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Cerona Networks Corp. is rolling out the SkyDSR digital satellite router, its initial DVB-S2 product, Cerona announced April 16. The robust digital satellite router is designed to serve corporate private...

The government of China sent a Compass-M1 navigation satellite into space April 14 aboard a March-3A rocket according to the state-run People’s Daily. Orbiting at 21,500 kilometers, the satellite is...

Avanti Screenmedia, a United Kingdom-based satellite media and telecoms business, has completed the de-merger of its satellite networks business by way of a dividend. The shares of the existing Screenmedia...

Orbit, the Middle East DTH operator, has signed a deal to kick-start its HD proposition, the company announced April 16. It has teamed with Zonemedia to launch the Voom HD...

Patriot Antenna Systems has sold its 4.8 meter tri-fold Cassegrain trailer-mounted antenna system to PacSat, Patriot announced April 16. PacSat will utilize the antenna for its state-of-the-art, high-definition (HD) broadcast...

Spaceconnection Inc. signed a definitive agreement with Intelsat for global occasional use space segment capacity, Intelsat announced April 16. Spaceconnection is extending its relationship for space segment capacity to support...

Global content-management and broadcast distributor GlobeCast selected Intelsat’s IS-9 and IS-904 satellites for distributing all 51 matches of Cricket World Cup 2007, Intelsat announced April 16. GlobeCast reportedly chose Intelsat’s...

Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, has introduced its new advanced program receiver (Model D9854), Scientific Atlanta announced April 16. The receiver is designed for widespread flexibility to service providers through...

Larry Boisvert, former president and CEO of Telesat Canada, has been appointed president of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the Canadian government announced April 12. Boisvert joined Telesat in 1972...

Batelco, the main telco in Bahrain, entered into an agreement with Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) for capacity on the southern Ku-band beam of the ABS-1 satellite to provide VSAT services...