MUMBAI: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) is continuing its efforts to stamp out satellite signal piracy in Hong Kong. In its latest...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms has converted Siti Channel from a cable into a satellite-delivered channel as it plans to expand reach by setting up affiliates across the...
MUMBAI: Star India has discontinued services of its bouquet of channels to Asianet Satellite Communications, the largest cable TV network in Kerala. The signals were...
MUMBAI: For the first time in the world, satellite-based mobile TV service has begun commercial operation in South Korea, according to the operator TU Media Corp....
MUMBAI: Frequent flyer “saas-bahu” saga addicts would just love this service on our domestic aircraft carriers. LiveTV, a wholly owned subsidiary of JetBlue Airways Corporation, has...
MUMBAI: Asianet Satellite Communications managing director CM Radhakrishnan Nair has quit the company. Mahesh Kumar, who was earlier the senior vice president, has been elevated to...
MUMBAI: PanAmSat has announced that it has entered into a multi-year agreement with China Radio International (CRI), China’s sole overseas radio network. Under the agreement, CRI...
MUMBAI: American interactive services company America Online (AOL) and XM Satellite Radio which provides satellite radio in America have announced that they will join forces to...
MUMBAI: Satellite operator Asiasat and LBisat which is a global satellite teleport operator and services provider have announced the signing of a new lease agreement. LBisat...
BANGALORE: Starting 21 March 2005, Karnataka’s Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) began transmitting live sessions through ISRO’s satellite Edusat across its 100 affiliated colleges in Karnataka. Earlier...
BANGALORE: ISRO’s INSAT-3A and KALPANA-1 satellites in alliance with Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) have signed an agreement with Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of the Department...
MUMBAI: US media watchdog The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released the agenda of its satellite forum. The event, which takes place on 21 March,...
MUMBAI: Communications satellite operator Intelsat Ltd has announced its purchase by Zeus Holdings Ltd in a transaction valued at about $5 billion, including about $2 billion...
MUMBAI: It is the second time in less than four months that Intelsat’s global fleet of communications spacecraft has suffered a satellite malfunction. The second accident...
BANGALORE: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has ambitious plans to provide internet connectivity to the remotest Indian villages. ISRO is looking at a possible association...
BANGALORE: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), in its efforts to help the tsunami relief measures, has provided telecommunications and telemedicine facilities in the Andaman and...
MUMBAI: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has awarded the first CASBAA Media College ‘Certificates of Accreditation’ to six executives who had passed...
MUMBAI: Intelsat, today, said that Intelsat Amecas-7 satellite experienced a sudden and unexpected electrical distribution anomaly that caused the permanent loss of the spacecraft on 28...
MUMBAI: Intelsat announced that at an annual general meeting held in Paris today, its shareholders approved the proposed acquisition of the company by Zeus Holdings Limited....
MUMBAI: Asiasat and Satlink Communications have launched a Multiple Channels per Carrier (MCPC) digital platform on Asiasat 2 satellite’s C-band coverage beam. Satlink provides end-to-end solutions...
MUMBAI: Global communications company Intelsat has announced its decision to end its 51 per cent participation in the Hong Kong based Galaxy Satellite TV Holdings Limited,...
MUMBAI: Intelsat is expanding its clientele base in North America. The global communication provider will be providing satellite services to SkyPort International and CapRock communications in...
MUMBAI: The customer satisfaction annual survey conducted by JD Power & Associates in the US has satellite TV leading over cable TV. The study observes that...
MUMBAI: Intelsat, the only global satellite leader providing Olympic Games coverage since 1968, has today confirmed that it has pre-booked over 35,000 hours of programming for...
MUMBAI: France Telecom subsidiary GlobeCast, which supplies satellite services for international sporting events, has announced a slew of new clients for its one-stop broadcast facility in...
MUMBAI: Panamsat corporation today announced the closing of its merger with PAS Merger sub, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of DirectTV group Inc. A leading global...
MUMBAI: Satellite operator Panamsat has reported financial results for the second quarter ended 30 June 2004. The company generated revenues of $206.8 million compared to $203.6...
MUMBAI: Intelsat and Telespazio will be providing Worldwide communications services to oil and gas industry contractor Saipem. The global communications provider has been chosen by Telespazio...
MUMBAI: This is an initiative that promises to have broad ramifications for the global satellite industry. Alcatel and Finmeccanica which claims to be Italy’s largest aerospace...
SINGAPORE: It’s got a pat on its back from the leading Telco mag in Asia and it is just about completing a decade in business in...
MUMBAI: After Intelsat canned its plans to launch a public offering, it has been in talks with several financial buyers about a deal which could be...
MUMBAI: Intelsat today announced that BT’s new satellite broadband service will be supported by the Intelsat system. An integral part of BT’s overall broadband strategy, the...
MUMBAI: The BMW WilliamsF1Team has chosen the US based satellite communications company, Intelsat system, to transmit mission-critical information during all European Grand Prix races and testing...
MUMBAI: Asianet will air Dilmunile Sandhyakai, the first Malayalam TV serial exclusively shot in Bahrain, from the third week of June. The story revolves around the...
MUMBAI: Intelsat has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of end-to-end communications services integrator Comsat General Corporation and certain of its...
MUMBAI: Malaysia’s satellite television operator Astro is planning to offer more than 100 new channels by next year.This will add to the already existing six free...
MUMBAI: Satellite operator Panamsat has reported financial results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2004. Total revenues increased to $205.4 million compared to $199.8 million...
MUMBAI: Satellite services provider Panamsat and DirecTV, which is the major stakeholder in the company, have announced that they have signed a definitive transaction agreement with...
MUMBAI: Intelsat on Monday commercially launched its North American video fibre network , which claims to present broadcasters worldwide with an enhanced opportunity to reliably transmit...
PanAmSat has announced a 15-year, transponder lease agreement with the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) which claims to be the world’s largest religious media network. The...
MUMBAI: A few days ago The Space Foundation presented its 2004 apace achievement award to Arianespace, the CNES French national space agency and the European Space...
MUMBAI: Integral Systems, Inc has announced a contract for PanAmSat Corporation, to migrate their three Boeing Satellite System 702 spacecraft from their current ground control software...
NEW DELHI: “The growth in the broadcasting sector, liberalisation in policies, exportation of content and IP/MPEG4 are driving ROI (return on investment) via satellite into India...
MUMBAI: Worldspace Corporation which delivers satellite radio has announced the first multinational satellite radio subscription plan available across its global footprint. This covers Europe, Asia, the...
MUMBAI: Satellite ground systems provider Integral Systems and Asiasat have signed a contract. As per this Integral will provide a single, consolidated primary satellite control system...
MUMBAI: The AMC-10 telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for Ses Americom was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral aboard a Lockheed Martin-built Atlas IIAS...
MUMBAI: Intelsat has plans to conduct an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of its ordinary shares worth about $ 500 million. The company, which offers telephony, corporate...
MUMBAI: New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) today announced the launch of the world’s first digital satellite news gathering network based entirely on MPEG-4 encoding. Done using...
MUMBAI: Asian satellite commnuications service provider Asisat CEO Peter Jackson was voted the ‘Satellite Executive of the Year in Asia Pacific’, by the Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications...
PARIS: The seventh annual World Summit for Satellite Financing in Paris which got off to a promising start recently, will conclude on 12 September. The event...

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