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Echostar Communications Corporation dropped Lifetime and Lifetime Movie Network from its Dish Network satellite TV service in a contract dispute with Lifetime Television, the companies announced Jan. 1. Lifetime demanded […]

Technology Thrane & Thrane Brings Tracking And Lifeline To Commercial Fisherman Thrane & Thrane Inc. unveiled its Sailor VMS Systems, which provides global connectivity for commercial fisherman on Inmarsat-C, a […]

By Owen D. Kurtin Early last year, we predicted that just as the story of 2004 was the entry of private equity firms into the satellite operator sector, the story […]

By James Careless Distance learning via satellite is as close you can get to a true killer app. However, to fully provide competitive satellite distance learning solutions, you need to […]

By Nick Mitsis and Jason Bates In a year dominated by IPOs and high-profile mergers, it is easy to characterize 2005 as a year of beginnings instead of a year […]

By Peter J. Brown As Hurricane Katrina approached the U.S. Gulf Coast, she let everyone know that well before a natural disaster occurs, officials need satellite links close at hand. […]

By Gerry Oberst With its enormous landmass and advanced space program, the Russian Federation might be expected to have a thriving satellite communications market. But a high-level meeting took place […]

"…Via Satellite can’t be merely good, it will have to be better, striving to be the best…" Those were the words of then Editor and Publisher Irl Marshall, in 1986, […]

Boeing Co. appointed Jeff Trauberman to the position of vice president of business development in the Space and Intelligence business unit of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. Trauberman has been with […]

Andrew Corp. will move assets acquired from Channel Master LLC into a new facility in Wayne County, N.C., in 2006 and expand the company’s workforce, North Carolina Governor Mike Easley […]

New Skies Satellites B.V. donated satellite transmission services for a Dec. 19 TV broadcast by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for an anti-malaria campaign. The […]

Arianespace launched two satellites into geostationary transfer orbit – the Insat 4a communication satellite for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the MSG-2 weather satellite for Eumetsat – aboard […]

EMS Technologies Inc. signed a definitive agreement for the sale of its Satellite Networks division to Advantech Advanced Microwave Technologies Inc., EMS announced Dec. 22. Advantech, based in Montreal, manufactures […]

Sirius Satellite Radio will provide live broadcasts of the Christmas Midnight Mass and the Christmas Day Mass Dec. 25 from St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. The Midnight Mass […]

The Russian Space Agency postponed the launch of the Kazsat satellite until the first half of 2006 due to unspecified technical problems, according to a Dec. 21 report by the […]

The Allied Defense Group Inc. announced Dec. 21 David Collins has been named president of Seaspace Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary that manufactures Terascan hardware and software products that provide […]

Broadcast International said Dec. 20 it signed an agreement with Producers Management Television (PMTV) to provide satellite network equipment, installation, integration, service, maintenance and help desk support for Harrah’s Entertainment […]

Wildblue Communications announced Dec. 21 its intentions to “aggressively” enter the enterprise VSAT market in the first quarter of 2006 with its high-speed Internet access via satellite. Wildblue will offer […]

SES Astra selected International Launch Services (ILS) to launch the Astra 1KR satellite, SES announced Dec. 21. The satellite, the first SES Astra mission for ILS, will be launched from […]

Westar Satellite Services said Dec. 19 it is offering broadcasters free digital MPEG transmissions between its Dallas and New York facilities to celebrate the opening of its New York location. […]

XM Satellite Radio said Dec. 20 that former National Hockey League (NHL) superstar Mark Messier signed a marketing agreement to promote XM’s broadcasts of NHL games and NHL talk radio […]

Sirius Satellite Radio will provide live broadcasts of the Christmas Midnight Mass and the Christmas Day Mass Dec. 25 from St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. The Midnight Mass […]

The Russian Space Agency postponed the launch of the Kazsat satellite until the first half of 2006 due to unspecified technical problems, according to a Dec. 21 report by the […]

The Allied Defense Group Inc. announced Dec. 21 David Collins has been named president of Seaspace Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary that manufactures Terascan hardware and software products that provide […]

Broadcast International said Dec. 20 it signed an agreement with Producers Management Television (PMTV) to provide satellite network equipment, installation, integration, service, maintenance and help desk support for Harrah’s Entertainment […]

Wildblue Communications announced Dec. 21 its intentions to “aggressively” enter the enterprise VSAT market in the first quarter of 2006 with its high-speed Internet access via satellite. Wildblue will offer […]

SES Astra selected International Launch Services (ILS) to launch the Astra 1KR satellite, SES announced Dec. 21. The satellite, the first SES Astra mission for ILS, will be launched from […]

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is testing a maritime safety system for automatic vessel monitoring and emergency alert at sea using the Iridium satellite network. “The Iridium-based vessel tracking […]

Alcatel Alenia Space said Dec. 19 it received the acceptance by the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) of the Syracuse 3 military communications satellite system. Alcatel qualified the Syracuse 3 […]

New Skies Satellite Holdings Ltd. announced Dec. 19 that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of 46.3125 cent per share for the period from Oct. 1 to […]