Month: June 2004

BSkyB [BSY] has signaled its intention to be much more of a player in the lower-end segment of the U.K. digital television market. It will launch a Free-To-Air (FTA) satellite...

There is little doubt India has the potential to be a huge market for satellite services — a major growth opportunity for numerous operators looking to boost their positions in...

Longmont, Colo.-based DigitalGlobe’s high-resolution QuickBird satellite images and Native Communities Development Corporation’s (NCDC) proprietary remote-sensing technology will be combined to aid with wildfire risk-assessment and emergency-response planning in California. The...

Zee Networks Chairman Subhash Chandra believes the digital television market in India will experience significant growth during the next few years. He told Satellite Today, “In the next two years,...

KW Chan is the new vice president of sales for the Asia/Pacific Rim region of iDirect Technologies. He brings to the company more than 23 years of experience in the...

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in San Diego tapped ViaSat Inc. [VSAT] for a $47 million delivery order involving multifunctional information distribution system terminals. The order includes an...

iSECUREtrac (ISRE) is on a roll, recently signing contracts with law-enforcement agencies in California, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Kansas, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia and Virginia, bringing the total number of states...

Raytheon Co. [RTN] received a $33 million order to produce submarine high-data-rate (Sub HDR) multi-band satellite communication systems for the U.S. Navy, which has the option to up the order...

PanAmSat [SPOT] is confident that high-definition TV (HDTV) will continue to be a major growth opportunity for the company. The operator already is a strong player in the HD arena,...

Loral Space & Communications officials said its Space Systems/Loral-built Telstar 18 satellite has begun its journey to an equatorial launch site in preparation for a June 28 launch. The satellite...