MUMBAI: Post Dr K Kasturirangan’s nomination to the Rajya Sabha, Indian space agency ISRO has decided to bring in G Madhavan Nair as Secretary, Department of...
PARIS: The winners of the winners of the sixth Hot bird TV awards were announced at a ceremony in Venice, last week. An annual event to...
BERMUDA: Intelsat, the global satellite communications leader, has announced that it has signed a $ one billion definitive asset purchase agreement with Loral Space & Communications...
MUMBAI: While in India there may be much uncertainty around how conditional access will affect business, for cable ops, satellite platform operators, equipment suppliers and content...
CALIFORNIA: Satellite TV service providers in the US are gearing up to expand their customer base by aggressively tapping new geographic locations and becoming more customer-friendly....
NEW YORK: News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch has been quoted as saying that the technology is not far away from allowing satellite carriers to retransmit local...
MUMBAI: The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro) Insat-3A satellite’s solar array and the two Antennas have been deployed. This follows the succesful placement of the next...
MUMBAI: Intelsat has announced that it is working with SmartJog, a global content distribution service provider, to provide digital store-and-forward delivery of video content over satellite...
CONNECTICUT: Panamsat and JSat have announced the formation of a strategic alliance for the distribution of digital video, data and Internet services across the Asia Pacific...
PARIS: Reuters, the global information, news and technology group, has signed an agreement with Eutelsat, the worlds fourth largest satellite operator, for distribution of Reuters Video...
LONDON: BT Broadcast Services (BT) has announced the signing of a new occasional-use agreement with PanAmSat, enabling its customers to use PanAmSats global fleet as a...
WASHINGTON: Intelsat has acquired the PacAmTel teleport, located outside Los Angeles, California, in a bid to assemble a worldwide terrestrial infrastructure and strengthen its global satellite...
MUMBAI : The KEO satellite scheduled to orbit around 1800 kilometers above earth for 50,000 years will be launched at the end of next year. The...
MUMBAI:Arianespace’s ninth mission of 2002, which will loft a dual satellite payload aboard an Ariane 5 heavy-lift launcher is set to take off later today from...
THAILAND: The Shin Satellite Public Company Limited is deploying iPSTAR Service in China with Shanghai VSAT Network Systems Co, with the first iPSTAR Gateway to be...
HAMILTON (Bermuda): In support of the upcoming 2002 UN World Summit on Sustainable Development, Intelsat is sponsoring the global distribution of a half-hour television special called...
Satellite launcher Arianespace is readying for its seventh launch of the year. The Intelsat 905 satellite to be carried aboard an Ariane 4, will be launched...
Arianespace has reported a loss of 193 million euros for the year ended March 2001. The losses have been attributed to Arianespace’s decision to take charges...
Thai communication major Shin Satellite has reported consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2002 of 1,303 million Baht, and EBITDA of 592 million baht. Total...
Arianespace yesterday announced three new contracts for Ariane launches of the DIRECTV-7S, iPSTAR-1 and STAR ONE C1 satellites. “We are pleased that despite the market downturn,...
Thai communication major Shin Satellite and Bagan Cybertech IDC &Teleport, Myanmar have signed a service and procurement contract for purchasing a complete iPSTAR system package, including...
Thai communication major Shin Satellite has signed an agreement with Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) to provide and promote a Joint Satellite TV Transmission Service on...
The development of Cryogenic Upper Stage for Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) has crossed another milestone (on 30 March) with the successful test firing of the...
Media baron Subhash Chandra has a number of firsts to his credit. To that list add another one. India’s first private sector satellite initiative officially went...
The success of the indigenously built Insat-3C launch is behind it. The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is now working full steam for the launch of...
Intelsat Ltd is on a gobbling spree. The satellite operator that provides telephony, corporate network, broadcast and Internet solutions around the globe via capacity on 21...
It’s taking up a public position. Satellite operator Intelsat Ltd, announced on 8 March, that it would be making an initial public offering of its ordinary...
Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) and the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) have cleared the decks for increased cooperation. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed yesterday envisages...
Intelsat LLC has announced that it has signed two launch services contracts – one with Boeing Launch Services for a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL vehicle and the...
Even as the satellite launch sector saw a global recession in 2001, Arianespace took credit for maintaining a strong lead in the commercial space transportation segment....
Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) has signed a new lease agreement with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). This will give C-band more capacity on AsiaSat 2 and...
Thailand prime minister Pol Lt Col Thaksin Shinawatra visited the ISRO Satellite Centre in Bangalore on Monday, as part of his ongoing visit to the country....
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will get its latest generation satellite Insat-3C into space in early 2002, 16 Januaryy 2002, to be exact, if one...
They’re streaks of lights in the sky which make for a pleasant sight. But meteor showers are known to damage manmade satellites in their orbits. Bearing...
The Technology Experiment Satellite (TES), launched on 22 October by ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C3) from Sriharikota in southern India, is functioning well, according to...
Bitstream Inc. and NDS Group plc have have entered into a long-term, large volume contract to license Bitstream’s Korean stroke-based font for use in NDS’ digital...
The NDS Group, a News Corporation company and leading provider of conditional access systems and interactive applications for digital TV, announced recently it had been selected...
India’s dreams for its odyssey in space seem to be going askew somewhat after the GSAT-1 satellite, launched by the indigenous GSLV D-1 into orbit successfully,...
The relaunch of the Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle D1(GSLVD1) went off successfully today from the SHAR Centre, Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The...
Organised by Singapore Exhibition Services Ltd (SES) in association with International Broadcasting Convention, London (IBC), the five-day conference will address a wide spectrum of issues relevant...
Pacific Century Matrix on Saturday enhanced its broadband satellite services with the addition of Alive Networks – the first international travel and learning company, using a...
Asianet will act as a facilitator for Toonz Animation, India’s first digital ink and paint studio, in its efforts to track down creative 8-14 year olds,...
A satellite television channel with a difference was launched on Thursday. The difference is the channel was launched by an Indian cable TV consortium led by...
MUMBAI: Delhi’s premier terrestrial and satellite broadcasting exposition and conference BES EXPO 2001 was flagged off at the Hotel Taj Palace today (1 February). Organised by...

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