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Mainstream Data has entered into an agreement with Portugal Telecom (PT) and Lusa (Portugal’s national press agency) to distribute news stories and photographs to Lusa’s newspaper and media customers in Europe and Africa via Mainstream’s satellite and MediasNet (Internet) networks. PT currently provides LUSA a wide range of services such as network operations, telecommunication services, help desk support, and customer service.
Read MoreIntelsat, Ltd. announced GlobeCast has signed additional channels for its WorldTV Direct-to-Home (DTH) service in Europe using prime Intelsat capacity on the Intelsat 905 satellite, located at 335.5º E. This DTH platform supports free-to-air as well as subscription channels and allows programmers to reach home audiences via antennas as small as 60 cm.
Read MoreSKY Perfect Communications Inc. (SKY Perfect) is deploying the Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) DiviCom Electra 7000 high definition (HD) MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video encoders for its new direct-to-home (DTH) HDTV platform that will be launched in 2008. The new video headend also includes the ProStream™ 1000 platform with DiviTrackIP statistical multiplexing and NMX Digital Service Manager.
Read MoreiDirect, Inc., a company of Vision Technologies Systems [VT Systems], has three innovations on display at the IBC2007 Conference and Exhibition in Amsterdam. First up is their Series 12000 universal 4-slot hub. This compact 4-slot hub chassis delivers functionality comparable to iDirect’s larger hub solutions, such as integrated IP (Internet Protocol) routing, TCP/IP acceleration, encryption and Group QoS (Quality of Service).
Read MoreOn September 4, 2007, Loral Skynet Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications Inc., entered into a Loan and Security Agreement with Valley National Bank. The purpose of the Loan Agreement is to make available to Skynet a loan to fund the redemption of Skynet’s 14 percent Senior Secured Cash/PIK Notes due 2015.
Read MoreAnother service provider has signed on with SES ASTRA for that company’s ASTRA2Connect satellite-based broadband service. The contract partner National Broadband Services will specialize in offering ASTRA2Connect in Ireland.
Read MoreMarshall Communications Corporation [MARSHALL] announced the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) of the United States Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a contract to MARSHALL for the Tactical Service Provider (TSP) for the Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD). The Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts, in conjunction with the U.S. Congress, established the JCTD Program to rapidly place relevant, mature, technologies in the hands of the Joint Coalition Warfighters.
Read MoreND SatCom, an SES ASTRA company, is exhibiting at IBC in Amsterdam (booths 1.351 and OE320 and they’ve gleefully announced they have sold more than 200 SkyRAY series antenna subsystems. ND SatCom integrates members of the SkyRAY series in both satellite news gathering (SNG) vehicles and mobile communication vans for broadcast, government and enterprise customers.
Read MoreSatService Gesellschaft für Kommunikationssysteme is introducing at the IBC exhibition in Amsterdam their improved sat-nms LFRXTX L-Band Fiber Optical Links product that includes 10Mhz transmission. The sat-nms LFRX Optical Receiver and sat-nms LFRX L-Band Optical Transmitter are high performance RF to optical converters for analog multi-carrier RF (L-Band) transportation via fiber optical links.
Read MoreSpacecom [Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC], the AMOS satellites operator, has secured new customers in the Romanian market. The newest Romanian channels utilizing AMOS satellites' hot spot located at 4°W longitude are Neptun TV and Oltenia TV.
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