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Archive for October 13th, 2009

Satellite Direct – The Future of Television

October 13th, 2009 by

The power of the internet is growing everyday. We read mail over the internet, we read articles over the internet, we play games over the internet. Why not watch TV over the internet? Internet based TV is now a reality thanks to the software entitled “Satellite Direct.”

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Next Ariane 5 delivered

October 13th, 2009 by

The next Ariane 5 mission has moved into its final preparation phase as the vehicle for this sixth flight of 2009 is delivered to Arianespace.

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Iran to launch Mesbah on indigenous rocket

October 13th, 2009 by

State-owned Iranian news channel Press TV reports that the country’s Mesbah satellite was ready for launch (yet again), this time from Iran and not from Russia as planned earlier. This could also indicate an improvement of Iran’s satellite launch capacities.

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NTDTV claims it was jammed

October 13th, 2009 by

New Tang Dynasty TV has claimed it has experienced signal interruptions on the ST-1 satellite. Some Taiwanese lawmakers have blamed mainland China of deliberately jamming the channel.

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Yahsat orders ViaSat equipment for broadband service

October 13th, 2009 by

Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJsc (Yahsat) has appointed ViaSat Inc. in a US$46 million contract to provide SurfBeam 2 network infrastructure, operations and maintenance services for YahClick.

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