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| 12.01.2008 |
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Year in Review: 2008 Events Set Stage for 2009 
While the satellite sector generally remains in good health, a financial crisis that has cast a huge shadow over the globe also threatens the necessary funding that many companies will need as they look to expand their operations and capitalize on new...
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| 04.01.2008 |
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IP-Prime Aims To Take Over Mobile TV Market
[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 now available...
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| 07.06.2007 |
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Premiere Prepares To Launch New DTH Initiative
All systems are go for German pay-TV operator Premiere and its new Premiere Star subsidiary as the companies plan the September launch of the latter’s eponymous direct-to-home (DTH) offering. Premiere announced July 3 that it had struck a deal with...
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| 06.01.2007 |
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Mobile Broadcasting Prospects Strong in Asia
The world is becoming more mobile as populations demand continuous access to content for business and for pleasure. This increased desire for mobility presents strong opportunities for satellite players in Asia, and many companies already are involved in...
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| 05.01.2007 |
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Mobile Services Will Depend On Advanced Compression Technologies
Customers are seeking robust encoding solutions that are futureproof and can be easily adapted to meet the needs of a marketplace where mobile content delivery requirements are emerging to join demand created by HDTV and IPTV. The objective is achieving...
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| 04.11.2007 |
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SES Americom Launches HD Satellite Newsgathering Neighborhood
SES Americom unveiled a high-definition service intended to provide a bandwidth home to customers using IP-based connectivity platforms for providing voice and data communication to satellite newsgathering (SNG) trucks, the company announced April 10. The...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Special Events Brought To You Via Satellite
With boats from China, New Zealand, Germany, the United States and Switzerland among the competitors at the 32nd America’s Cup, the event will draw an enthusiastic audience from around the globe. To provide coverage of the competition, which begins in...
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| 01.16.2007 |
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Lockheed Martin To Provide Control Centers For Inmarsat
Lockheed Martin has received a contract from Inmarsat to develop enabling technology for Inmarsat's mobile satellite network, Lockheed Martin announced Jan. 15. Under the $36.5...
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| 11.20.2006 |
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DTH CEOs Seek Expansion Beyond Satellite Roots
While in most markets in western Europe - i.e., France, Italy and Spain - consolidation has taken place in recent years, among DTH operators in the Nordic markets, competition between the operators Viasat and Canal Digital is alive and well. The two operators...
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| 11.06.2006 |
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SES's Bausch Explains Reasons Behind Surprise Eutelsat Tie-Up
In one of the most significant announcements of the year in the European satellite industry, traditional rivals SES Global and Eutelsat will team up to launch a satellite-based mobile broadcasting system. The two companies will share the costs, about 130...
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| 11.01.2006 |
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Satellite Data: To Handheld Devices
Telcos are seeking new ways to deliver satellite data directly to customers. A wide variety of information such as GPS coordinates, satellite imagery and maps is making its way to the desktop or to handheld devices. As information sources and platforms...
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| 11.01.2006 |
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Satellite News Gathering: Users Seeking Smaller, Easier Equipment
Broadcasters around the globe are covering more live events, sports and spot news in order to respond to the needs of their customers. At the same time, the owners and stockholders of these companies are squeezing the broadcasters for more profits. To balance...
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| 10.23.2006 |
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Orbiting Wall Street
LORL Loral Space & Communications Inc. will sell $300 million of stock to its largest shareholder, MHR Fund Management LLC, Loral announced Oct. 17. The proceeds, combined with existing resources, will be used to pursue internal and external growth...
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| 10.16.2006 |
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Satellite Operators Lead Way For Australian Pay-TV
Australia is one of the most dynamic pay-TV markets in Asia, and the country's geography and large numbers of households situated in remote areas of the country making it an ideal market in which satellite can make a significant impact. Two of the operators...
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| 10.09.2006 |
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DirecTV Taking Football Package Portable With Kangaroo TV Deal
NFL fans in Washington and Miami are getting their games on more than ever through a pilot program between Kangaroo TV and DirecTV. Using Kangaroo TV's handheld unit with a 4-by-3 inch screen, visitors to the Washington Redskins' Fedex Field or Miami...
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| 09.18.2006 |
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DirecTV, Echostar Focusing On Interactive Offerings
DirecTV and Echostar have nearly 30 million subscribers in the U.S. between them. While they continue to trail established cable competitors in total subscribers, the two satellite operators also must now focus on the growing competitive threat from telcos...
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| 09.01.2006 |
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Satellites Strong At Strong Angel 3
By Peter Brown More than 800 emergency response and technical support personnel along with two dozen or so satellite-equipped vehicles descended on San Diego in late August for the Strong Angel 3 demonstration at the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department training...
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| 07.10.2006 |
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Intelsat Turns Focus To Integrating Panamsat Assets
Intelsat Ltd. completed its acquisition of Panamsat Holding Corp., July 3 and will spend the next 18 months fine-tuning the operations of what is now the largest provider of Fixed Satellite Services around the globe. The new Intelsat will operate a combined...
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| 05.29.2006 |
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Hurricane Season Begins Thursday; Are Emergency Communications Ready?
From June through November, residents along the Southeast and Gulf Coast regions of the United States brace for nature's furry. Government officials already predict that the 2006 hurricane season is on track to be as active as last year's, creating fear and...
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| 05.22.2006 |
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Understanding the MSV/Terrestar Ownership Dance
The U.S. wireless carriers generated revenues of $174.7 billion in 2005, according to the Telecommunications Industry Association. With numbers like these, it is no wonder that Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) providers have decided to enter the market by...
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