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Archive for March 15th, 2007

Intelsat Enlisted For South African Mobile Broadcast TV Trial

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MultiChoice, a South Africa-based, direct-to-home (DTH) television provider, has selected Intelsat to support its mobile broadcast TV trial in the metropolitan areas of Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria…

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Pakistan Signs Telesat For Paksat-1R Satellite

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Telesat has been signed by the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Pakistan’s national space agency, to assist in the…

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Wegener Corp. Reviewing Strategic Alternatives

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Wegener Corp.’s board of directors has formed a committee of independent directors to consider strategic and financial alternatives to boost shareholder value, the company…

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Premiere Sky To Launch In September

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Premiere Sky, a new subsidiary of German pay-TV operator Premiere, will launch an eponymous programming package in September, the company announced March 14 in Munich…

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Sea Launch Explosion Deemed An Engine Failure

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The Jan. 30 catastrophic failure of Sea Launch’s Zenit-3SL booster carrying the NSS-8 commercial communications satellite was caused by an engine failure, according to a commission of independent Ukrainian…

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Arianespace To Loft SES Astra’s Astra-1L

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SES Astra, a subsidiary of SES, will launch its Astra-1L satellite onboard an Ariane 5 rocket, SES Astra announced March 14. The satellite, an A2100 AXS model built by…

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Eutelsat Confirms HotBird-2 Clients To HotBird-8

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Eutelsat Communications confirmed March 14 that its broadcast clients of the HotBird-2 satellite had been…

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