Month: February 2005

BT Broadcast Services will enable broadcasters to produce and transmit Super Bowl coverage globally this weekend, working with VISTA Satellite Communications (VISTA) team will provide access to a pre-established live...

It would seem Sirius is not the only player in town with sites set on high-profile agreements. XM Satellite Radio announced it would become the new home to national talk...

Telesat Canada, a satellite communications operator, reported that its 2004 profit rose 18 percent on a 5 percent revenue increase. Ottawa-based Telesat, which owns and operates satellites covering the Americas,...

GlobeCast announced that the home shopping channel Authentic TV has signed up to its global distribution network. Specializing in collectables and memorabilia, Authentic TV launched on BSkyB’s platform, uplinked via...

International Launch Services (ILS) oversaw the launch of two rockets yesterday originating on both sides of the Atlantic. A Proton/Breeze M rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan,...

Intelsat, Ltd. announced that it and a newly formed subsidiary are intending to issue new Senior Discount Notes due 2015. Subject to regulatory approvals of certain asset transfers between subsidiaries...

Stratos Global Corp. said it is doubling the high-speed data capabilities of its Inmarsat Fleet F77 maritime communications service up to 128 kilobits per second. Stratos said that with the...

Comsat International Inc. said its Comsat Brazil subsidiary won a public auction to build, operate and mange the communications network for the national lottery and transaction clearinghouse network in Brazil....

Spacehab Inc. said its Astrotech Space Operations satellite processing and facility services subsidiary won new payload processing contracts in both the commercial and government sectors. In the commercial sector, Astrotech...

Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, the programming subsidiary for Cablevision Systems Corp., said it recently secured a number of key distribution agreements with both EchoStar Communications Corp. and The DirecTV Group...