Month: December 2004

By Owen D. Kurtin 2004 may just go down in history as the year the satellite business started to rationalize itself, turned the economic corner and positioned itself to take...

The Boeing Co. and the U.S. Air Force late yesterday said that everything is ready for the inaugural launch of the new Delta 4 heavy rocket, which will take place...

SES Americom, an SES Global company, today announced that it has acquired Verestar for a total cash consideration of $18.5 million, completing the transaction that was first announced last April....

by Nick Mitsis Even though increased business applications have emerged within key markets for executives in the global satellite communications industry, the operational side of the satellite arena is slated...

Glowlink said that Intelsat will be using the Glowlink Model 1000 spectrum monitoring system for the Intelsat Teleport Monitoring Systems program. The Model 1000 is a DSP-based spectrum monitoring system...

Viasat Broadcasting has launched its pay-TV services via broadband offering in Sweden. The initial rollout will see 300,000 households in 50 Swedish cities able to gain these services. Modern Times...

The Canal+ Group has concluded a deal with Twentieth Century Fox, which will enable subscribers to view first broadcasts of all the movies produced by the US studio between 2007...

Orbit International Corp. [ORBT] today announced its Behlman Electronics Inc. power units segment has received $700,000 in orders from the U.S. Navy, part of which will go towards the development...

Northern Sky Research today said, “unlike the experience of the late 1990s, next generation mobile satellite services based on the consumption of high-speed data, not narrowband voice, will be a...