Month: April 2004

Spotlight: Vatican Radio Goes Digital

Radio Vaticana, the voice of the Vatican, is the latest radio broadcaster to follow the ongoing trend to initiate a switch from analog to higher-quality digital transmissions. Radio Vaticana programs...

Multichannel TV Shows Stiff Competition

By Jimmy Schaeffler, The Carmel Group The North American multichannel market place has been a remarkably different place since DirecTV launched its first satellite on Dec. 17, 1993, and when...

Helius, Savant Announce Partnership

Helius officials said today that the company’s Strategic Alliance Program has added Savant Technology Group. Savant brings with it an innovative integrated platform for interactive distance learning, Helius officials said....

NAB Shows Industry Responding To Hot Trends

By Paul Dykewicz, PBI Media LLC LAS VEGAS–The annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference is a good barometer of emerging hot trends and technological advances that will impact the...

KKR Eyes PanAmSat Growth

The cost-cutting and restructuring that sometimes follows Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) acquisitions instead may be replaced by a cautious growth strategy upon completion of its planned purchase of...

StarBand, NomadISP Launch Wi-Fi Hotspot Service

Officials from high-speed, two-way satellite Internet provider StarBand said that their company would team up with NomadISP to offer the NomadISP AH-1 “Anywhere Hotspot.” The Anywhere Hotspot would allow remote,...

Noah's Ark Found By Satellite Imagery?

Officials from the Trinity Corp. said today that satellite images taken by DigitalGlobe’s QuickBird satellite reveal a man-made structure at Mount Ararat in Turkey — the site where the Bible...

The Satellite News Financial Ticker

Week of April 16 – 22, 2004 Percentage Change   Symbol April 22 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year toDate Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.67 (13.5) (20.5)...