Author: Staff Writer

DirecTV, NRTC Sacrifice Pegasus

The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) is looking to begin an important new chapter in its more-than-10-year-old relationship with DirecTV by agreeing to a new distribution agreement between the organizations....

Key Sectors Spur Industry Growth

LONG BEACH, Calif.–Strong sales of transponders to government and military customers, coupled with sustained growth at satellite broadcasting companies, appear to be the current bright spots, industry officials at a...

Tiger Green-Lights GPS-Based Game

Officials from Gizmondo Europe Ltd., a subsidiary of Tiger Telematics Inc., today said game designer and strategic partner Indie Studios was given the go- ahead to produce the second of...

GlobeCast Extends North American Presence

GlobeCast launched a new satellite-distribution platform for new digital cable television networks in North America. The service will use C-band transponder capacity on PanAmSat‘s Galaxy 10R satellite — part of...

EastEnders To Air Exclusively On Dish

EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] officials today said the company has signed an exclusive agreement with BBC America to broadcast the BBC drama “EastEnders” on its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television...