Month: May 2005

Mobile Satellite Ventures was awarded its fifth hybrid satellite/terrestrial system patent, which covers 34 claims. The award of this patent brings the total number of award claims for MSV-originated ancillary...

The second-to-last Titan 4 was launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, April 29, carrying a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office into orbit. This was the final launch of...

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) said it is offering a comprehensive range of standard high-speed enterprise broadband service plans in North America. The Direcway Enterprise Service Plans include six primary service...

SES Americom conducted the last operations on the Satcom C1 satellite, safely de-orbiting the satellite more than 280 km beyond the geosynchronous orbital belt, the company announced May 2. The...

The DirecTV Group Inc. reported first quarter revenues of $3.15 billion, an increase of 26 percent from first quarter revenues in 2004.The company’s net loss dropped from $639 million to...

Reuters reported May 2 that Florida Governor Jeb Bush signed a law that calls for convicted child sexual predators to be tracked by satellite. The Jessica Lunsford Act requires sentences...

With ethnic populations in the United States growing, the need for television programming that addresses these markets also is on the rise. While the major cable and satellite providers offer...

Loral Skynet completed the sale of its business television product line to dbsXmedia, part of the Ariel Way Inc. group of companies, for a combination of cash, stock in Ariel...

Royal Philips Electronics has unveiled its Nexperia One Chip Set-Top Box (STB) Engine for satellite STBs, the company announced. The single chip combines MPEG-2 video decoding, satellite channel decoding, a...

While Globalstar and Iridium have managed to re-emerge from previous high-profile bankruptcies and build successful niche market-focused business, the Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) sector may be on the verge of...