Author: Staff Writer

BSkyB Launches New Entertainment Channel

BSkyB is launching a new entertainment channel, Sky Three, which will reach about 13 million households in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Sky Three will be available to Sky satellite...

Tachyon Helps In Katrina Relief

Tachyon Networks Inc. said Sept. 21 it is donating secure, carrier-grade broadband satellite services system to the Naval Postgraduate School arm of Joint Task Force Katrina. The system will help...

Dish Adds ESPNU To Its Lineup

Echostar Communications Corp. announced Sept. 22 an agreement with Disney and ESPN Media Networks to add ESPNU, a 24-hour channel dedicated to college sports, to the America’s Top 180 programming...

Boeing, Lockheed Martin Plan ULA Refiling

Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. announced Sept. 21 they withdrew their filing with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding the formation of the United Launch Alliance. The companies...

Finnair, SAS Taps Arinc For Satcom Services

Arinc Inc. announced Sept. 20 that Finnair, the national carrier of Finland, has selected Arinc to provide a full suite of satellite communications services. Arinc will provide passenger and cockpit...

Globecomm Nabs Digicel Contracts

Globecomm Systems Inc. announced Sept. 20 it won multiple contracts from Digicel Group (Digicel), a mobile telecommunications company in the Caribbean. Globecomm will design and install satellite infrastructure in Trinidad...

Navy Orders Additional Terminals From Viasat

Viasat Inc. received an add-on order from the U.S. Navy for the company’s Multifunctional Information Distribution System terminals. The $5.2 million order from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command...