Author: Staff Writer

Voom, the satellite television service provided by Rainbow DBS, upped the marketing ante against rivals Dish Network and DirecTV by giving away to its subscribers something for which subscribers to...

Raytheon Co. [RTN] received a $29.4 million contract from Electric Boat Corp. to produce new submarine high-data-rate (Sub HDR) multi-band satellite communications systems for the Virginia Class submarine, and the...

WildBlue Communications Inc. took another step toward its commercial launch when it selected Convergys Corp.‘s[CVG] Infinys software for rating, billing, order management and inventory management control. Convergys is one of...

International Launch Services today revealed the details of the upcoming launch of Hispamar‘s Amazonas satellite. The bird, which will provide communications, Internet, broadcasting and broadband services, will be launched on...

Comsat International Inc. was tapped by the Colombian government to bring telecommunications access to the public sector throughout the country as part if its Compartel III program. Compartel is a...

Internet Satellite Platform Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on June 9, but the company made no public announcement until today. According to its filing, the company seeks interim...

PanAmSat Corp. promoted Mike Antonovich to executive vice president of global sales and marketing. He has been with PanAmSat since 1989, and he has served in a variety of senior...

Lockheed Martin [LMT] today reported that sales and operating profits in its Space Systems segment contributed to the company’s second-quarter growth. For the second quarter, net sales in the Space...

SES Americom Inc. filed an application with the FCC for modification of its authorization to operate the Satcom C-4 satellite, a C-band geostationary satellite currently operating at 135 degrees West...

Once Switzerland makes the switch from analog TV to digital TV, Rudolf Fischer, COO of pay-TV provider cablecom, expects the digital-television market dynamics to change during the next two years...