Month: May 2003

NEW YORK–Chase Carey, named by News Corp [NYSE: NWS] Chairman Rupert Murdoch in April to head Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] should News Corp’s acquisition of Hughes succeed, has upbeat view […]

NEW YORK -The satellite broadcasting industry has achieved a record of innovation and growth that has drawn the attention of more than satisfied customers and wary cable companies concerned about […]

By Jimmy Schaeffler EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] is riding stellar subscriber growth and strong financial metrics to increase support for the stock among investors. For any multichannel provider, long-term growth […]

Betzdorf, Luxembourg-based SatLynx, a two-way broadband satellite services provider, is expanding its reach through a partnership with another Luxembourg company, Infotechnique, a subsidiary of Getronics Group. SatLynx, a joint venture […]

Because of the Memorial Day holiday, SATELLITE TODAY will not publish on Monday, May 26. We’ll see you again on Tuesday, May 27. Have a great holiday.

Federal District Court Judge Lourdes G. Baird has rejected a summary judgment motion filed by DirecTV seeking to prevent claims by the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) and Bala Cynwd, […]

rStar [Nasdaq: RSTRC], a Sunrise, Fla.- based provider of satellite based communications technology and services in Latin America, has appointed Oren Most, CEO of Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF], to […]

Rick Masoni has been named vice president of business development at Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS), taking over that position from Chuck Stees, who left the company to become […]

The European Space Agency‘s (ESA) Mars Express satellite, an Astra 2C, is scheduled to be launched on June 2 at 19:45 CEST by a Soyuz launcher from the Baikonur Cosmodrome […]

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] has reached an agreement with 13 state attorneys general over a dispute about advertising disclosures, customer relationship and similar issues relating to EchoStar and its independent […]

Xytrans, which produces high-frequency radiofrequency subsystems for broadband communications, has released its latest two-way satellite VSAT outdoor unit that integrates a high-performance Ka-band block upconverter with off-the-shelf Ka-, Ku- or […]

The Canadian Space Agency‘s MOST microsatellite is scheduled to blast into orbit on June 30. Built at Dynacon of Toronto, and the universities of British Columbia and Toronto, MOST (Microvariability […]

High-speed, two-way satellite Internet provider StarBand is attempting to boost its subscriber sales by launching a direct sales channel and allow consumers to order service either online or by phone. […]

Norsat International [Nasdaq: NSAT], a Burnaby, British Columbia-based firm, has won a contract worth in excess of C$1 million (US$730,000) to supply components for use in military shipboard satellite terminals. […]

The Canadian Space Agency said Thursday thatitsOSIRIS (Optical Spectrograph and InfraRed Imager System) instrument flying onboard Swedish satellite Odin will continue to provide data relating to ozone depletion for an […]

Thesuccess of XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] in the United States is further validation that satellite radio can make it in Europe, according to Pascale Sourisse, the CEO of European […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS), a Germantown, Md.-based unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has launched its DirecWay broadband by satellite services in Brazil and throughout South America. Through a newly […]

The Federal Communications Commission’s International Bureau (IB) is developing U.S. commercial positions for the upcoming International Telecommunication Union’s World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) being held June 9 to July 4 in […]

Alcatel Space CEO Pascale Sourisse is hopeful that French satellite manufacturer can secure around 25 per cent to 30 per cent of new commercial satellite orders this year, even though […]

Tiscali [Milan: TIS.MI], an independent pan-European ISP, hopes to be offering a new one-way satellite Internet access through Eutelsat’s OPENSKY platform to customers in the next month. Tiscali is partnering […]

GiveMePower [OTC: GMPW], a provider of desktop, mobile and wireless software for the design/build industry, and Trimble [NASDAQ: TRMB] subsidiary Tripod Data Systems, which provides field-based computing communications for surveying, […]

SCL Ventures, a British Virgin Islands company, is in the process of acquiring a 51 percent interest in Guangzhou Weida Communications, a Chinese VSAT communications company in which it has […]

Satellite imagery supplier Space Imaging has appointed Charles “Chuck” S. Stees to the position of chief financial officer. Stees will be responsible for the overall management and direction of Denver-based […]

Satellite radio service provider WorldSpace has launched a sales unit to take advantage of the growing satellite demand in the government market. This unit will enable government agencies to extend […]

Intuicom, a Boulder, Colo.-based provider of wireless data communications networks,has chosen the A12 GPS receiver from Santa Clara, Calif.-based Thales Navigation to provide GPS capabilities as an option with its […]

ND SatCom, a German supplier of satellite based broadband VSAT, broadcast and military communication network solutions, has opened in office in Beijing. ND SatCom decided to increase its presence in […]

New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK] saw a slight increase in revenues in the first quarter, compared to the same period last year. Its revenues increased $0.2 million to $52 million […]

UK pay-TV operator BSkyB [London: BSY.L] is within 300,000 subscribers of the magic 7 million subscriber figure. In its first quarter results, the operator said it added 150,000 net new […]

89.8 degreesE: Yamal 102 D Avtoradio has returned to the NetService package on 3565 MHz RHCP, SR 2000, FEC 3/4, APID 4200 after a short break. 80 degreesE: Express 6A […]

By Bharadwaj Ramesh At first glance, India appears to be a promising market for deploying satellite-based rural telephony solutions. The country is vast; most of its population lives across 5,000,000 […]