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Archive for June 7th, 2007

Chellomedia Seeks Interactive Advertising Boost

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Chellomedia, the European-based content division of Liberty Global, is launching a range of interactive advertising solutions for television platforms, including satellite…

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Gateway Gets Extra Finance for DTH Platform

June 7th, 2007 by

Gateway Broadcast Services, a subsidiary of Gateway Telecommunications, has raised an additional $40 million as it looks to make GTV – its new pan-Africa, direct- to-home (DTH), pay-TV service…

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Morgan Stanley Commits $250 Million Term Loan to Sirius

June 7th, 2007 by

Sirius Satellite Radio has obtained a $250 million senior secured term loan commitment from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc., Sirius announced June 5. The facility will mature in five and one-half years…

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Astrium To Build Amazonas-2 For Hispasat

June 7th, 2007 by

Astrium has been contracted by Hispasat to design and build Amazonas-2, a powerful geostationary satellite to increase Hispasat’s offered capacity and…

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NASA issues proposal request for Ares I avionics unit

June 7th, 2007 by

NASA has issued a request for proposal for key guidance, navigation and control hardware for the new Ares I crew launch vehicle. The upper stage instrument unit avionics will be used during the Ares I ascent.

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Different standards no problem for broadband satellite, report

June 7th, 2007 by

DVB-RCS, IPoS, and DOCSIS-for-Satellite continue to advance with little evidence that one will emerge as the dominant satellite modem technology. But the potential cost reductions of a single standard are far less important to the industry than the double digit price premium it continues to earn by remaining focused on underserved communities, according to a report released by Freesky Research.

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Boeing demonstrates TSAT voice, data and video services

June 7th, 2007 by

Boeing said it has further demonstrated that its Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) can provide the military with rapid access to integrated voice, data and video services.

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Abertis may plan Hispasat bid to prevent IPO, Eutelsat takeover

June 7th, 2007 by

Abertis Infraestructuras SA reportedly told the Spanish government that it may lead an offer for Hispasat SA to prevent an Initial Public Offering for the satellite operator.

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