Alcatel Space Goes Acoustic
Alcatel Space plans to install a new acoustic chamber for satellite environment tests, and it should be operational in May 2005. The company decided to build this new test facility...
Month: April 2004
BT Broadcast Launches Globally Integrated HD Solution
BT Broadcast Services (BTBS) launched what it said was the industry’s first end-to-end, high-definition (HD) solution that fully integrates fiber and satellite. The new service aims to increase revenue opportunities...
Loral Skynet Exec: HDTV Will Help Fill Excess Satellite Capacity
LAS VEGAS–High-definition television services (HDTV) offer an opportunity for satellite operators to fill part of their excess capacity during the next few years, said Robert Hedinger, Loral Skynet’s executive vice...
Dutch Delta Mission Launches
A Soyuz TMA-4 spacecraft carrying three astronauts is heading to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of an 11-day mission. The Delta mission lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome...
NAB Prez Critical Of Satellite TV, Radio
LAS VEGAS–National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) President and CEO Edward Fritts verbally bashed satellite TV and radio providers at the group’s annual conference here yesterday. On the television front, Fritts...
Lockheed Martin Builds Second GEO Bird For JSAT
Lockheed Martin [LMT] officials was awarded a contract to build a second A2100AX geostationary telecommunications satellite for JSAT Corporation of Japan. The bird, designated JCSAT-10, will provide communications services throughout...
KKR Acquires PanAmSat For $4.3 Billion
Officials from PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] and its 80.5-percent shareholder The DirecTV Group [DTV] today said they signed a definitive transaction agreement with affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR)...
ILS Lands Three Launch Contacts From SES Global
International Launch Services (ILS) officials said today the company secured contracts from SES Americon and SES Astra to launch three satellites in 2005 and 2006. Financial terms of the contracts...
DirecTV Receives $51.5 Million Judgement
El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV, a unit of The DirecTV Group [DTV], received welcome news last week when a federal jury awarded the satellite TV services provider $51.5 million in damages...
Digital+ Unveils Latest Numbers In Spain
Digital+, the leading satellite pay-TV operator in Spain, ended the first quarter of 2004 with 1,732,000 subscribers. Sogecable (the owners of the Digital+ platform) launched the Digital+ service in July...