Satellite News articles from April 2008

Satellite News archives from April 2008

IP-Prime Aims To Take Over Mobile TV Market.
April 2, 2008... [Satellite News - 4-1-08] In July, SES Americom division IP-Prime launched a test of its digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H) mobile TV service to consumers in Las Vegas. The service, which was tested until the beginning of 2008 and is...

Viaccess CEO Explains Orca Acquisition.(Francois Moreau de Saint Martin)
April 2, 2008... [Satellite News - 3-26-08] Viaccess' recent acquisition of Israeli IPTV middleware company Orca Interactive, should boost its position in both the satellite market and the IPTV market, said Francois Moreau de Saint Martin, CEO of Viaccess....

Sea Launch CEO: Launch Industry Resilient.
April 2, 2008... [Satellite News - 3-26-08] After being grounded for more than a year, Sea Launch looks to have recovered from its January 2007 launch failure, and "regained our stride" with the launch of DirecTV-11 March 19, said CEO Rob Peckham. The...

Indian DTH Market Faces Challenges.(Dish TV)
April 2, 2008... [Satellite News - 3-28-08] Indian direct-to-home operator Dish TV expects to have about 5 million subscribers a year from now as it seeks to grab a foothold in a growing Indian direct-to-home (DTH) market, Dish CEO Arun Kapoor told Satellite...

SSTL Has Been "Punching Above its Weight" -- Astrium Exec.
April 9, 2008... [Satellite News -- 4-8-08] In a major piece of consolidation in the European satellite industry, EADS Astrium has reached an agreement to acquire Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) from the University of Surrey, the two companies said...

SpeedCast CEO Confident Of Strong Early Take-Up For Maritime Service.
April 9, 2008... [Satellite News -- 4-7-08] SpeedCast CEO Pierre-Jean Beylier believes the company will have 100 ships installed with its new global maritime broadband service in the first year of operation. SpeedCast, a subsidiary of Asian satellite...

RRSat Makes Global Plans Following Acquisitions.
April 9, 2008... [Satellite News -- 4-3-08] Israel's RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. has completed a pair of acquisitions in the past two months that will give the company a strong position in both in the domestic market as well as boost its...

Globecomm Business Evolves With Technology.
April 16, 2008... [Satellite News - 4-15-08] In the month since the World Teleport Association (WTA) named Globecomm Systems President Kenneth Miller Teleport Executive of the Year, the company has been awarded more than $16 million in contracts by the U.S....

EchoStar Hit Harder by Satellite Loss - Analysts.
April 16, 2008... SES has confirmed the worst-case scenario for the AMC-14 satellite, declaring the spacecraft a total loss April 11. The loss is a blow to SES, but will create more problems for EchoStar, which had been banking on AMC-14 to help boost its...

Canadian Government Rejects ATK-MDA Deal.
April 16, 2008... [Satellite News - 4-10-08] The Canadian government has rejected the sale of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA)'s satellite business to Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK), Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice said in an April 10...

DTH Services Come To Cambodia.(Cambodia DTV Network Ltd's Direct-to-home service)
April 16, 2008... [Satellite News - 04-10-08] Households in Cambodia now have access to satellite-TV services following the launch of the country's first direct-to-home (DTH) service April 3. Techno-DTV is being operated by Cambodia DTV Network Ltd. (CDN),...

Lunasat Ready to Bring Consumer Satellite Broadband to Africa.
April 16, 2008... [Satellite News - 4-14-08] Lunasat could bring satellite broadband services to consumer markets in Africa within the next two years. Ziad Monla, Lunasat's CEO, told Satellite News, "We are keeping an eye on [ bringing satellite broadband to...

Mount Everest Defeated With Help From Satellite Technology.
April 23, 2008... [Satellite News - 4-16-08] Former Near Earth LLC President J. Armand Musey has reached base camp on Mount Everest and is preparing to ascend to Camp 1, 19,600 ft. above sea level. Musey, who left Wall Street in 2007, is climbing Mount...

Izmailov Reveals RSCC's Ambitious Satellite Plans.
April 23, 2008... [Satellite News - 4-18-08] The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC), one of the main players on the Russian satellite landscape, recently signed a deal for a new satellite, the Express-AM4. The Russian national satellite operator...

ESA: Europe Leads Way In Earth Observation.
April 23, 2008... [Satellite News - 4-21-08] The European Space Agency (ESA) is prepared to take the lead in Earth observation after awarding a pair of satellites for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) program, ESA's director of Earth...

TerreStar Restructures Board, Announces Layoffs.
April 23, 2008... [Satellite News - 4-22-08] On the heels of the resignation of CEO and President Robert Brumley, TerreStar Networks Inc. is laying off nearly half of its employees in a cost-cutting measure, parent company TerreStar Corp. said April 22. ...

USGS To Make 36 Years Of Landsat Data Available On Web.
April 30, 2008... [Satellite News - 4-29-08] The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is making all archived Landsat imagery available on the Internet for free, the agency announced April 28. By February, users will be able to access any Landsat scene held in...

Bell Executive Pushing Satellite Claims In Canada.
April 30, 2008... [Satellite News - 4-23-08] Bell Canada, which owns and runs Canada's largest direct-to-home (DTH) operator, Bell ExpressVu, is pushing satellite technology as a solution to help the country become fully digital. If the operator is...

Arqiva Lays Down Marker in HD Arena.
April 30, 2008... [Satellite News - 4-25-08] Arqiva is expanding into the international high-definition (HD) market with launches of a new international platform for occasional use broadcasting as well as a new MPEG-4 HD platform for Asia. Simon Thrush,...