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ProtoStar closes on US$210 million satellite financing
ProtoStar Ltd., a Bermuda corporation with principal U.S. operations in San Francisco, moved a step closer to its Asian satellite service by successfully closing on US$210 million in financing to purchase and launch its first satellite...

Lockheed Martin-built GPS satellite ready for launch
The third modernized Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIR satellite built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for the U.S. Air Force is set for launch aboard a Delta II rocket on Nov. 16, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...

Irdeto inks VAR agreement with International Datacasting Corporation
Irdeto, the proven expert in content security for digital TV, IPTV and mobile TV, announced that it has entered into a value-added reseller (VAR) agreement with International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC), a world leader in products and systems for IPTV and VOD via satellite...

ITU hosts Telecommunication Development Symposium for developing countries to explore Next Generation Networks
ITU will host the 10th international Telecommunication Development Symposium (TDS-06) in Hong Kong, China, 5-7 December 2006 as part of ITU TELECOM WORLD 2006. Information and communication technology (ICT) leaders, including up to 180 Fellows from 90 least developed and low-income ITU Member States, will discuss how ICT can help bridge the digital divide and drive growth in their countries. TDS-06 is being organized by ITU with support from Cisco® Systems, Inc. [NASDAQ:CSCO], exclusive sponsor of the symposium...

Helius receives additional patent
Helius, Inc. announced the issuance of a new patent by the United States Patent Office. This new patent, “Method and System of Asymmetric Satellite Communications for Local Area Networks”, U.S. patent number 7,117,251, demonstrates the ongoing innovation that Helius is pursuing in IP video technologies...

ASEAN, CASBAA, USPTO heighten awareness of broadcast IPR
The ASEAN Secretariat and US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), with the support and assistance of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA), launched a high-level, two-day seminar focusing on best practices in anti-piracy enforcement and intellectual property (IP) rights in broadcasting...

ST Electronics Satcoms expands Agilis portfolio with cost-effective BUC
ST Electronics (Satcom & Sensor Systems) Pte Ltd [STEE-SatComS], a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Electronics Ltd, has added on an additional product to its existing popular family of high power Block-Up Converters (BUC)...

AMC-18 satellite slated for December 8 launch
SES GLOBAL announced that the AMERICOM-18 (AMC-18) satellite was delivered to Kourou, French Guiana on November 6 to be readied for its Ariane 5 ECA launch on December 8...

Intelsat reports Third Quarter 2006 results
Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s largest provider of fixed satellite services, has reported results for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2006...

Fifteen hundred find brand value and new bandwidth at CASBAA Convention 2006
The four-day CASBAA Convention 2006, tagged “From Bandwidth to Brandwidth”, drew more than 1,500 attendees from over 30 countries. Held from 24 to 27 October, the CASBAA Convention is the most important annual gathering in the region for the pay-TV industry, providing debate on major issues such as the monetisation of newly-available communications bandwidth, the way to attract new investment to communications infrastructure and the provision of video value to customers...

Boeing ships MEASAT-3 satellite to Baikonur Cosmodrome for launch
Boeing and MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd (MEASAT) announced that the MEASAT-3 communications satellite has been shipped from the Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems satellite manufacturing facility in El Segundo, Calif., to the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where it will be readied for a December launch aboard an International Launch Services Proton/Breeze M rocket...

Gilat announces a settlement has been reached in the Consolidated Securities Class Action Lawsuit filed in the US
Gilat Satellite Networks has announced that it, along with certain former officers of Gilat, reached a proposed settlement in the consolidated securities class action lawsuit filed in the US in 2002 without admitting to any wrongdoing, fault or liability. The parties agreed to the settlement, the entire amount of which will be covered by Gilat's insurance carriers...

France 24, Arabsat, and the ASBU sign co-operation agreement
On the occasion of the visit to the FRANCE 24 premises, by Mr. Khalid Balkheyour, Chief Executive Officer and President of ARABSAT (Arab Satellite Communications Organization), and Mr. Abdelhafid Harguem, Chief Executive Officer of the ASBU (Arab States Broadcasting Union), the Management Board of FRANCE 24, chaired by Alain de Pouzilhac, reasserted its intention to actively collaborate with its partners in the Arab world, led by the satellite operator ARABSAT and the ASBU...

France 24 free-to-air on ASTRA and NSS-7
SES ASTRA and SES NEW SKIES have announced an agreement to broadcast France 24, the new French channel for international news, on an ASTRA satellite at 19.2° East for Europe and on the NSS-7 satellite at 22° West serving the African continent...

AsiaSat contracts with Integral Systems for the AsiaSat 5 satellite control system
Integral Systems, Inc. has announced that it has been awarded a contract by AsiaSat to add operations of the AsiaSat 5 satellite (a Loral FS1300 class satellite) to AsiaSat’s existing satellite control system...