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Astrium selected to build new RSCC satellite for 36 East MOSCOW and PARIS, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RSCC (the Russian Satellite Communications Company) and Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced that Astrium has been selected to build the Express-AMU1/EUTELSAT 36C satellite that will be launched in 2015 to provide follow-on and expansion capacity for the EUTELSAT 36A broadcast satellite operating at 36degree(s) East. Express-AMU1/EUTELSAT 36C...
Solution includes RRsat's Ku-band MCPC platform on the new Yamal-300K satellite AIRPORT CITY BUSINESS PARK, Israel, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. [http://www.rrsat.com ] (NASDAQ: RRST), a leading provider of comprehensive digital content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industry, announced today the launch of a new solution that enables major international broadcasters to reach cable...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- EchoStar Corp. (NASDAQ: SATS), a leading global satellite services provider and developer of hybrid video delivery technologies, today announced that David J. Rayner will return to the role of chief financial officer of EchoStar. Kenneth G. Carroll, the current chief financial officer of EchoStar, will assume a broadened role of executive vice president of corporate and business development. Mr. Rayner left his position as chief...
LONDON, November 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pikture launches social marketplace, Black Friday online sales begin and EchoStar satellite launched Pikture.com, an innovative social site allowing users to tag and purchase their favourite items, has officially launched this week, becoming the world's first exclusive social marketplace [http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/launch-of-pickturecom---new-marketplace-with-an-integrated-social-network-180486711.html ] ....
HAWLEY, Pennsylvania, November 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RRsat America - Global Communications Inc., a subsidiary of RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST), a leading provider of comprehensive digital content management and global content distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries, announced today that it has signed a contract with MEASAT Satellite Systems (MEASAT) to launch a new C-band MCPC platform on the...
AIRPORT CITY BUSINESS PARK, Israel, September 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST), a leading provider of comprehensive content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries, announced today that during the last months it has signed several contracts with TV and radio channels for the distribution to and from Africa, via AMOS-5, the satellite launched in December 2011 by Spacecom....
BETZDORF, Luxembourg, June 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has announced a new multi-year agreement with one of its largest customers in the Philippines, MediaScape Inc, to provide additional capacity on the SES-7 satellite at the prime orbital location of 108.2 degrees East. With this capacity expansion MediaScape will utilise transponders on both SES-7 and NSS-11, satellites that are co-located at the same orbital location....
BETZDORF, Luxembourg, June 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The increasing popularity of direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television and the growing demand for High Definition (HD) broadcast content across Asia-Pacific are driving the demand for satellite capacity in the region. With the number of satellite TV [http://www.onastra.com/2124/en ] channels offered by DTH platforms in Southeast Asia projected to reach 1,600 by 2016, leading global satellite operator SES is ramping up...
AIRPORT CITY BUSINESS PARK, Israel, June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST), a leading provider of comprehensive content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industry, announced today the launch of two new Ku-Band MCPC Platforms on Spacecom's AMOS-5 Satellite at 17degree(s)East. These two MCPC platforms, Ku-1 (West Central Africa) and Ku-3 (East West Africa), will...
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has signed contracts with Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Satélites Mexicanos (Satmex) for two launches aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. “This announcement marks SpaceX’s first launch contract in Mexico. It is also the second launch contract in Asia that we have signed in the last month,” said Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO and Chief Technology Officer. “We are very pleased to have SpaceX, the world’s fastest growing space launch company,...
