses...
Premiere Locks Up Austrian Soccer
April 27, 2007
German pay-TV operator Premiere has reached an agreement for the exclusive pay-TV rights to the Austrian Bundesliga until 2010, Premiere announced. Premiere offers direct-to-home services in Austria as well as...
CASBAA Adds Five Members
April 27, 2007
Direct-to-home satellite operator ProtoStar is among five new members of the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA). The other new members are Indian broadcaster Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Indian...