Satellite News

Showtime, a Middle Eastern director-to-home operator, will add Showcomedy Extra to its…

GlobeCast’s direct-to-home (DTH) satellite brand, WorldTV, has expanded into Europe with the launch of a new bouquet of seven South Asian…

Telkonet Inc. subsidiary Microwave Satellite Technology Inc. (MST) closed a $9.1 million private placement, MST announced May 30. MST offers quadruple-play services, including satellite TV service, to multi-tenant unit and multi-dwelling unit properties. The new capital will be used to pursue acquisitions…

Israeli direct-to-home operator Yes has seen slow subscriber growth throughout the past 12 months, but reduced its overall losses. Yes had 542,000 subscribers at the end of…

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) has received a contract to provide satellite hardware to the Program Management Defense Communications and Army…

The European Union (EU) has launched a project intended to bring broadband to millions of companies and households in South America via satellite. As it described itself in a May 30…

Space Systems/Loral announced that Robert E. Berry, systems fellow and former chairman of SS/L, will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the satellite communications industry at the ISCe 2007 satellite conference in San Diego.

Since 27 May, Europe’s scientists have free access to spectacular data and images from Hinode, a Japan-led mission with ESA participation that studies the mechanisms that power the Sun’s atmosphere and cause violent eruptions.