Month: December 2004

In an effort to reduce the amount of interference satellites face, the Satellite Users Interference Re-duction Group (SIURG) is working on a protocol to help identify the owners of interfering...

MDU Communications today said it has entered into an agreement with DirecTV Inc. for the roll out of Bulk/Choice Advantage (BCA), a new satellite video program specifically designed for the...

Yonhap News reported Dec. 14 that South Korea has granted a license to provide mobile satellite television services to TU Media, a venture company partially owned by mobile phone operator...

SES Global general counsel Roland Jaeger has resigned after spending the last nine years with the company. Jaeger is joining Luxembourg law firm Arendt & Medernach. Jaeger became the general...

According to a Dec. 16 report posted on http://www.JTA.org, a global news service for the Jewish community, The United States has placed the television station al-Manar on its terrorism watch...

Weida Communications Inc. today said Guangzhou Weida Communications Technology Co. Ltd. (which Weida has control of and a majority profit-sharing interest in) has entered into an agreement with China Telecom,...

Arianespace officials gave their final approval for the Dec. 18 mission that will launch the French Helios 2A military reconnaissance satellite on an Ariane 5 rocket. The rocket also is...

International Launch Services said today that it has successfully launched the Lockheed Martin-built AMC-16 satellite for SES Americom. The satellite was launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in...

Satellite vehicle tracking services providers Satelinx International Inc. today said it has received an initial purchase order for 1,300 units of an undisclosed product worth $525,000. The initial purchase order...

EchoStar Communications Corp. today said its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service has added South Asia World, a 24-hour news and infotainment channel dedicated to South Asians living in the...