Intelsat, Ltd., and Bogota-based Elite Entertainment Television S.A. has contracted a multi-year, multi-transponder deal with Intelsat to distribute DTH content to its customers in Colombia. Elite Entertainment is the 28th DTH platform hosted on the Intelsat global network. more ››

Intelsat 10-02 satellite has been authorized for the provision of satellite capacity to Brazil. Launched in 2004, the EADS Astrium-built Intelsat 10-02 has been providing a full range of services on its C- and Ku-band transponders, with coverage of Europe, Africa, the Americas and the Middle East from its 1W orbital location. more ››

Spacecom the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, announced on 19th of March, that its newest satellite, AMOS-3, has completed testing and has been delivered to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch site in Kazakhstan. more ››

The Sea Launch consortium has postponed the launch of U.S. satellite DirecTV 11, scheduled for Monday 17 of March, for an indefinite period due to technical problems. The launch from the Odyssey platform on Pacific set to carry the Boeing-made TV satellite weighing around six metric tons was scheduled for 6:49 p.m. EDT (22:49 GMT). more ››

International Launch Services (ILS) has signed a contract with S2M, a provider of mobile entertainment to the Middle East and North Africa to use a Proton M vehicle to launch the first dedicated mobile television satellite. more ››

New Skies, an American company, has contracted Space Systems/Loral to supply a new satellite, NSS-14. Terms of the contract remain confidential. more ››

American company Sea Launch prepars for the launch of the DirecTV 11 broadcast satellite, planned for Monday, 17th March. Liftoff is expected at 3:49 pm Pacific Daylight Time (22:49 GMT). more ››

Malesian Measat Satellite Systems has announced that Measat-1R which has been renamed as Measat 3A will be launched in the third quarter of this year. Measat 3A has been designed to be co-located with Measat-3 at the 91.5 degrees E. more ››

Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL), one of the world’s leading satellite operators, today announced it has selected EADS Astrium to deliver its first satellite operating exclusively in Ka-band frequencies. The satellite will form the cornerstone of a major new satellite infrastructure programme that will significantly expand capacity for consumer broadband services across Europe and the Mediterranean Basin, while providing new opportunities for local and regional television markets. more ››

Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of commercial satellite services, and Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) jointly announced the completion of an agreement, for Intelsat to purchase 10 transponders on Telenor’s THOR 6 satellite, due to launch in Q2, 2009. more ››