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New 18'' KVH TracVision Offers Satellite TV in a Small Package for Mariners Around Mexico.


MIDDLETOWN, R.I. -- Configured for the Powerful Sky Mexico Service, KVH's Marine TracVision Antennas Provide Satellite TV Reception Previously Unavailable with Smaller Antennas

KVH Industries KVH Industries Incorporated is an electronics firm based in Middletown, Rhode Island. The company produces electronic compasses, fiber optic gyroscopes, and control systems for satellite dishes. External Links
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, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) is changing the rules for maritime satellite TV in and around Mexico with the introduction of its new Sky Mexico-configured TracVision(R) satellite TV systems. For the first time, boaters are able to enjoy satellite TV service in Mexico using an antenna as small as 18" in diameter thanks to KVH's new Sky Mexico configuration and its award-winning antennas like the TracVision 4-HP with High-Performance (HP(TM)) tracking. Sky Mexico is already the most popular satellite TV service in Mexico with almost 1 million subscribers and demand is expected to increase dramatically as DIRECTV Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , previously the only option for mariners in the region, prepares to discontinue its service to Mexico. Sky Mexico's powerful satellite provides English and Spanish-language programming as well as coverage as far south as Panama. As a result, mariners fishing along the Mexican coast, wintering in Cabo San Lucas Cabo San Lucas (popularly known as just Cabo) is a small city at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula at , in the municipality of Los Cabos in the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico. , or cruising to Panama have a new choice for uninterrupted satellite TV entertainment thanks to KVH Industries.

"Not only does our new configuration substantially increase the satellite TV antenna options available to mariners but we also expand the number of smaller vessels that could potentially be equipped with one of our TracVision solutions in Mexican waters," explained Ian Palmer, KVH's executive vice president for satellite sales. "We are extremely pleased to be stepping forward with our new Sky Mexico-configured TracVision satellite antennas to ensure that boaters in the region have uninterrupted access to the entertainment, news, and sports that they want. At the same time, our Sky Mexico-configured 24" and 32" TracVision systems will receive Sky Mexico as far south as Panama as well as offer extended offshore coverage."

KVH's TracVision systems are Digital Video Broadcast (DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) An international digital television (DTV) standard that is the European and Far Eastern counterpart of the North American ATSC standard. (R))-compatible, offering excellent satellite tracking and a range of capabilities to suit any vessel. The TracVision G4-HP (18") and G6-HP (24") antennas combine antenna-mounted rate gyros This article is about the food dish. For other uses, see Gyro.

Gyros or gyro (Greek: γύρος, "turning") (IPA: [ˈjɪːɹəʊ] 
, CONSCAN CONSCAN Conical Scan  signal strength tracking, and the award-winning KVH KVH Keith Van Horn (basketball player)
KvH Katrina vanden Heuvel (editor; The Nation) 
 GyroTrac(TM) Digital Gyro Compass to provide the fastest satellite acquisition available. For those who want a single-component configuration, the TracVision 4-HP (18") and 6-HP (24") offer the same integrated DVB design as their counterparts but without the GyroTrac sensor package. The 32" TracVision G8 offers a carbon fiber antenna and GPS positioning for faster acquisition reception even when cruising farther offshore.

The TracVision 4-HP's predecessor, the TracVision 4, was the five-time winner of the National Marine Electronics Association's (NMEA NMEA National Marine Electronics Association
NMEA National Marine Educators Association
NMEA National Marketing Educators Association
NMEA New Millennium Experience Company
) "Best Satellite TV Product" award, while the TracVision line as a whole has won the award for seven consecutive years. Details on all of KVH's award-winning TracVision products for boats, recreational vehicles and automobiles are available at http://www.tracvision.com.

Note to editors - High-resolution images of KVH's satellite products are available at http://www.kvh.com/mediasupport.

KVH Industries, Inc., is the leading provider of in-motion satellite systems, having designed, manufactured, and sold more than 75,000 mobile satellite antennas for applications on boats, RVs, trucks, buses and automobiles. An ISO (1) See ISO speed.

(2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI.
 9001-certified company, KVH has headquarters in Middletown, Rhode Island Middletown is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 17,335 at the 2000 census. It lies to the south of Portsmouth and to the north of Newport on Aquidneck Island, hence the name "Middletown. , with a fiber optic and military navigation product manufacturing facility in Tinley Park, Illinois Tinley Park is a village located primarily in Cook County, Illinois, United States with a small portion in Will County. The population was 48,401 at the 2000 census, and 58,322 in the 2007 census. Tinley Park is one of the fastest growing suburbs south of Chicago. , and a European sales, marketing, and support office in Kokkedal, Denmark.

This release may contain certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include, for example, the functionality, characteristics, quality and performance of KVH's products and technology; anticipated innovation and product development; and customer preferences, requirements and expectations. The actual results could differ. Factors that may cause such differences include, among others, our dependence on the availability of third-party satellites, which face significant operational risks and could fail earlier than their expected useful lives, for our mobile satellite communication services, as well as those discussed in KVH's most recent Form 10-Q Form 10-Q

See 10-Q.
 filed with the SEC. KVH assumes no obligation to update its forward-looking statements to reflect new information or developments.

DVB(R) is a registered trademark of the DVB Project.
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