Eutelsat Communications Reports Record Revenue Growth in the First Quarter 2009-2010: +11.6% Nov 5, 2009
Eutelsat's fleet changes since Q4 2008-2009: - April 2009: entry into service of ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 4A at 7degrees West to serve North Africa and Middle-East ; - May 2009: entry into service of W2A at 10degrees East for Data and Value-Added Services in Ku-band and C-band ; - May 2009: redeployment of ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 4 (renamed EUROBIRD(TM) 16) at 16degrees East for Central Europe ; - June 2009: redeployment of W1 (renamed EUROBIRD(TM) 4A) at 4degrees East for Multi-usage services.... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
SES WORLD SKIES' NSS-12 Satellite Successfully Launched on-board Ariane 5 Oct 30, 2009
NSS-12 features 40 C-band transponders and 48 Ku-band transponders with DTH power levels, as well as elaborate beam interconnectivity and C-/Ku-band cross-strapping ... The satellites high-capacity, high-power C-band hemispheric beams one covering Europe, Africa (including Mauritius) and the Middle East, and the other stretching across Asia to Australia have been augmented by a powerful C-band global beam spanning from the UK to the Far East. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Steve Wynn to Announce Entertainment Plans for Wynn Las Vegas Oct 15, 2009
Please note that all transmission times are ET: 1600 - 1700 X30 ET / October 15 (Live Press Conference / we will be on satellite at 1530 ET) (C-band) Galaxy 19 / Transponder 16 Downlink Freq: 4020 (H) 1915 - 1930 ET / October 15 (first b-roll package feed) (C-band) Galaxy 19 / Transponder 16 Downlink Freq: 4020 (H) 2130 - 2145 ET / October 15 (C-band) Galaxy 19 / Transponder 16 Downlink Freq: 4020 (H) 0300 - 0315 ET / October 16 (C-band) Galaxy 19 / Transponder 16 Downlink Freq: 4020 (H) RADIO:... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Content & Communications World 2009 Exhibitor Profiles Oct 14, 2009
Wavestreams proven family of Ka, Ku, X and C-band amplifier products meet the growing demand for greater efficiency and significant lifecycle cost reductions for satellite communications systems worldwide. . (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
LG Electronics CTO Receives 'Giants of Broadcasting' Award Oct 3, 2009
He is one of the key inventors of the VideoCipher II system that became the de facto standard for the C-Band satellite video encryption system and is still in use by most cable programmers. He held various senior management positions at General Instrument before being named Executive VP. He also briefly served as Senior Vice President, Technology, for Qualcomm Inc. prior to joining LG Electronics. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Communications & Power Industries to Help Bring 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa(TM) to Millions of Football Fans Sep 26, 2009
Under the approximately $1 million contract, CPI will supply Sentech with outdoor C-band HPAs via its local sales and service representative Comscience (Pty) Ltd. These communications amplifiers will support broadcasts of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa matches from 10 football stadiums in nine cities around the country in June and July 2010. Work on the contract will be performed by CPI's Satcom Division and Microwave Power Products Division. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
What The Hell Is Wrong With DirecTV Sep 24, 2009
I have gone to antenna and fta C band that's where it's at more people need to do that and they would realize how valuable costomers like we are. As one we are nothing but as thousands we can make it heard. (Multichannel News)
Marine Technologies, LLC Expands Global Maritime VSAT Service in Partnership with iDirect and Intelsat Sep 22, 2009
The MT/C-Comm GlobalBroadband VSAT network is built on the iDirect Intelligent Platform((TM)) and connects across eight satellites (Ku-band and C-band) operated by Intelsat. Vessels are equipped with iDirect's Evolution X5 Satellite Router and a marine stabilized antennae designed by MT to operate in both Ku-band and C-band. (PR Newswire)
Netcom Africa Signs Deal with SES WORLD SKIES to Expand Broadcast Television and Telecom Services across Nigeria Sep 15, 2009
NSS-10 is a high-powered C-band satellite at 322. 5 degrees East serving regional, transcontinental and transoceanic customers in North America, the Caribbean, South America, Europe and Africa. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
MultiVu Video Feed: Cesar Millan and Scooby-Doo Share 40Th Birthday Celebration! Sep 9, 2009
SATELLITE FEEDS: Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 7:00 PM - 7:15 PM ET 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM ET AMC 3 AMC 3 C-Band C-Band Transponder 3 Transponder 22 Downlink Freq. 3760 Horizontal Downlink Freq. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
2009 CMA Awards Video Highlights Package Featuring Final Nominees Announcement to be Serviced on Wednesday, Sept. 9 Sep 5, 2009
Satellite Coordinates: Galaxy 28 Transponder 19 (C-band) Analog. Downlink Frequency: 4080 V. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
India may abandon lunar mission after radio contact lost Aug 30, 2009
Radio contacts through C-band, Ku-band and other bands were all lost, while the antenna on board Chandrayaan has stopped working, said the report. However, the 520-kg luna craft will continue to orbit around the moon 200 km away and it may crash after sometime on the lunar surface, Satish said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Lockheed Martin-Built JCSAT-12 Satellite Successfully Launched for SKY Perfect JSAT Aug 22, 2009
JCSAT-12 is a high-power hybrid satellite consisting of 30 active Ku-band transponders and 12 active C-band transponders that will provide broadcast and broadband services to Japan, Oceania, the Asia-Pacific region and Hawaii ... The Lockheed Martin A2100 geosynchronous spacecraft series is designed to meet a wide variety of telecommunications needs including Ka-band broadband and broadcast services, fixed satellite services in C-band and Ku-band, high-power direct broadcast services using the... (PR Newswire)
Does Charlie Care? Aug 6, 2009
The mandate is DIGITAL, which means both SD and/or HD. And even then, the mandate only applies to OVER THE AIR broadcasting, NOT cable or satellite (where everything except C-Band has been digital from the start) ... As a 21 year Echostar customer (started in 1988 with C-band using Echostar equipment) and someone who has had "Platinum" since before the "metals" packages began, I was happy that using the online chat a CSR took of the charge. (Multichannel News)
Eutelsat Communications Reports Revenue Growth of 7.2% and Net Income Increase of 43.6% for its 2008-2009 Financial Year Jul 31, 2009
The performance of Data Services also reflects the entry into service in the fourth quarter of the Ku-band and C-band payloads on the W2A satellite which offers privileged coverage for connectivity between Europe, Africa, South and Central Asia and South America ... This incident has no impact on W2A's Ku-band and C-band payloads. (PR Newswire)
Who Has The Best HD Picture? Jul 29, 2009
The other place to watch pure HD is with a C Band satellite system, there are are number of HD channel up there available via C Band which are in the clear. The issue with C Band is the size of the dish and most of the popular channels are not available to home viewers via C Band ... This weekend I was playing with my new C Band system and caught a number of HD feeds, I was amazed at how good the HD looked on these feeds, and compared them with what was being shown by Dish Network and DirecTV.... (Multichannel News)
A Chip Off The Old Block Jul 25, 2009
It was funny a few weeks ago while putting up my new C Band dish my son was out there with me watching, helping and even trying to give me tips to align the dish. Earlier this month we went on a cruise and my son was upset, he was watching TV and spotted a satellite dish on the screen, he wanted to show me it but unfortunately the ship;s remote did not have a pause button allowing him to stop the picture. (Multichannel News)
Aliens in the Attic, Ashley Tisdale and Robert Hoffman Take Over Mall of America Jul 23, 2009
Satellite: AMC 01 (c-band) transponder 15. Downlink: 4000 Horizontal. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Wilson Joins Tennis As SVP Distribution Jul 14, 2009
My first satellite dish was a 10-foot C Band Dish which I purchased when I was. Kent Gibbons July 13, 2009. (Multichannel News)
Representatives From the Film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell Jul 10, 2009
An audio transmission of the Closing Bell is also available from 3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Ascent fiber 1623 as well. (Primezone Releases)
Dish Adds MSNBC HD Jul 9, 2009
Well the truth is good old-fashioned C Band satellite is getting interesting again. Over the past few years C Band signals have gone in a variety of digital signals, which have not been receivable by the home viewer. (Multichannel News)
Angola, Russia sign $327 mln telecom satellite contract Jun 27, 2009
It will also enable the coverage in Africa, Europe, in C band, and Southern Africa region in particular, in Ku band. The agreement was signed by Aristides Safeca, Angola's deputy minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology, and Vassili Ivanov, acting chairperson of the Russian company Rosoboronexport. (Xinhuanet, China)
NASA Gives Media, Public Look Inside Apollo Moon Rock Vault Jun 27, 2009
The channel is a digital satellite C-band downlink by uplink provider Americom ... 5 Mhz based on a standard C-band 5150 Mhz L.O., vertical polarity, FEC is 3/4, data rate is 6. (NASA Watch)
Measat-3a: Successful lift-off Jun 22, 2009
Measat said the satellite would add 12 Ku-Band and 12 C-Band transponders to its fleet, increasing by 50% the amount of satellite capacity at the companys prime 91 ... With Ku-Band coverage of Malaysia and Indonesia and a C-Band beam that reaches over 110 countries representing 70% of the worlds population, the satellite will support the continued growth of the companys broadcasting and telecommunications business, it said in an earlier statement. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
The west goes wild for Aussie Maddison at second stop of Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour May 31, 2009
CALGARY, May 31 /CNW/ - Yee-Haw. It's a dream come true. (Canada Newswire)
Eutelsat W2A Satellite in C and Ku-band Goes Live and Captures New Business at 10 Degrees East May 20, 2009
PARIS, May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced the full entry into commercial service of the Ku-band and C-band missions of the W2A satellite which was launched on April 3 ... With W2A's entry into service Eutelsat has also introduced a new mission comprising 10 C-band transponders ... Centred over the African continent, the C-band footprint takes in large parts of the Middle East and central Asia to the East and stretches across to Latin... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Dow-Key Now Offers Fiber Optic Switching Systems May 15, 2009
This model switches signals in pure optical domain with an operating wavelength of 1530-1565 nm in C-band and a data rate of 4 Gbps. The system is configured partially as crossbar and partially as fan-out, with 8x14 I/O ports using LC connectors. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Eutelsat Communications Reports a 5.6% Increase in Revenue for the Third Quarter of 2008-2009 Financial Year May 14, 2009
May 19, 2009: entry into service of the C-band and Ku band capacity on W2A at 10degrees East. The Group also confirms that current evaluation of the in-orbit tests performed on the S-band payload belonging to Solaris Mobile indicate an anomaly which requires further tests, in collaboration with prime contractor Thales Alenia Space. (PR Newswire)
MultiVu Video Feed: REESE WITHERSPOON JOINS AVON FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN AND SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL TO CELEBRATE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF AVON COMPREHENSIVE BREAST CENTER May 12, 2009
SATELLITE FEEDS: Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 3:00 AM - 3:15 AM ET 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM ET AMC 3 AMC 3 C-Band C-Band Transponder 22 Transponder 22 Downlink Freq. 4140 Vertical Downlink Freq. (PR Newswire)
Arctic Trek To 'Break The Ice' On New NASA Airborne Radars May 5, 2009
Scientists expect the longer wavelengths of the L-band radar to penetrate deeper into the ice than C-band radar, "seeing" ice motions or structures hundreds of meters below the ice surface, rather than only at the surface. By using both wavelengths, scientists hope to obtain a more complete picture of how glaciers and ice streams flow. (Science Daily)
Eutelsat's W2A Satellite Blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Apr 4, 2009
Commenting on the launch, Eutelsat Chairman and CEO, Giuliano Berretta said: "With its unique configuration of three distinct commercial payloads combined in a single spacecraft, today's launch is a milestone achievement for Eutelsat and the commercial satellite industry. In addition to bringing significant new Ku-band and C-band resources to our fleet for professional video and data communications in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, W2A's S-band payload ushers in a new era in satellite-based... (PR Newswire)
The University of Oklahoma to hold commissioning ceremony for newest radar Apr 4, 2009
Completed in January 2009, OU-PRIME serves as a research and development testbed for the ARRC. It is the highest-resolution, dual-polarization, C-band weather radar in the United States. With the addition of the C-band radar, Norman's polarimetric radar sensing capabilities are now complete ... This will allow OU to be better equipped to establish extensive, international collaboration with countries in Europe and Asia because of their primary interest in C-band polarimetric radars. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Wavestream Announces Addition of 160-watt X-band Matchbox to Its Line of High-Efficiency Solid-State Power Amplifiers and Block Upconverters Mar 21, 2009
The X-band SSPAs will be showcased alongside Wavestream's 500-watt C-Band product line, which provide a unique offering for satellite and troposcatter communications ... "With the introduction of our new X-band product line, we continue to expand the scope of our business from the Ka-, Ku- and C-bands to offer our customers a larger portfolio of solutions with the same value, reliability and performance they have come to expect from Wavestream." ... Wavestream offers industry-leading Ka-band,... (PR Newswire)
Harris Corporation Demonstrates Highband Networking Radio(TM) Systems at U.S. Army's C4ISR On-The-Move Event '08 Feb 17, 2009
The Army exercise also demonstrated that the Harris system could operate in both C-band and Ku-band simultaneously within a single, integrated network, thereby providing Brigade-and-above echelon commands with robust communications for tactical operations. During the exercise, 11 C-band and Ku-band HNR systems were demonstrated. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
After Chandrayaan, ISRO readies for twin launch Feb 17, 2009
RISAT mission would have a C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload, operating in a multi-polarisation and multi-resolution mode. SAR, being an active sensor, operating in the microwave range of electromagnetic spectrum, provides the target parameters such as dielectric constant, roughness, and geometry, and has the unique capability for day-night imaging, and imaging in all weather conditions including fog and haze, and also provide information on soil moisture. (Sify.com, India)
