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Americom Government Services Inc. (AGS) signed an agreement with Xtar LLC to market X-band communications capacity to the U.S. Department of Defense and other agencies, AGS announced March 2. Xtar, […]

United Airlines will add up to 19 channels provided by XM Satellite Radio to the airline’s in-flight entertainment offerings, United announced March 2. Financial terms of the deal were not […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) named David Claassen vice president of core engineering and Brian Smith vice president of network deployment, the company announced March 2. The pair will work on […]

Alcatel Alenia Space plans to perform a demonstration March 3 of the first emergency service based on the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), the company announced. The service, which […]

Echostar Communications Corp. will launch local high-definition (HD) TV channels in Denver and 61 surrounding counties, as well as nine counties in Nebraska and six in Wyoming, the company announced […]

An upper stage failure aboard a Russian Proton rocket left the Arabsat 4A satellite short of its intended orbit, launch provider International Launch Services (ILS) announced. News agency RIA Novosti […]

New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. reported record revenue of $240.5 million in 2005, up 14 percent from revenue of $210.7 million in 2004, New Skies announced March 1. The satellite […]

Raytheon Co. will deliver 15 submarine satellite communication systems to the U.S. Navy under a $35.9 million contract, the company announced March 1. The Submarine High Data Rate systems link […]

Canadian space company MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. earned Cdn. $68.1 million ($59.8 million) in 2005 on revenues of Cdn. $832.9 million ($730.8 million), the company announced Feb. 28. In […]

The number of households in the United Kingdom subscribing to pay-TV digital satellite increased by 123,000 to a total of 7.5 million at the end of September, U.K. communications regulator […]

When a corporation has production information that must be transmitted from remote sites in the field to its headquarters in an area lacking a traditional communications infrastructure, IT network managers […]

IP VPN (Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network) via satellite is a distinct application targeted specifically at the large, small and medium enterprise (SME), and small office/home office (SoHo) sectors. A […]

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the U.S. Treasury Department agency responsible for collecting taxes, as well as administering business and individual tax programs. The nearly 100,000 IRS employees include […]

Japan’s Space Communications Corp. (SCC) purchased a satellite geolocation system from Qinetiq, which will allow SCC to identify and locate sources of interference to its satellites, Qinetiq announced Feb. 28. […]

Cisco Systems completed its acquisition of Scientific-Atlanta Feb. 27, giving the San Jose, Calif.-based Internet Protocol (IP) systems and software giant a deeper stake in emerging IPTV, video-on-demand and Internet […]

SES Astra is enhancing its digital television service offering to broadcasters, announcing plans to offer a new infrastructure service package for free-TV, pay-TV and additional interactive services. The new offer […]

Shin Satellite Plc reported sales and service revenues of 5.6 billion Thai bhat ($142.7 million) in 2005, compared to revenue of 5.1 billion ($130 million) in 2004, the company reported […]

Arianespace and Space Explorations Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) have again set dates for their oft-delayed launches. Arianespace now plans to launch its heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA with Hisdesat‘s Spainsat and Eutelsat‘s […]

Technology XM Unveils New Portable Radios XM Satellite Radio unveiled four new portable radios, including a pair of units that can receive live XM signals as well as play stored […]

By Owen D. Kurtin Last month, we discussed the dynamics underlying an acquirer’s offer of cash versus stock for a merger and acquisition target in the context of December’s announcement […]

By Peter J. Brown There is much work to be done in the multimedia world, as the owners of new fixed, portable and mobile devices that dot the landscape in […]

By Jason Bates Testing of the first Galileo satellites is underway, bringing the promise of improved and new satellite navigation services even closer. While full Galileo operations remain years away, […]

By Nick Mitsis Not too long ago, small satellites were serving a niche market, often dwarfed by the large global payloads. Today, customers are paying more attention to smaller satellites, […]

By Gerry Oberst Our previous article pointed to the opportunity costs that Russia was racking up by not adopting satellite regulatory decisions developed by the European Communications Committee (ECC) and […]

By Nick Mitsis Mobile connectivity is nothing new for the satellite communications industry, but its near-term growth with new service offerings is poised to be nothing but monumental. If you […]

SES Astra signed a second capacity agreement with Globecast, which will enable the broadcaster to enhance its operations in the United Kingdom. The new transmission capacity at 28.2 degrees and […]

Arianespace delayed the scheduled Feb. 24 launch of Hisdesat‘s Spainsat and Eutelsat‘s Hot Bird 7A aboard an Ariane 5 rocket at the request of one of the satellite manufacturers, Arianespace […]

DirecTV Group repurchased 100 million shares of its common stock from groups representing General Motors employees in a transaction valued at about $1.6 billion, DirecTV announced Feb. 27. DirecTV agreed […]

Boeing Co. received a $3.5 million follow-on task order from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to enhance radar imagery data collected during the February 2000 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. […]

East View Cartographic of Minnesota signed an agreement with Spot Image Corp. to become an authorized reseller of Spot satellite imagery products, East View announced. France’s Spot Image operates a […]