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Focus - Satellite Evolution TV - July
- week 3
Interview
with Patrick K. Brant, President, Loral Skynet Patrick
K. Brant is President of Loral Skynet, a global leader
in fixed satellite services (FSS). With more than 20
years high technology experience in management, sales,
operations and finance, Pat is leveraging Skynet's worldwide
system of satellites and ground-based network infrastructure
to deliver state-of-the-art applications to customers
in mature and high-growth, high-need markets around
the world.
FIFA
and CASBAA initiate legal action against infringing bars
The battle
to enforce the intellectual property rights of the Hong Kong pay-TV industry
was stepped up today when CASBAA announced the Fédération Internationale
de Football Association (FIFA) and Hong Kong Cable Television Limited
had instituted legal proceedings against a number of public venues for
allegedly airing unlicensed pay-TV broadcasts of the World Cup 2006 matches...
Astrotel
and Invacom sign distribution agreement
Astrotel International
Ltd and Astrotel Europe Ltd have been appointed as worldwide distributors
of Invacom VSAT hardware. Under the distribution agreement, Astrotel will
deliver Invacom branded VSAT BUCs, OMTs and LNBs to system integrators,
distributor and dealers globally. Astrotel’s sales offices in Mexico and
the United Kingdom will provide marketing, technical and logistics support
on behalf of Invacom...
ND
SatCom market leader in broadcast and media solutions
ND SatCom,
an SES ASTRA company and a leading global supplier of satellite-based
broadband VSAT, broadcast and defence communications network solutions,
announces the implementation of several innovative broadcast projects
in Romania...
One
of Americas most-watched networks goes high-definition
Enabling programmers
to satisfy growing consumer appetites for high-definition television,
SES AMERICOM, an SES GLOBAL company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg stock
exchanges: SESG), today announced Scripps Networks has launched its new
Food Network HD channel aboard SES AMERICOM’s HD-PRIME™ cable neighborhood
and AMC-10 satellite...
Comtech
Telecommunications Corp. receives $5.3 million of movement tracking system
orders for mobile satellite terminal hardware Comtech
Telecommunications Corp's Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom
Corporation, received orders totaling $5.3 million for mobile satellite
terminal hardware, satellite service and related technical services in
support of ongoing Movement Tracking System Program activities...
Over
100 countries now committed to DVB-T
The DVB Project welcomes the successful completion of the ITU’s Regional
Radiocommunication Conference (RRC-06). The participating countries from
Europe, Africa and the Middle East have agreed a new frequency plan for
Bands III, IV and V replacing the Stockholm ’61 agreements. Digital terrestrial
television in these regions will thus be based solely on DVB-T...
Lockheed
Martin completes 5th modernized GPS satellite
Lockheed Martin has completed the fifth in a series of eight modernized
Global Positioning System (GPS) IIR satellites that the company is developing
for the U.S. Air Force. The spacecraft are the most technologically advanced
GPS satellites ever developed and will provide significantly improved
navigation performance for U.S. military and civilian users worldwide...
Comsat International selects Gilat SkyEdge hubs Comsat
International has purchased two SkyEdge satellite hubs operating in a
redundant geographic mode and nearly 5,000 VSAT terminals to provide broadband
connectivity services for Caixa Econômica Federal in Brazil. Comsat is
Brazil’s second-largest satellite service provider and Caixa is one of
Brazil's largest public banks and is the institution responsible for managing
the country's federal lottery...
CNES,
Orange France and Alcatel join forces to test new mobile broadcasting
concept
Centre National
d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Orange France, and Alcatel announced today
the selection of Toulouse and the Midi-Pyrenees Region for the first trial
out side the laboratories of the main technical characteristics of the
new mobile broadcasting solution over a hybrid satellite and terrestrial
transmission system using S-band...
Verso announces
strategic partnership with Alcatel Verso Technologies,
Inc. has announced a strategic partnership agreement with Alcatel Alenia
Space, a global leader in satellite systems and orbital infrastructures.
The partnership creates a global distribution channel for the Verso NetPerformer
IP GSM Backhaul Solution, a specific evolution for Alcatel Alenia Space
of the existing Verso NetPerformer series compatible with the Alcatel
Wireless Access Backhaul via Satellite solution marketed under the brand
name A9760 WBS...
Lockheed Martin-built satellite fleet achieves 150 years in orbit The Lockheed
Martin A2100 communications satellite fleet recently achieved a major
milestone by accumulating 150 years of successful in-orbit operations...
New
Direct-to-Home satellite TV service in Australia launches with Harmonic's
IP-based MPEG-2 video solutions
Harmonic
Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) has announced that SELECTV has deployed Harmonic's
industry-leading IP-based compression and multiplexing solutions for its
direct-to-home (DTH) satellite pay TV service in Australia...
ORBCOMM
signs agreements with Orbital Sciences and OHB-System A.G.
ORBCOMM,
a global satellite data communications company, has announced that it
has signed agreements for the manufacture and launch of at least six replenishment
satellites...
