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  1. Hughes, Eutelsat. Globecomm & DirecTV results show strength in services, decline in systems
  2. As usual: satellite's tip competitor isn't fiber, it is the customer - and we must adapt to win
  3. Via Sat coverage of Offshore Comm: Rig operators prefer fiber because they build it
  4. Outsourcing of military/intell sat capacity continues to grow with CapRock X-band deal with Paradigm Secure Comms (http://tiny.cc/SuVst )
  5. Finishing up SSPI's first "Sat Industry Workforce" survey covering age, occupation, years in industry, male-female balance - coming soon.
  6. Smart marketing: SIRIUS XM Radio unveils XM SkyDock, radio controlled by iPod or iPhone - listen while charging (http://tiny.cc/1xqXi )
  7. US$210m wins Intelsat a brand new in-orbit satellite - and frequency coordination challenges - in Protostar 1 public auction.
  8. Where will GPS market go? Google will integate GPS on its Android phone - but policymakers are banning cell phone use while driving.
  9. Congratulations to Telenor Satellite Broadcasting, SES World Skies & Arianespace on the successful launch of Thor 6 and NSS-12.
  10. Women make up only 17% of sat industry - but many make outsize contributions. See "Women in Space," Online Jnl (http://tiny.cc/dcZ0T)
  11. What are the prospects for space solar power? Pie in the sky, or next satellite market?
  12. IABM forecasts media & broadcast products & services market will return to 2008 level by 2012 in V-shaped recovery (http://tiny.cc/RG9P3 )
  13. RFI blues? Spectrum Bridge in Virginia uses TV white space for last mile, backhaul and Wi-Fi hot spot service using "intelligent" system.
  14. Broadcasters rightly complain that big HD investment has not netted new revenue - but Sky now says HD added 43 Euros to ARPU in last year.
  15. ISPs and carriers keep upgrading sat broadband technology: single-site broadband is now VSAT market leader with 1.1m subs (NSR 09 rept) .
  16. Renewed more than half of our Corporate Sponsors from 2009 already. Gaylord National seems to be a big attraction.
  17. TV ad spending pickup has analysts raising 2010 forecasts - but leave unanswered future of TV's linear ad-driven model in digital world.
  18. 2009 Promise Award winner Dr. Max Kamenetsky was cited by his employer, Space Systems/Loral for exceptional... http://bit.ly/MmoSN
  19. Afghanistan's sat-based Village Comm Net has brought phone & Internet service to 350 villages , total of 5,000 by 2011: Globecomm & Hughes.
  20. Changing times: Iridium exits the investor dog house with a NASDAQ, 9 years, 7 months after burning up $5bn in capital and shutting down