The Spanish satellite telecommunications operator HISPASAT will continue to drive services offered from the 55.5º West orbital position, thanks to the successful launch of the Intelsat 34 satellite on August 20th of this year from the European launch base at the Guiana Space Centre, located in French Guiana. Through these actions, the operator will strengthen its position in this crucial region, with a strong focus on Brazil, and continue to meet the growing demand for telecommunications services in Latin America. 

RF-Design has successfully launched their new FlexLink S7 L-Band Switch Matrix series. This new stand-alone and small sized matrix family features the unit variants FlexLink S7-8816 supporting 8:8, field expandable to 8:16 inputs/outputs via license-key activation and the FlexLink S7-1616 available with 16:16 inputs/outputs.

Talia, a network operator and top-tier provider of data, voice, and video services throughout the Middle East, Africa, Europe, the US and Latin America, has chosen theNewtec Dialog® multiservice platform to provide better services and provide more applications for its ever-increasing customer base.

Arabsat and Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) have announced their joint venture to launch TRIO, the first real triple play service over satellite in the world.

Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has integrated its private infrastructure with a set of cloud-based tools to provide broadcasters with the most effective playout and media solutions proposition. This integration combines the best features of the cloud with Globecast’s expertise in managed media solutions to create a solution that meets customers’ specific business objectives.

Advantech Wireless and TV2GO, two Canadian Companies, join forces and talent to empower Live Broadcast of Canadian Athletes excellence in a major international multi-sport event, using Canadian Technological Excellence in HDTV Transmission over the Satellite.  TV2GO chose Advantech Wireless for TV2GO's World Feed transmission of this major multi-sport event hosted in Toronto with athletes from across Latin America, South America, the Caribbean and North America.

Comtech EF Data Corp. announced today that it has been awarded two separate contracts for its recently released Heights Networking Platform. The newest platform solution from Comtech EF Data will furnish service providers in two distinctly different vertical markets with the unique blend of horsepower, efficiency and intelligence to enable them to grow their businesses and maximize their customers’ Quality of Experience.

The first commercial shipments of the EM Solutions Diamond Series BUC family are underway as part of long-term supply agreements with customers including leading defence suppliers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. 

Advantech Wireless, a global leader for Satellite broadband communications solutions, announced today the release of the VR7400 VSAT Terminal for Broadcasters and DVB-S2 applications.

The VR7400 VSAT terminal from Advantech Wireless is DVB-S2 SCPC capable and provides Point-to-MultiPoint IP or ASI connectivity with industry leading performance. These VSAT Terminals are optimized to achieve high-performance and quick response times, being at the same time easy to configure and integrate with any video camera, encoder or decoder equipment.

Newtec, a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications, today announced it has upgraded the broadcasting capabilities of TV Globo’s Satellite News Gathering (SNG) fleet.

TV Globo, the leading Brazilian television network, selected the M6100 Broadcast Satellite Modulator for the transition of its news feeds to High Definition (HD). The upgrade fits into an all HD production strategy and includes the entire SNG news fleets of the Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Brasilia TV Globo stations.