Month: February 2005

EchoStar Communications Corp. said its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service now offers the Pentagon Channel to its subscribers at no additional cost, though it did note that certain subscribers...

DirecTV Inc. announced the launch of a new brand and national television advertising campaign to support it. According to DirecTV, the objective of the new branding is to remind customers...

Xantic, a provider of mobile satcom solutions for voice, fax and high-speed data, finalized a key agreement with Inmarsat. The two companies have ratified their agreement to appoint Xantic as...

International Launch Services said it received authorization from the U.S. Air Force to begin operations for the launch of a national security payload on an Atlas 5 vehicle in mid-2007...

New Skies Satellites BV said it is seeking an amendment to its existing credit facilities via Deutsche Bank. The amendment is being sought in connection with the initial public offering...

EADS Astrium said it has completed the production and test of the first Inmarsat-4 satellite. The satellite is based on EADS Astrium’s Eurostar E3000 satellite platform. The satellite is part...

Viasat Broadcasting, a satellite pay-TV operator in the Nordic region, is boosting its content offering thanks to an agreement with one of Sweden’s key broadcasters. It has signed a three-year...

QuetzSat SRL de CV said it has received a concession for the Ku-band broadcast satellite services frequencies at 77 degrees West from the Mexican government. QuetzSat is a Mexican partnership...

NewspaperDirect said it would be delivering same-day newspapers to ships in Radisson Seven Seas Cruises fleet through its partnership with Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN). Cruise ship passengers will be able...

Arinc Inc. and Telenor said that they have signed a technology contract with Altobridge Ltd. to provide the link between Inmarsat satellites and GSM phones onboard planes, enabling GSM phone...