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DISH Network Corporation [Nasdaq: DISH] set the bar for the next-generation HD when they became the first in the industry to offer high definition programming in 1080p, the highest and best HD resolution available. This new functionality is part of DISH Network's most recent expansion in high definition services, that includes TurboHD, the first 100 percent, all-HD suite of programming packages.
Read MoreSkyBitz, a leading asset solution and information management service provider, announced that FFE Transportation Services (FFE), Inc. [NASDAQ: FFEX] Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. has chosen the American Eagle fleet as its launch pad for implementing the SkyBitz solution. FFE is a leading motor carrier specializing in temperature-controlled transportation of products and perishable goods including food products, health care supplies and confectionery items.
Read MoreHarris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) is supplying a wide range of HD and SD broadcast equipment to support some of the world's leading broadcasters during their live coverage of the upcoming 2008 Beijing Summer Games in Beijing, China.
Read MoreSpacenet Inc. has achieved Service Provider Level I PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security) compliance for their VSAT satellite and managed wireline services.
Read MoreOnce again, SkyTrac has obtained a supplemental type certificate (STC), this time for the installation of its automated flight following and satellite communications equipment on the Eurocopter EC120 and EC135 airframe types.
Read MoreGood news for those in remote and rural Canada. Naskapi Imuun and OmniGlobe Networks signed agreements that creates Canada's first national cellular service provider equally owned by an Aboriginal partner.
Read MoreNorsat International Inc. (TSX: NII and OTC BB: NSATF) has released the first product in their vehicle mount satellite terminal family.
Read MoreConnecting offshore operations is difficult, and integrating and managing the diverse communications portfolio required to optimize offshore operations is even harder.
Read MoreHarmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced ASTRA Platform Services GmbH (APS), a subsidiary of SES ASTRA (LX: SESG), has selected Harmonic's DiviCom Electra 7000 high definition (HD) encoders and DiviTrackIP™ statistical multiplexing for a network upgrade designed to substantially enhance and expand its HD MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) service.
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