Author: Staff Writer

Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (Satmex) filed in Mexico a voluntary concurso mercantil, which is similar to a bankruptcy filing in the United States, the company announced June 29. According...

As we went to press with this issue of Via Satellite, executives of Wildblue Communications Inc. made the long-awaited announcement about launching their service. Nearly a year after the Anik...

By Gerry Oberst While U.S. policy makers are concerned about the broadcasting of indecent material and adult content, Europeans are wrestling with a different kind of content issue–satellite- delivered programming...

By Mark Holmes High-Definition Television (HDTV) is a hot topic and one that offers strong revenue opportunities for companies in the satellite sector. Satellite pay-TV operators such as the U.K.’s...

By Nick Mitsis With new management entering the communications satellite industry, business is centering more on exploiting its current assets and less on introducing new hardware. Once again, Via Satellite...

By Peter J. Brown When it comes to delivering bandwidth in the battlefield, the U.S. military is in what is best described as rapid-recovery mode. The liberation of Kuwait more...

People GLOBALSTAR Names New General Manager Globalstar LLC named Greg Tees the new general manager of Globalstar Europe Satellite Services. Tees will oversee Globalstar’s European business operations from the company’s...

Intelsat said June 30 it is donating satellite capacity to facilitate the broadcast of five of the Live 8 concerts, though Intelsat spokeswoman Jodi Katz told Satellite Today that Intelsat...

The Center for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) of Singapore signed a joint venture agreement with Spot Image S.A. to become a partner in Spot Asia, the regional Spot...

Orbimage Holdings Inc. announced June 29 that its Orbimage Inc. subsidiary signed an agreement with Microsoft Corp. to supply high-resolution global satellite image data for MSN Virtual Earth, a component...