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People CSR Appoints Senior VP, Marketing And Sales Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR) announced that Colin Bettam was appointed senior vice president of marketing and sales. Bettam will be responsible for […]

By Owen D. Kurtin Last year, we predicted that 2004 might go down in history as the year that the satellite business started to rationalize itself, turned the corner of […]

By James Careless The satellite offices of the major news conglomerates are on the front line for regional, live news coverage that gets global exposure. Today, however, advanced equipment and […]

By Jason Bates As the makeup of the global satellite operators comes into focus, industry attention is shifting toward the regional operators. Industry executives and customers want to know which […]

By Peter J. Brown In a world where iPods and Slingboxes are part of a new generation of consumer products, satellite TV and satellite radio service providers continue to deliver […]

By Peter J. Brown Spreading the news that the Church of Sweden has inked a deal with Satlynx SA to equip all of its 3,500 churches throughout Sweden with satellite […]

By Gerry Oberst Europe seeks to decrease barriers to the use of satellite networks. Pending before the Electronic Communications Committee of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) […]

From increased financing to providing connectivity when other technologies failed, the satellite industry achieved a great deal in 2005. It has indeed turned the corner and all indicators point to […]

Geospatial Experts, developer of GPS-Photo Link, opened its new headquarters in Thornton, Colo., the company announced Nov. 28. GPS-Photo Link is a digital image mapping application that automatically links digital […]

Direct-to-home satellite television service provider DirecTV announced Nov. 28 it added NDTV 24X7, an English language news channel from India that covers regional and national developments in Indian politics. The […]

Canadian satellite radio service provider XM Canada announced Nov. 29 the availability of Franc Parler, a French language channel that offers sports and sports talk programming. The station provides listeners […]

U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB confirmed that the National Geographic HD channel will be the first third-party broadcaster to provide content for BSkyB’s high- definition (HD) television offerings. National Geographic […]

Telenor Satellite Services said it was officially recognized by Inmarsat for the best overall sales performance for Fleet services in 2005. Telenor sales of its Fleet service, through its global […]

Orbital Data will provide satellite communications solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense under an original equipment manufacturer agreement with Datapath Inc., Orbital Data announced Nov. 28. The solutions are […]

Airspan Networks Inc. has joined iDirect Technologies‘ IP Alliance program, which will enable WiFi wireless local area network connectivity to users in remote locations, iDirect announced Nov. 28. Airspan’s As.max […]

Panamsat signed a multiyear deal to distribute programming for CNBC Pakistan, Panamsat announced Nov. 29. Under the agreement, Panamsat will support the contribution, studio interchange and distribution of the business […]

Alcatel Alenia Space appointed Florence Pontieux media and industry analyst relations manager. Pontieux has been a corporate press relations officer for Alcatel for the past three years. Prior to joining […]

ND Satcom AG appointed Peng Ye vice president of ND Satcom and managing director of ND Satcom Beijing. Prior to joining ND Satcom, Peng Ye served as vice president of […]

High-definition (HD) content provider Euro1080 signed a deal with set-top box manufacturer Pace Micro Technology to provide equipment for the broadcaster’s rollout of advanced HD services across Europe. Deliveries of […]

Blue Sky Network announced Nov. 28 a new satellite-based panel-mounted control head for aircraft. The ACH1000 offers cockpit integrated voice capabilities and short code messaging to its D1000-series global satellite […]

Norsat International Inc. said Nov. 28 that Alaska-based CBS affiliate KTVA Anchorage has purchased Norsat Newslink for its news gathering operations. Newslink enables broadcast-quality video in a portable satellite terminal […]

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) announced Nov. 28 it completed the acquisition of certain assets from EMS Canada. MDA announced the acquisition of EMS Canada Oct. 31. Specific terms […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. received a contract from NASA to build and launch the next satellite in the space agency’s New Millennium Program technology demonstration satellite, Orbital announced Nov. 28. The […]

Eutelsat Communications relaunched its initial public offering (IPO) Nov. 28 citing the “improvement and stabilization of market conditions since the end of October” when the company withdrew its previous IPO. […]

Australian telco Telstra awarded Beam Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tele-IP for satellite equipment. The contract, valued at Aus. $350,000 ($258,000). covers the replenishment of in-vehicle hands free kits […]

Mobile Satellite Services provider MVS introduced Nov. 22 a new ship tracking solution that uses the Iridium Satellite LLC satellite constellation for short-burst data transmissions. The system provides real-time vessel […]

Roadpost Inc. said it dropped pricing on its Iridium service offerings to address growing demand for business continuity/disaster recovery communications. “The recent hurricanes have shown that renting satellite services on […]

Lockheed Martin said Nov. 23 preparations have been completed for the engineering thermal vacuum testing of the payload for the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBRIS) geosynchronous satellite. Thermal vacuum testing […]

SES Astra said Nov. 25 it closed a new long-term agreement with MTV Networks Europe for further capacity on an Astra satellite located at 19.2 degrees East, which MTV will […]

Inmarsat Holdings Ltd. reported a widening net loss for the third quarter 2005 as revenues remained relatively flat. The company’s total revenue for the just finished third quarter was $120 […]