Satellite & Broadcast Network Equipment Industry Competitors

Adtec Digital lives to serve when it comes to video. The company provides products used for encoding, decoding, and encrypting audiovisual signals. Cable and broadcast television programmers use Adtec's ad insertion products to place local, regional, and national commercials....

Applanix manufactures electronic global positioning and orientation systems. The company's products are designed for use in personal vehicles as well as for commercial vehicles including automobiles, aircraft, and watercraft. Applanix serves the surveying and mapping markets among others....

Eagle Broadband keeps people talking (and entertained) with a number of broadband, Internet Protocol (IP), and satellite communications services. Its bundled broadband service lets service providers, cities, real estate developers, and others offer IP-based digital services such as high-speed Internet, voice, and video; the IP video solution is offered in conjunction with satellite operator GlobeCast....

FleetBoss Global Positioning Solutions helps the boss take charge of an automotive fleet even when the vehicles are far away. FleetBoss offers fleet-tracking systems that use global positioning systems (GPS) technology to keep up with commercial vehicles....

HF Company may not necessarily be sending you signals, but it sure hopes you receive them. For businesses, the firm designs and markets signal processing equipment for high-speed network access. For individual customers, it makes equipment for terrestrial and satellite TV reception (cables, plugs, connectors, amplifiers, antennas); digital peripheries to interconnect TV, HiFi, and IT equipment (cables, connectors, interface boxes, wireless boxes); and security products (alarms, intercoms, automatic door devices)....

iDirect Technologies bypasses the wired world and heads straight for the heavens. The company provides networking equipment that allows broadband access over satellite networks. Service providers and network operators use its satellite modems, routers, and compression servers to offer satellite-based Internet Protocol (IP) services and to optimize bandwidth usage....

Indagon keeps track of those on the go. The company makes a GPS-based positioning system that includes a terminal, server, GPS data collection device, and software. The Indagon Leader system is used primarily in cargo, navigation, and fleet management applications....

International Datacasting Corporation (IDC) is a manufacturer of hardware and software used to enable broadband satellite connections. Products include satellite receivers, satellite broadcasting systems for digital audio, and content distribution software....

Loral Space & Communications has a higher purpose. The company's main business unit, Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), makes satellites and related systems and components for digital broadcasters, data distribution, commercial weather forecasting, and digital audio service providers....

Like the great Portuguese explorer, Magellan Navigation aims to circumnavigate the globe. The company provides a wide variety of GPS units and accessories for consumer and professional applications. Consumer models include hand-held units for hikers, add-on car units for address navigation, and marine units for boaters; professional applications include land and marine surveying, mobile mapping, and OEM products for the automotive, marine, and aviation industry....

National Scientific keeps an eye on kids, and it doesn't mind riding the bus. The company makes location-tracking products that incorporate digital video recording (DVR) devices, Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, and software. Its Gotcha! radio device alerts parents when a child wanders too far away, while the Travado IBUS system provides position-tracking and video monitoring of school buses....

In the shadow of the Colorado Rockies, NAVSYS helps you figure out where on earth you are. The company develops Global Positioning System (GPS) products for commercial and military applications, such as GPS receivers. NAVSYS also produces inertial navigation systems and communications systems....

NesscoInvsat is a provider of satellite and radio systems designed to enable communications in extremely remote locations. The company's VSAT (very small aperture terminal) satellite products and accompanying services are used by customers in the oil, gas, maritime, and government industries....

Norsat International serves those who dish it out. The company, which makes wireless communications equipment for the satellite and cable television industries, primarily sells such broadcasting equipment as satellite ground station receivers, transmitters, and transceivers....

Oddly enough, NVISION is as likely to improve what you hear as what you see. The company manufactures digital audio equipment specifically for use in television production studios. In the late 1990s, the company resumed work on HDTV video equipment -- a product line that had been on the company's original to-do list when it was founded in 1989....

Rosum makes GPS-type products that use broadcast television signals for positioning and tracking in urban and indoor locations where traditional GPS systems are not reliable. Rosum's TV-GPS Hybrid Positioning Module integrates TV-based positioning with Global Locate's (acquired by Broadcom) Hammerhead A-GPS chip....

Skyworth Digital makes sure you're getting the signal strong and clear -- the television signal, that is. The company manufactures audio and visual technology products -- particularly cable receivers -- that are marketed to consumers primarily in China. Skyworth-brand products include digital set-top boxes, high-definition TV players, digital satellite receivers, digital terrestrial receivers, and MPEG2 encoders....

Sling Media has a cure for anyone who suffers separation anxiety when they're away from television too long. The company's Slingbox product allows customers to remotely access and control their televisions via a portable computer. Its hardware and software is compatible with cable and satellite broadcast services, as well as digital video recorders....

TomTom beats the drums for high-tech navigation gear. The company offers a variety of electronic navigation products that operate using global positioning system (GPS) data. Its lineup includes the GO series of portable and automotive navigation devices, some of which are designed with built-in wireless calling capability....

Vislink designs and manufactures microwave data transmission and broadcasting equipment through its subsidiary companies. The company specializes in fixed microwave earth station, portable satellite, and wireless camera systems. It also provides project management and other services....