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Arqiva has been awarded a contract by the BBC to help bring Freesat, the free-to-air digital TV platform, to air by March 2008. Arqiva will support the creation of the new service, which will complement existing digital TV platforms. Such will ensure that viewers across the entire United Kingdom can gain access to digital television without the need for a subscription, at and prior to Digital Switch Over.
Read MoreKVH Industries, Inc. [NASDAQ: KVHI] has Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., one of the largest RV manufacturers in the United States, extending their exclusive use of KVH's TracVision mobile satellite TV systems by offering the all-new 12-inch TracVision SlimLine series of products on a selection of its 2008 motor homes. These systems offer RV owners the highest signal gain and reception with DIRECTV's standard and high-definition programming plus automatic satellite switching via the remote control.
Read MoreHoneywell Technology Solutions, Inc. [HTSI] has awarded a new contract to RT Logic for the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) K-Band Upgrade Project (TKUP). Honeywell is the prime contractor working on National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s Near Earth Networks Services (NENS) Contract.
Read MoreSES Global South America Holdings, S.L., an SES company [Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG] has just announced an agreement with AR-SAT, Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales, S.A. The recently formed satellite operator is based in Buenos Aires.
Read MoreSatamatics has signed a long-term contract with Belgium’s data terminal manufacturer Dilupe and both companies will promote each other’s products. Satamatics will have exclusive rights to the DMT-70, a new data terminal designed by Dilupe, to integrate into Satamatics’ range of Inmarsat D+ and IsatM2M (Machine-to-Machine) satellite terminals.
Read MoreA new sales agreement authorized by Spacenet Inc. is signed with TESSCO Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of TESSCO Technologies Incorporated, (NASDAQ: TESS). The Spacenet agent program enables qualified telecommunications providers and value-added resellers to offer Spacenet’s Connexstar voice, data and video satellite communications services.
Read MoreGigaSat has just announced BBC World Service has awarded a tender to the company for the manufacture, integration and supply of four FA-180 flyaway satellite earth stations. The systems will be operated from four separate key locations in the Middle East and are designed specifically to withstand the harsh climatic conditions of the region and to be quickly deployed for transmission on any choice of satellite.
Read MoreSES ASTRA, an SES company [Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG], announced they have signed a new contract for their interactive TV service Blucom for the Arab World. MBC, the free-to-air multi-channel media group in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, will use Blucom for voting, greeting, downloading, and other enhanced TV-applications for its flagship channel MBC1, the news channel Al Arabiya, and the Saudi Arabian radio channel MBC FM.
Read MoreSatellite operator Avanti Communications has signed a contract to purchase launch services for its first satellite, HYLAS (highly adaptable satellite), from Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX), USA. A launch window for the satellite to launch between March and December 2009 has been booked.
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.
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