Month: July 2004

Tachyon Appoints New VP/Distribution Channels

Tachyon Network, a Vienna, Va.-based provider of high-speed, broadband satellite communications for commercial enterprises, appointed Yaniv Oz to the newly created position of vice president of distribution channels. Oz joins...

BSkyB Confirms New CFO Start

U.K.-based pay-TV operator BSkyB has announced that Jeremy Darroch will assume the duties of CFO on Aug. 16. Darroch currently is group finance director of Dixons Group plc. BSkyB’s CFO...

StarBand Partners With C-COM

McLean, Va.-based StarBand, a high-speed, two-way satellite Internet provider, is teaming with C-COM Satellite Systems to launch a self-pointing, mobile, high- speed Internet service. The partnership provides a new level...

EchoStar Signs 1,000

EchoStar Communications Corporation [DISH], a Littleton, Colo.-based satellite TV services provider, signed ABC Channel 33, WYTV, in Youngstown, Ohio, as its 1,000th local channel in the United States. This addition...

Inmarsat, Stratos Team To Launch

London-based Inmarsat Ltd., a pioneer provider of global mobile satellite communications, chose Stratos Global Corp. as a possible partner in the commercial launch of its next-generation Broadband Global Area Network...

Music Choice Heads To Italy

NDS has added Music Choice, a European digital audio broadcaster, to its Sky platform in Italy. Music Choice is the first interactive music application to be deployed on the Italian...