A force to be reckoned with Giovanni Verlini, Editor of Satellite Evolution EMEA, takes a look at how satellite operators from the Middle East are establishing themselves as the new powerhouses in their region and beyond. Click here to read the full article

SES Astra has started to transmit the Europe by Satellite service
SES ASTRA has announced that it has started to transmit the "Europe by Satellite" service, a multilingual TV news service from the European Commission. SES ASTRA transmits the service from SES satellites at two orbital positions...

RigNet contracts MEASAT-3 for the distribution of VSAT services
MEASAT Satellite Systems has announced that RigNet Pte Ltd (“RigNet”), a leading global provider of managed communication solutions to the oil and gas industry, has signed an agreement contracting capacity on the MEASAT-3 satellite for the distribution of Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) services...

RRSat selects Scopus platforms for video over IP projects
Scopus Video Networks, a provider of digital video networking products, announced that RRSat Global Communications Network has selected Scopus IP-based solutions for new Video-over-IP projects...

Loral completes preferred equit financing transaction
Loral Space & Communications has completed its sale of $300 million of convertible perpetual preferred stock to affiliates of MHR Fund Management LLC ("MHR"), Loral's largest shareholder...

IPSTAR offers first satellite broadband TV in Australia
Shin Satellite, Asia’s leading commercial satellite operator, announced that its subsidiary, IPSTAR Australia Pty., Ltd. (IPA) has launched the region first video-on-demand service via the IPSTAR broadband satellite network. This value-added video service will keep IPSTAR in the forefront of satellite-based broadband services in Australia...

AAE Systems, Inc. announces new vehicular disaster response communications systems
AAE Systems, Inc. (AAE), a satellite equipment manufacturer and turnkey solutions provider, has designed and produced a line of disaster response vehicles equipped with advanced integrated communication facilities, designed to provide a full featured communications platform for first responders at the disaster scene. The vehicles also incorporate advanced satellite access technology via the acclaimed Eclipse MF-TDMA DAMA product line...

Shin Satellite reports full 2006 results
Shin Satellite Public Company Limited (“SATTEL”) reported that the Company consolidated sales and services income was Baht 6,846 million in 2006, or 22.5 % increased from Baht 5,589 million in 2005. Revenue from satellite business increased by 23.8% on a year-on-year basis due to increase in the sale of 39,929 IPSTAR User Terminals (UT) more than double that of the year 2005 (17,992 UTs)...

Arabsat honoured during Satellite 2007
The Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) held a ceremony to commemorate 50 years of Satellite in Space "Human Timeline" in conjunction with Satellite-2007 Conference in Washington DC, USA. During the ceremony, Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat), represented by Mr. Khalid Balkheyour, President & CEO, was honored as the first satellite operator in the Middle East and Southern Mediterranean region...

ONDAS Media helps to set the standards for satellite digital radio in Europe
ONDAS Media, (ONDAS) the premier satellite media company for Europe has confirmed that the European Technical Standards Institute (ETSI) has now approved and published the SES SDR standard for satellite digital radio services in Europe. The standard, which has been developed by the ETSI Satellite Earth Stations & Systems – Satellite Digital Radio (SES-SDR) Workgroup and which includes organisations such as ONDAS Media, Delphi Electronics & Safety, Fraunhofer IIS and Kenwood Electronics, has been completed following an intensive, two year coordination...

SpeedCast and Batelco partner to offer satellite services
SpeedCast, a leading satellite & multimedia service provider in Asia, and Batelco, a regional leader specializing in a broad range of communications services have partnered to soon offer state-of-the art satellite services in Bahrain and throughout the Middle East and North Africa regions...

China Satellite Mobile selects CMB Satellite for S-Band satellite capacity for the China Mobile video project
China Satellite Mobile Broadcast Limited (CSM), a company held under Wireless Bureau of China’s State Administration of Radio, Film, and TV (SARFT), announced that it has selected China Mobile Broadcasting Satellite, Ltd. (CMBSat), a Hong Kong-based affiliate of EchoStar Communications Corporation (DISH), as the primary provider of S-band satellite capacity for China’s mobile video project.