Archive for May, 2007

Radio Screams Forecast Dangerous Solar Storms (SPACE.com via Yahoo! News)

Posted in Satellite Related Articles on May 31st, 2007

Radio Screams Forecast Dangerous Solar Storms (SPACE.com via Yahoo! News)
HONOLULU — Speedy solar storms carrying a billion tons of charged gas through space let out a thunderous scream before they unleash satellite-stopping radiation storms that slam into Earth’s magnetic field.

Harris Corporation Announces New H.264 Broadcast Encoding Capabilities for Satellite, … (ThomasNet)
Leverages advanced H.264 compression standard to enable new applications and services LAS VEGAS, April 16 / — Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has introduced new H.264 broadcast encoding capabilities that enable lower-bandwidth operation of video services over satellite, terrestrial and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) delivery platforms. …

Nancy Sinatra to Launch New Weekly Show Exclusively on Sirius Satellite Radio (Mobile Electronics)

Posted in Satellite Related Articles on May 31st, 2007

Nancy Sinatra to Launch New Weekly Show Exclusively on Sirius Satellite Radio (Mobile Electronics)
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 — New York — SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced the launch of a new show hosted by Nancy Sinatra exclusively on Siriusly Sinatra, SIRIUS channel 75, on Sunday evenings.

A battle royal for radio industry (The Indianapolis Star)
Come next year, publicly traded radio companies may have more in common with fledgling Web radio companies and satellite radio companies than just playing music.

Globalstar Launches Satellite Data and Voice Module in the United States (SYS-CON Media)
Globalstar USA, LLC, a leading provider of mobile satellite voice and data services to businesses, governments, and individuals, announced today that it has started to deliver shipments of the new GSP-1720 satellite data and voice module (SDVM) manufactured by QUALCOMM Incorporated. Weighing approximately 60 grams, the SDVM is one-third the weight of the previous GSP-1620 modem board (SDM) and …

Asia IPTV to make $8bn by 2012 (vnunet.com)
Simon Burns in Taipei, vnunet.com , Wednesday 30 May 2007 at 00:00:00 Still facing strong competition from cable and satellite Internet TV services are growing fast in Asia, but the number of subscribers is still tiny compared to traditional broadcasting methods, according to the latest analyst reports…. > Read the full article

League of United Latin American Citizens Reaffirms Support of Sirius/XM Satellite Radio Merger (Broadcast Newsroom)

Posted in Satellite Related Articles on May 30th, 2007

League of United Latin American Citizens Reaffirms Support of Sirius/XM Satellite Radio Merger (Broadcast Newsroom)
WASHINGTON, May 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the largest and oldest Latino organization in the United States today reaffirmed its strong support of the merger of Sirius and XM satellite radios.

WORLDSPACE(R) Satellite Radio to Present at the Cowen 35th Annual Technology Conference (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
WORLDSPACE Satellite Radio, , one of the world leaders in satellite-based digital radio services, today announced the company will be presenting at the Cowen and Company SMID-CAP Technology Conference in New York City on Wednesday, May 30, at 11:05 am, at the Palace Hotel.