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Small GEO satellite platform lands at ESA

August 28th, 2012 by

After a four-day road trek from Switzerland, the first model of the Small GEO communications satellite platform has arrived at ESA for testing.Other Posts:China to launch satellite for TurkmenistanSatellite TV is Giving Businesses a Way Out of the CrisisAlphabus on the moveAriane 5 ECA sets new record with successful launchHome Entertainment at Its Best With FTA Satellite TechnologyCommercial Satellite Deliveries Help Lockheed Martin Space Post GainsBoeing receives phased array antenna system contract from YahsatNSS-10 and NSS-11 join SES New Skies fleet

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Ten years of Meteosat Second Generation

August 28th, 2012 by

When the first Meteosat Second Generation satellite, Meteosat-8, was launched on 28 August 2002 it heralded a new era of discovery for meteorologists. It became fully operational at 0 degree longitude at the equator on 19 January 2004 and, in addition to providing weather information in much more detail, it provided information on phenomena which had never been considered before.Other Posts:RRSat enhances access to North America through Galaxy 23Rocketplane Kistler Partners with Orbital Sciences on NASA competitionCanada awards 12 satellite licences to Ciel, TelesatFengyun 3A enters test serviceCable TV: How To Access Unlimited Entertainment At A Cheap Price?NASA Space Network to begin new design phase for ground segmentThe Real Reason Satellite TV RocksUS Air Force AEHF-1 satellite completes payload activation

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TV Viewing Increasingly Accompanied by Use of Social Media

August 28th, 2012 by

Stockholm, Sweden, August 28, 2012–The results of Ericsson ConsumerLab's annual study – presented in the TV & Video Consumer Trend Report 2012 – reveal that social TV is becoming a mass-market phenomenon. Sixty-two percent of consumers use social media while watching TV on a weekly basis, an increase of 18 percentage points in one year. By gender, 66 percent of women engage in this behavior, compared to 58 percent of men. Twenty-five percent of consumers use social media to discuss what they are watching while they are watching it.

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