Satellite News articles from March 2006

Satellite News archives from March 2006

Proton Failure Leaves Arabsat 4A Short Of Intended Orbit.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... An upper stage failure aboard a Russian Proton rocket left the Arabsat 4A satellite short of its targeted orbit, launch provider International Launch Services (ILS) announced. News agency RIA Novosti reported that the Russian Federal Space...

SES Astra CEO Predicts Strong Demand For New Digital Services.
March 6, 2006... SES Astra has launched a new service it hopes will smooth the digital transition process in Germany, offering an infrastructure for free-TV, pay-TV and additional interactive services as the country moves toward an all digital landscape. ...

Despite Legal Issues, KVH Pushing Ahead With New Business Plans.
March 6, 2006... KVH Industries Inc., which manufactures satellite antennas for boats, cars, and recreational vehicles (RV), continues to expand its efforts in the mobile market, and executives feel confident about the future despite a patent lawsuit filed...

ESA Program Uses Satellite Data to Warn Oil Industry of Potentially Dangerous Currents.
March 6, 2006... The European Space Agency (ESA) in mid February began issuing ocean current forecasts to the oil production industry based on a combination of state-of-the-art ocean models and satellite measurements. The program, dubbed Ocean Focus, is...

Showtime CEO Examines IPO, New Business Plans For 2006.(initial public offering, Showtime Networks Inc., Peter Einstein)
March 6, 2006... Showtime CEO Peter Einstein has not ruled out the possibility of conducting an initial public offering (IPO) in 2006, as the operator, which is one of the main pay-TV providers in the Middle East, weighs all of its financial options. "As...

Americom Government Services To Market Xtar Capacity To Pentagon.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... Americom Government Services Inc. (AGS) signed an agreement with Xtar LLC to market X-band communications capacity to the U.S. Department of Defense and other agencies, AGS announced March 2. Xtar, a joint venture of Loral Space &...

United Airlines To Offer XM Channels On Flights.
March 6, 2006... United Airlines will add up to 19 channels provided by XM Satellite Radio to the airline's in-flight entertainment offerings, United announced March 2. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. XM also has deals with Airtran and...

MSV Appoints Executives To Oversee ATC Buildout.(Mobile Satellite Ventures L.L.C., Brian Smith, David Claassen)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) named David Claassen vice president of core engineering and Brian Smith vice president of network deployment, the company announced March 2. The pair will work on the team building and implementing MSV's...

Raytheon Awarded Submarine Satellite Communications Contract.
March 6, 2006... Raytheon Co. will deliver 15 submarine satellite communication systems to the U.S. Navy under a $35.9 million contract, the company announced March 1. The Submarine High Data Rate systems link the vessels to the Global Broadcast service,...

Space Communications Corp. Orders Qinetiq Interference Detection System.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... Japan's Space Communications Corp. (SCC) purchased a satellite geolocation system from Qinetiq, which will allow SCC to identify and locate sources of interference to its satellites, Qinetiq announced Feb. 28. Tokyo-based SCC provides...

Cisco Closes Acquisition Of Scientific-Atlanta.
March 6, 2006... Cisco Systems completed its acquisition of Scientific-Atlanta Feb. 27, giving the San Jose, Calif.-based Internet Protocol (IP) systems and software giant a deeper stake in emerging IPTV, video-on-demand and Internet video- streaming markets....

IPStar Boosts Shin In 2005.(Shin Satellite PLC revenue report)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... Shin Satellite Plc reported sales and service revenues of 5.6 billion Thai bhat ($142.7 million) in 2005, compared to revenue of 5.1 billion ($130 million) in 2004, the company reported Feb. 27. Shin profit improved 41 percent to 1.2 billion...

SpaceX Sets Launch Date.(Space Exploration Technologies Corp.)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... Space Explorations Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) set a tentative launch window for its inaugural Falcon 1 mission that extends from March 20 through March 25. SpaceX is awaiting a shipment of liquid oxygen, as well as replacing the second...

SES Astra Signs Globecast Deal.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... SES Astra signed a second capacity agreement with Globecast, which will enable the broadcaster to enhance its operations in the United Kingdom. The new transmission capacity at 28.2 degrees and 28.5 degrees East will be used by Globecast...

DirecTV Buys Back 100 Million Shares Of Stock From GM Groups.(General Motors Corp.)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... DirecTV Group repurchased 100 million shares of its common stock from groups representing General Motors employees in a transaction valued at about $1.6 billion, DirecTV announced Feb. 27. DirecTV agreed to pay $15.50 per share for the...

Boeing Receives Additional Data Processing Contract From NGA.
March 6, 2006... Boeing Co. received a $3.5 million follow-on task order from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to enhance radar imagery data collected during the February 2000 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. This follow-on...

Spot Image Adds East View As Authorized Reseller.(East View Cartographic)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... East View Cartographic of Minnesota signed an agreement with Spot Image Corp. to become an authorized reseller of Spot satellite imagery products, East View announced. France's Spot Image operates a constellation of satellites that...

ESA Approves Cryosat Replacement.(European Space Agency)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... The European Space Agency will build a replacement for the environmental satellite lost in an October launch failure, ESA announced Feb. 24. CryoSat-2 will replace the CryoSat spacecraft that was destroyed when its Russian Rockot spacecraft...

Digital Satellite TV Households Reaches 7.5 Million In U.K.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... The number of households in the United Kingdom subscribing to pay-TV digital satellite increased by 123,000 to a total of 7.5 million at the end of September, U.K. communications regulator Ofcom announced. Free-to-view satellite households...

Trimble Acquires Assets Of GPS Signal Enhancer.
March 6, 2006... Trimble has acquired the intellectual property assets of a company that produces software used to enhance the accuracy of GPS signals, Trimble announced. Trimble plans to use the assets of XYZs of GPS Inc. of Dickerson, Md., to extend...

Orbiting Wall Street.
March 6, 2006... NSE New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. reported record revenue of $240.5 million in 2005, up 14 percent from revenue of $210.7 million in 2004, New Skies announced March 1. The satellite operator cut its loss from $6.3 million in 2004...

Telekom Austria Pushing IPTV Expansion In Effort To Compete Against Satellite, Cable.(internet protocol television)
March 6, 2006... Telekom Austria is stepping up its Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) plans in 2006, investing heavily in hopes of providing triple-play services to customers in an attempt to compete more effectively against cable operators, as well as gaining an...

Advantech Completes Acquisition Of EMS Technologies Division.
March 13, 2006... Advantech Advanced Microwave Technologies Inc. completed the acquisition of the Satellite Networks group from EMS Technologies Inc., the companies announced March 9. Advantech, based in Montreal, manufactures satellite and terrestrial...

AT&T-Bellsouth Merger Will Increase Pressure On Satellite Operators.(DIRECTV Inc. and EchoStar Communications Corp.)
March 13, 2006... AT&T's proposed $67.1 billion acquisition of Bellsouth could create an Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) powerhouse which could put more pressure on satellite pay-TV operators Echostar and DirecTV in the lucrative U.S. pay-TV market. One...

Satellite TV, Radio Providers Fight Virginia Move To Tax Services.
March 13, 2006... The state of Virginia wants satellite TV and radio subscribers to pay for the right to use these services. Under legislation passed by the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate, the state would impose a 5 percent flat tax on all...

Earth Observation Satellites Help Ensure Safety Of Competitors In Around-The- World Yacht Race.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Competitors in the Volvo Ocean Race rounded Cape Horn on the southern tip of Africa in the fourth leg of the around-the-world race, using satellite imagery to avoid icebergs in the region, the European Space Agency (ESA) reported March 6....

Sky Italia Sees Strong Early Take-Up For PVR.(personal video recorder services)
March 13, 2006... Sky Italia already sees strong demand for personal video recorder (PVR) offering, which it launched in Italy at the end of 2005. The operator, which ended the year with 3.6 million subscribers hopes that the PVR services will help drive...

Russian Commission, ILS Begin Proton Failure Investigations.(by Russian space agency, International Launch Services)(of Arabsat 4A satellite launch )(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... The Russian space agency began its investigation of the Proton launch failure that left the Arabsat 4A satellite in the wrong orbit, International Launch Services (ILS) announced. Preliminary flight information on the Feb. 28 launch...

Com Dev Receives Follow-On Order For U.S. Military Satellite Program.(COM DEV International Ltd. got a contract from Northrop Grumman Corp.)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Com Dev International Ltd. announced March 8 that it won contracts from Northrop Grumman to begin production of beam select subsystems and switch assemblies for use in the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite for the U.S....

SES Astra Signs Conditional Access Deal.(Nagravision S.A.)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... SES Astra has teamed up with conditional access (CA) vendor Nagravision, as SES Astra gets ready to launch digital TV services in Germany. Nagravision will provide an end-to-end, turnkey CA solution for SES Astra's new digital TV...

Digital Satellite Set-Top Market To Reach 79 Million Units By 2009.(In-Stat analyst says)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... The digital satellite set-top box market, the largest of the digital TV set-top box markets, reached 65 million units in 2005 and is projected to grow to 79 million units by 2009, research firm In-Stat said. The study, "Digital Satellite...

Swe-Dish Wins Middle East News Deal.(Swe-Dish Satellite Systems AB signs contract with MBC TV )(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Swe-Dish Satellite Systems will supply mobile satellite communications equipment to Arabic TV station MBC TV to boost the station's live news coverage in the Middle East. MBC broadcasting stations will be equipped with Swe-Dish DA150K...

ViaSat Provides Linkstar System To Gulfsat Communications.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Gulfsat Communications Co. will use ViaSat's Linkstar broadband network to provide shared hub network services, ViaSat announced. Gulfsat will use the Linkstar network to provide networking and Internet services to banks, oil operations,...

Landmark Aviation To Distribute Arinc's Skylink Service.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Landmark Aviation signed an agreement to distribute Arinc's high-speed satellite broadband communications systems for business aircraft, Arinc announced March 8. Landmark, a provider of business aviation services, will sell and install...

iDirect Wins EMEA Broadband Deal.(Globecomm Systems Inc. and iDirect Technologies contract)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Globecomm Systems Inc. will deploy an iDirect Technologies platform to support customers in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) markets, iDirect announced March 6. The initial deployment will include an iDirect 5IF hub, allowing...

Andrew To Expand Wildblue Earth Station Network.(signed contract with Wildblue Communications Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Wildblue Communications selected Andrew Corp. to expand the broadband satellite provider's network of gateway earth stations in North America, Andrew announced March 7. Andrew will design and install a pair of new Ka-band gateway earth...

WCC Introduces New Emergency Communications Kit.(World Communication Center Inc.)
March 13, 2006... World Communication Center (WCC), a provider of global satellite voice and data communications, announced March 6 the availability of an emergency satellite communications system. The Hot Shot Kit enables emergency management teams to...

Scientists Forecast Intense Sunspot Cycle.(National Center for Atmospheric Research research)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... The next sunspot cycle will be 30 percent to 50 percent stronger than the previous one and begin as much as a year late, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) announced March 6. The sun undergoes cycles from peak storm activity...

OMB Calls For Geospatial Officers In U.S. Government Agencies.(Office of Management and Budget)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has called for U.S. government agencies to designate a senior agency official who has agency-wide responsibility, accountability and authority for geospatial information issues. The senior...

Eurostar To Launch Arabic Digital Satellite Receiver.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Eurostar is launching what it claims is the world's first Arabic digital satellite receiver along with the Eurostar Home Media Center PC (HMC-3000), the company announced March 6. The HMC-3000 offers users a range of functions, including the...

Dish Launches Local HD Services In Seven Cities.
March 13, 2006... Echostar Communications Corp. will launch local high-definition (HD) TV channels in seven more cities, the company announced March 6. The addition of Albuquerque, Atlanta, Boston, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City and Washington,...

AMC-23 Satellite Declared Operational.(by SES Americom Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... The AMC-23 satellite has completed in-orbit testing and has begun operations from its orbital slot of 172 degrees East, SES Americom announced March 2. The spacecraft, placed into orbit in December, carries C- and Ku-band transponders...

U.S. Company To Market C-Com Services To Pentagon.(C-Com Satellite Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. entered into an agreement that allows the marketing of its mobile communications services to the U.S. Department of Defense, C-Com announced. Under a memorandum of understanding, an unnamed U.S.-based...

Globalstar Launches Emergency Satellite Rate Plan.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Globalstar LLC launched a new rate plan targeted specifically for use in the United States in the event of an emergency, the company announced March 2. The Globalstar Emergency Plan will be priced below $30 per month. Globalstar's least...

Trimble Introduces Small Surface Mount GPS Receiver.(Copernicus from Trimble Navigation Ltd.)(Global Positioning System)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Trimble introduced a thumbnail-sized, surface-mount, low power module for providing GPS capabilities for next-generation portable handheld, battery- powered applications Trimble announced. The Copernicus GPS module is a drop-in, receiver...

Orbiting Wall Street.(Company Profile)
March 13, 2006... PA Panamsat Holding Corp. recorded a profit of $72.7 million in 2005, rebounding from a loss of $79 million in 2004, the company announced March 9. The 2004 loss was impacted by pre-tax charges of $155.1 million, a $99.9 million...

Key Lawmaker Expresses Concern About Soaring Development Cost Of Military Space Programs.
March 13, 2006... A key House Armed Services Committee (HASC) member is warning contractors to make sure satellite and other space-based technologies are mature before fielding them or risk losing congressional support. "We've got to get control of this,"...

Ciel Satellite Teams Up with Alcatel Alenia Space.(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... Alcatel Alenia Space has won a new satellite contract from Ciel Satellite, a new Canadian satellite services operator, the company announced March 16. Ciel Satellite has chosen Alcatel to build new spacecraft to be known as Ciel-2. The...

Providers Seek Early Buy-in For Emergency Communications.
March 20, 2006... When it comes to buying emergency satellite communications before disaster hits, governments have yet to fully embrace purchasing complete systems. "They don't want to pay for it if they're not using it," said Kirby Farrell, executive vice...

Rich Media Market Poised For Growth.
March 20, 2006... Thanks to more efficient encoding and compression, look to an ever expanding flow of rich media. The sheer amount of content in this category that is available is only going to increase with time. All of this makes metadata essential for...

ESA's Envisat Satellite Monitors Developing La Nina.
March 20, 2006... Satellite measurements of a steep difference in sea surface height between the western and eastern Pacific Ocean support predictions that a La Nina event that would impact global weather could be forming, the European Space Agency (ESA)...

Satellite Pay-TV Operators Add Two Million in 2005.
March 20, 2006... It has been a busy year for the major satellite pay-TV operators across Europe. All seem to have been involved in major initiatives as they bid to keep the pressure on the cable, terrestrial and in some cases the IPTV rivals. Despite the...

Panamsat Makes Investment In Pegaso Banda Ancha.
March 20, 2006... Panamsat Corp. has made an equity investment in Pegaso Banda Ancha, which provides Internet connectivity throughout Mexico, Panamsat announced March 13. Pegaso Banda Ancha, launched by Grupo Pegaso in February 2005, uses Panamsat's PAS-1R...

MacDonald Dettwiler To Develop Earth Observation Constellation For CSA.(Canadian Space Agency)
March 20, 2006... MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. will begin development of a constellation of Earth observation satellites under a Cdn. $7 million contract ($6 million) from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the organizations announced March 13. ...

Measat To Launch Measat 1R Aboard Land Launch.(Measat Satellite Systems)(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... Measat Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd awarded Panamsat Corp. a $44.2 million contract to oversee the launch of the Measat 1R satellite, Measat announced March 10. The spacecraft will be launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard...

Arianespace Launches Spainsat and Hot Bird 7.(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... Arianespace kicked off its 2006 launch calendar with an Ariane 5 ECA placing a pair telecommunications satellites in orbit March 11. The Spainsat governmental telecommunications spacecraft and the Eutelsat Hot Bird 7A television broadcast...

Euronews Launches in Mexico.(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... Euronews announced the appointment of Eurochannel as its exclusive representative for South America. Eurochannel's mission will be to extend the distribution network of the multi language news channel across the continent via cable, satellite...

Euro1080 Gives Winter Olympics HD Feel.(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... High-definition (HD) channel provider Euro1080 has begun broadcasting HDTV footage of the Winter Olympics, the company announced. Euro1080 will use Astra, Sirius, Eutelsat and more than 35 cable and Internet Protocol networks across...

XM To Add Commercials To Some Music Channels.
March 20, 2006... XM Satellite Radio must use advertising on music channels owned by Clear Channel Communications, XM revealed in a March 3 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Clear Channel, which gained control of four XM music...

Telewest Launches Nationwide HD Service.
March 20, 2006... U.K. cable operator Telewest has launched high-definition (HD) service as it looks to get a jump on similar plans from satellite operator BSkyB. The service is available to more than 4.5 million homes in the United Kingdom. Subscribers...

Iraqi Satellite Channel Receives Miranda Hardware.(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... Miranda Technologies Inc. announced March 9 that Alsumaria TV, Iraq's leading satellite television channel, has taken delivery of a master control and channel branding processor and a master control panel for its Lebanon-based playout...

SES Astra Signs Capacity Agreement With Arena.(satellite capacity agreement between two companies)(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... SES Astra, an SES Global company and Arena, owner of live-TV rights for the German first soccer league (Bundesliga) announced March 16 that they have signed a satellite capacity agreement. The long-term contract secures Arena the capacity of...

Eutelsat Signs Swiss Deal.(contracts)(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... Eutelsat has signed a new capacity deal with one of Switzerland's largest public broadcasters. SRG SSR has signed a deal concerning a 33MHz transponder on the Hot Bird 7A satellite, which was launched late last week by an Ariane 5 ECA...

Echostar Communications Corp. Posts Increased Revenues.
March 20, 2006... Echostar Communications Corp. reported total revenue of $2.18 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2005, a 12.8 percent increase from the $1.93 billion for the corresponding period in 2004. Net income totaled $133 million for the quarter...

Telesat Canada Post Record Revenues, Profits.(information about company sales )(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... Telesat Canada set records for full-year revenues and earnings, reporting a profit of Cdn. $88.9 million ($76.6 million) in 2005, as revenues jumped 31 percent to Cdn. $474.7 million ($409 million), the company announced. In 2004, the...

Com Dev Posts Strong First Quarter Gains.(sales information about COM DEV International Ltd.)(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... Com Dev International Ltd. recorded revenues of Cdn. $32.7 million ($28.2 million) in its 2005 first quarter, up 7.5 percent from revenues of Cdn. $30.4 million ($26.2 million) in the first quarter of 2004, the company announced. Net...

Air Force Formulating Plan For Increased Use of Small Satellites.(satellite services )
March 20, 2006... Even though the Department of Defense (DoD) has invested heavily in space assets throughout the years, the jugernaught customer of satellite services is strategically changing its agenda on what it will require to provide the warfighter for...

Hughes Unveils New Brand; Unifies Service Offerings.(Brief article)
March 27, 2006... Hughes Network Systems LLC unveiled today its new HughesNet brand, replacing Direcway. The new brand unifies the company's range of broadband solutions and services, going beyond Direcway's traditional "broadband by satellite" offering, for...

Loral Re-Enters North American FSS Market.(Fixed Satellite Services)
March 27, 2006... With the expiration of its two-year no-compete deal with Intelsat, Loral Skynet is once again offering Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) services to customers in North America. " We have resumed offering basic space segment services to U.S....

Ciel Satellite President Looks Beyond Ciel-2.(Alcatel Alenia Space)
March 27, 2006... Ciel Satellite, which recently announced that Alcatel Alenia Space will build its Ciel-2 satellite, does not expect any further satellite initiatives until at least 2007. David Lewis, president and COO of Ciel Satellite told Satellite News,...

Video Gamers Compete At 30,000 Feet.(Brief article)
March 27, 2006... Known best for tethering business travelers with the Internet, Connexion by Boeing recently focused on Generation X. But this generation of travelers were not surfing the Web between the in-flight meal and movie. Rather, 24 of Europe's best...

Premiere Pins Hopes On HD.(Interview)
March 27, 2006... Premiere, one of the satellite pay-TV operators leading the high- definition (HD) charge in Europe, launched services in Germany in January with three channels. The operator hopes that Premiere HD Film (movies and series), Premiere HD...

Raytheon Wins NOAA Ocean Observation Case Study Contract.
March 27, 2006... Raytheon's Intelligence and Information Systems business has won a six- month, competitive contract from the U.S. National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Ocean Service to develop a conceptual design, life-cycle...

STMicroelectronics Launches Digital Satellite STB chip.(Brief article)
March 27, 2006... STMicroelectronics, a supplier of silicon chips for set-top boxes (STBs), announced March 22 a low-cost satellite STB receiver/decoder chip - the STI5188 - intended for high-volume free-to-air markets in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, South...

International Communications Group Delivers Iridium-based ACARS Service.(Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System)(Brief article)
March 27, 2006... International Communications Group Inc. (ICG) announced March 22 that it has completed testing of its ACARS-compliant (Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System), Iridium-based messaging solution and delivered initial production...

NTV-Plus Expands Resource On Eutelsat's W4 Satellite.(Brief article)
March 27, 2006... Eutelsat Communications announced March 21 that NTV-Plus, a Russian direct-to-home pay-TV platform, is boosting its capacity on Eutelsat's W4 satellite from six to eight transponders. The new agreement for high-power capacity on Eutelsat's...

Panamsat Lands My TV DTH Platform In Africa.(Direct To Home)(Brief article)
March 27, 2006... Panamsat announced March 20 that it signed a multi-year agreement with Strong Technologies Llc of Dubai for programming distribution on its PAS-10 Indian Ocean Region satellite. The multinational company will use the Ku-band payload to...

Tandberg Enabling China To Offer HDTV.(high definition television)(Brief article)
March 27, 2006... Tandberg Television announced March 21 that it is providing the video compression systems to enable China's first national high definition (HD) TV roll-out. The HD video delivery system is based on the company's E5780 MPEG-2 HD encoder. ...

Geoeye Receives $13 Million In Orders From NGA.(National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency)(Brief article)
March 27, 2006... Geoeye received an additional $13 million in orders from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the Clearview contract, the company announced. The latest orders are in addition to the $36 million awarded to the company...

Jim Maser To Join SpaceX as President and COO.(Chief Operating Officer)(Brief article)
March 27, 2006... Space Explorations Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced March 17 that Jim Maser will join the company as president and COO. Maser spent most of his career with Boeing, most recently serving as president and general manager of Sea Launch....

BT Unveils Name For IPTV Service.
March 27, 2006... BT, which is launching IPTV services later this year, has announced it will call its service BT Vision. The service will combine Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) with on- demand film, TV and music programming, as well as interactive...

China Plans To Launch 18 Earth Observation Satellites.(Brief article)
March 27, 2006... China will launch 18 observation satellites throughout the next ten years, made up of land resource, environmental, marine and meteorological spacecraft, the People's Daily Online reported. The Sino-Brazil Earth resource satellite 02B will be...

NDS Wins SES Americom Contract.(Brief article)
March 27, 2006... NDS won an Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) security solutions contract from SES Americom, as the operator takes the next step with its IP-Prime service, a new IPTV distribution solution in the U.S. The new offering enables telcos to offer...

Worldspace Launches Arabic-Language Channels.(Ranin)(Min Zaman)(Brief article)
March 27, 2006... Worldspace Satellite Radio, one of the global providers in satellite- based radio services, announced March 20 that it has launched Ranin and Min Zaman, two new commercial-free Arabic music channels that will offer subscribers contemporary...