Satellite News

Thomson, through its Technicolor Digital Cinema business, is the first to deliver a motion picture via satellite day-and-date to international and U.S. theatre locations utilising an integrator neutral digital cinema distribution network.
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Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced that it is providing a SkyEdge broadband satellite network to SatCom Networks Africa Ltd. (SatCoNet), a Tanzanian public data communications operator.
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Alcatel-Lucent announced that it is performing a technical test of its solution for broadcast mobile TV using the DVB-SH standard in the S-Band (2.2GHz). This pilot will take place until September 2007 in the South-West part of France.
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ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited announced a contract with Alcatel-Lucent to provide end-to-end network integration services as well as equipment, engineering and implementation services for ICO’s alpha trial of Mobile Interactive Media (”MIM”) services next year.
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Eutelsat Communications announced the conclusion of a five-year contract for capacity on its W3A satellite with Gateway Broadcast Services, which is preparing to launch a new pay-TV platform for sub-Saharan Africa.
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Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and Indiasign Pvt. Ltd., an Indian broadcast services provider and systems integrator, announced the signing of a collaboration agreement to jointly launch a C-band MCPC (Multiple Channels per Carrier) platform on AsiaSat 2’s pan Asian coverage beam.
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Eutelsat Communications and Digiturk have signed a new contract for capacity on the W3A satellite to support continued expansion of the Turkish pay-TV platform.
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Intelsat Ltd. announced the launch of its new Network Broadband Global Maritime service, the latest addition to Intelsat’s GlobalConnex portfolio of services, as well as the signing of a multi-year distribution agreement with Schlumberger.
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