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Entertainment news and picture agency Splash News and Picture has chosen Mainstream Data’s MediasFTP service to deliver the agency’s content worldwide, Mainstream Data announced Jan. 29. Splash News provides its subscribers with an estimated 1,200 high-quality photographs per day. As an element of its turnkey service to Splash News, Mainstream provides a custom Web application...

GlobeCast has struck a deal to carry North African channel Nessma, GlobeCast announced. The channel is available for direct-to-home satellite reception throughout North Africa and the Middle East via Arabsat’s BADR-4 satellite at 26°East and on Nilesat-102 at 7° West.

Cathay Pacific Airways of Hong Kong will be the first commercial airline customer to adopt an Iridium-based global satellite voice service developed by ARINC and International Communications Group (ICG), Iridium Satellite announced Jan. 31. ARINC will install the Iridium Satellite voice telephone systems on seven Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-200 series aircraft to provide air-to-ground communication...

General Dynamics C4 Systems will supply tactical antennas and radio support equipment to the German Armed Forces for the SATCOMBw Step 2 Program, General Dynamics announced Jan. 31. SATCOMBw Step 2 will create a complete satellite communications infrastructure under the control of the German Armed Forces. The program comprises a fleet of geosynchronous satellites, mobile...

BSkyB’s reported strong subscriber growth but an increased churn rate in the company’s second quarter, which closed Dec. 31. BSkyB closed the period with nearly 8.4 million subscribers. During the second quarter, BSkyB reported customer additions of 432,000, the highest in six years, but net subscriber growth was just 183,000, giving BSkyB its highest churn...

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) has been awarded a 12-month contract by the U.S. Army to support the Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS) system, TCS announced Jan. 31. Under the contract, valued at more than $700,000, TCS will   perform spectrum management at two Wideband Satellite Communications Operations Centers in support of the first WGS Block I satellite,...

The schedule for the remainder of Sea Launch’s 2007 manifest remains uncertain following the loss of a Zenit-3SL vehicle and the SES New Skies NSS-8 satellite Jan. 30. A live Internet broadcast of the launch by Sea Launch was cut off as a fireball enveloped the platform seconds after the anticipated liftoff, though a video...

Arrowhead Wins $20 Million DISA Task Order Arrowhead Global Solutions Inc. received an order from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with expanded commercial satellite capabilities.     Arrowhead, in conjunction with SES, will provide bandwidth availability, portability and mobility to support missions in the United States, Europe, Southwest...

DigitalGlobe Names VP Of Software And Systems DigitalGlobe has appointed Steve Milton as vice president of software and systems.     Milton will direct DigitalGlobe’s software and systems business office, leading the development of software systems supporting the operations and distribution of geospatial content.     Milton most recently was CTO at Enservio Inc., and prior to...

Hughes Aids Broadband Schools Program In Mexico Hughes Network Systems announced the next phase of a contract with Enlaces Integra and Globalstar de México to deliver an additional 10,860 broadband satellite terminals for the Mexican Ministry of Education’s Enciclomedia program.     This deal will serve about 17,500 secondary school classrooms in Mexico, expanding the initial...