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Wegener Corporation [NASDAQ: WGNR) has announced a large U.S. cable programmer is using WEGENER satellite receiver equipment to distribute its hi-def video programming service to its cable and satellite affiliates.
Read MoreNASA has returned to Boeing [NYSE: BA] for its nexgen series of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS), continuing the communications satellite line that started with the launch of TDRS H in 2000 and, coupled with Boeing's other work for NASA, spans more than four decades.
Read MoreEuroconsult, in cooperation with London Satellite Exchange (LSE), announced that out of 1,700 operational transponders targeting Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, approximately 90 percent were fully or partially used during the first official measurement campaign conducted in the region—actual usage was around 27,500 MHz.
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Read More— Aruba Networks + FierceVoIP — DIRECTV + APTS + PBS — ICO Global Communications + Alcatel-Lucent — Countdown Entertainment + Times Square Alliance + GlobeCast — TV One — WEGENER —
Read MoreAn infusion of $150m in debt financing has been afforded to satservices provider SkyTerra Communications Inc. by hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners.
Read MoreMobile Satellite Ventures ("MSV") and SkyTerra Communications, Inc. ("SkyTerra") announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement wherein they plan to sell to Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd, and Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, LP (together, “Harbinger”), $150 million of MSV's Senior Unsecured Notes due 2013 (“Notes”) and Warrants.
Read MoreViaSat Inc. [NASDAQ:VSAT] has been named as the only “Excellence VSAT Equipment Providing Enterprise" in the 2007 Excellence Brand Enterprises in Chinese Application Industry awards program.
Read MoreWildBlueCommunications, Inc. has signed an agreement with Google, Inc. [NASDAQ: GOOG] to provide a suite of enhanced services to WildBlue customers.
Read MoreNorsat International Inc. [TSX: NII and OTC BB: NSATF] has been awarded a $750,000 Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the United States Department of Defense (DoD).
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