Satellite News articles from May 2008

Satellite News archives from May 2008

Comtech To Acquire Radyne.
May 14, 2008... [Satellite News - 5-13-08] Comtech Telecommunications Corp. will acquire Radyne Corp. in a deal that will allow Comtech to improve its leadership position in the ground station and amplifier markets, Fred Kornberg, CEO and president of...

Sea Launch Shares Land Launch Strategy.
May 14, 2008... [Satellite News - 5-7-08] The inaugural flight of the Zenit-3SLB Land Launch vehicle carried the Amos-3 satellite into space April 28 from Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, the culmination of a program initiated in 2003 to provide more...

Bharti Expects To Be Number One In Satellite Pay-TV In India.
May 14, 2008... [Satellite News - 5-8-08] Bharti Airtel, one of India's largest telecommunications companies, wants to expand its business and is setting its sights on India's burgeoning satellite pay-TV market. Bharti Airtel already serves about 62...

BT Vision CEO Confident Telco Can Hit Subscriber Targets.
May 14, 2008... [Satellite News - 5-9-08] U.K. telecommunications giant BT Vision has perhaps one of the hardest tasks of any major operator in Europe in terms of penetrating the TV market. BT is attempting to gain a foothold in a market where satellite...

Khrunichev, ILS Set Up Quality Initiative For Proton Rocket.
May 21, 2008... Jessica Pearce and Jason Bates [Satellite News - 5-20-08] Khrunichev Space Center and International Launch Services (ILS) have initiated a quality initiative for Khrunichev and its subcontractors, the two organizations announced April...

Spain Raises Space Ambitions.
May 21, 2008... Mark Holmes [Satellite News - 5-19-08] Spain is getting serious about space, with plans to launch a pair of its own satellites in the next few years to improve its capabilities. "After several years participating in multinational...

Hello HD Expects 50,000 Subscribers In First Year.
May 21, 2008... Mark Holmes [Satellite News - 5-19-08] Hello HD, a new high-definition (HD) platform in Hungary being broadcast by Eutelsat Communications, expects to have 50,000 subscribers by the end of the year, said CEO Andra Schmideg. The...

Pay-TV CEOs Warns of Changing Pay-TV Dynamics in Germany.
May 28, 2008... [Satellite News - 5-27-08] Both Parm Sandhu, CEO of the Unitymedia Group and Michael Bornicke, CEO of Premiere, warned that pay-TV competition in Germany was changing and that this market, which had previously been very localized, would now...

Austar Grapples With Idea Of Bringing HD To Australia.
May 28, 2008... [Satellite News - 5-22-08] Australia's Austar United Communications Ltd. is another digital satellite pay-TV operator in the Asia-Pacific region expecting strong growth throughout the next few years as consumers in the region Australia...

VinaSat-1 Success Has VNPT Looking At Next Step.(Interview)
May 28, 2008... [Satellite News - 5-21-08] The launch of the VinaSat-1 satellite marked a key moment for Vietnam's space aspirations. The satellite enables Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT), to provide a greater range of services to people...

Deputy Secretary Of Defense Urges Easing U.S. Export Controls.
May 28, 2008... U.S. controls on exports of products with militarily sensitive technology were written in the Cold War era and should be revised, perhaps by saying that a prohibition on export of a given item would last only for a certain time, U.S. Deputy...

Overseas Firm Buying U.S. Defense Company.(Company overview)
May 28, 2008... An overseas defense contractor announced it will buy outright a U.S. defense-related company, even as a friendly nation vetoed a plan for just a portion of one of its defense- related firms to be bought by a U.S. company. The...

Budget Woes Could Affect Constellation Program.
May 28, 2008... The Constellation Program now developing the next-generation Orion space capsule and Ares rocket has enough financial cushioning that it probably could finesse a congressional decision to freeze program funding at old levels for half a year....