Author: Staff Writer

LAS VEGAS–Satellite-delivered broadband services will gain a U.S. market niche despite fierce competition from regional telephone companies and cable TV system operators, top satellite industry experts said at the National...

News Corp‘s [NYSE: NWS] much anticipated deal to acquire General Motors [NYSE: GM] subsidiary Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] could stumble over the issue of program access when U.S. regulators review...

Space Imaging, a Thornton, Colo.-based provider of Earth imagery and related services to commercial and government markets, has signed contracts with four Brazilian companies – Engesat, GisPlan, Infostrata and Threetek...

SES Americom’s deal with EchoStar to provide satellite capacity on its AMC-15 satellite is a key first step in bringing a European wholesale model for direct-to-home (DTH) services across to...

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a Miramar, Fla.-based provider of satellite-based communications to the cruise and offshore oil and gas rigs, has signed an agreement with Holland America Line to provide...

News Corp has had a double boost in the last week. Its deal to merge Telepiu and Stream in Italy is expected to be approved by the European Commission. It...

Canal+ Technologies CEO Francois Carayol expects conditional access and middleware technology vendor to play a key role in industry consolidation. He pointed to Thomson Multimedia’s acquisition of Canal+ Technologies from...

Canal Satellite, the French satellite pay-TV operator, is raising the stakes in the personal video recorder (VCR) arena by deploying Pilotime, a next-generation set-top box (STB) designed by Thomson, with...

Northrop Grumman [NYSE: NOC] has signed an agreement with Orbcomm, a Dulles, Va.-based satellite communications provider, for Orbcomm to provide data transmission services through its low-orbit satellite network for container...

France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications and KDDI have signed a partnership that will allow the French operator to offer global coverage to its Inmarsat customers with value-added services in Asia...