Month: July 2004

Sirius Makes Progress In XM's Shadow

By | July 26, 2004
By Paul Dykewicz Sirius Satellite Radio is the Rodney Dangerfield of satellite broadcasting. The company gets little or no respect, just as the famous American comedian humorously laments about himself...

Caught Between A Milestone and A Hard Place

By | July 26, 2004
By Maury Mechanick, White & Chase On June 24, the Federal Communications Commission released two orders dealing with the consequences of failure to comply with milestone requirements contained in licenses...

Questions Still Loom In GPS/Galileo Cooperation

By | July 23, 2004
Although the United States and the European Union have reached agreement that the U.S.’s GPS and the EU’s forthcoming Galileo satellite navigations will work cooperatively together, questions still loom regarding...

PanAmSat Launches Note Offering

By | July 23, 2004
PanAmSat Corp. yesterday launched an offer of Senior Notes maturing in 2014, the proceeds of which will be used in the pending acquisition of PanAmSat by affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis...

Nickelodeon A Key Challenge For MTV

By | July 23, 2004
MTV Networks Europe is determined to build its Nickelodeon brand over the next 12 months. This is one of the major challenges according to MTV Networks Europe CEO Brent Hansen....