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Connexion by Boeing celebrated its one-year anniversary on May 17 by announcing the latest evolution of its service offering. Beginning this summer, four television channels will be delivered directly to […]

BBC New Media is getting set to trial its interactive Media Player (iMP) in September this year in the United Kingdom. The BBC has high hopes for iMP, one of […]

Philips Consumer Electronics is set to play a key role in promoting high-definition television (HDTV) in Germany. The company has been selected by German pay-TV operator Premiere to supply set-top […]

Arel Communications and Software said May 17 that Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) certified its Spotlight conferencing solution to operate over HNS’ Direcway broadband satellite service. Spotlight is a full-featured […]

Americom Government Services Inc. launched May 17 its SmartPoint system, which provides high-speed Internet, data, voice and video via satellite. The system is designed to be quickly and easily deployed […]

Helius Inc. said May 17 it entered into a licensing agreement with Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) under which HNS will license certain broadband satellite technology from Helius. The technology […]

After weather-related postponements last week, a technical problem has caused the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to delay the launch of the NOAA-N polar-orbiting environmental satellite for the National […]

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. May 17 announced that its Tempe, Ariz.-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., won a $1.0 million contract with a global satellite systems provider in Western Africa to […]

Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. successfully delivered the CloudSat weather and climate spacecraft to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., for launch later this year. CloudSat is part of the multi-satellite, […]

Panamsat Holdings Corp. reported revenues of $208.8 million for the first quarter of 2005 ending March 31, up 1.6 percent from the $205.4 million in revenues reported in the first […]

XM Satellite Radio said May 16 that it surpassed 4 million subscribers. “By adding one million new subscribers in less than five months, XM clearly is the fastest growing satellite […]

Cross Country Automotive Services and Orbcomm announced May 16 to the successful integration and certification of their wireless satellite data and mobile customer service delivery systems. The companies also announced […]

Hughes Network Systems announced that packetPointe Communications, an enterprise solutions provider, is providing Direcway broadband satellite services to all 170 Maverik Country Stores, Inc. fuel and convenience store locations. Maverik […]

The Korea Herald reported May 16 that TU Media Corp. brought in 20,000 subscribers to its satellite mobile television service in the first two weeks since the service became publicly […]

While satellite pay-TV operators have performed strongly in recent years in terms subscriber gains, many continue to deal with the effects of smart card piracy. The illegal watching of content […]

Telesat signed a multiyear agreement with ViaSat Inc. to purchase DOCSIS-for-satellite Ka-band consumer terminals. The terminals, which use a networking technology that utilizes satellite bandwidth more efficiently to lower the […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) closed a $200 million private placement in its former subsidiary Terrestar Networks Inc., which was spun off to MSV’s shareholders as a stand-alone company. Terrestar, in […]

Profits at SES Global grew 9 million euros ($11.6 million) in the 2005 first quarter despite revenue remaining flat, the company reported May 9. SES earned 84 million euros ($108.8 […]

Iridium Satellite LLC selected Cambridge Consultants as a strategic wireless technology development consultant. In this role, Cambridge will help Iridium evolve the design of its ground-based terminal equipment. Cambridge is […]

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said the National Remote Sensing Agency’s Data Reception Station at Shadnagar, India, received imagery from the recently launched Cartosat-1. The satellite has been undergoing […]

Inmarsat Group Ltd. earned $6.3 million in the 2005 first quarter, rebounding from a loss of $10 million in the same period one year ago, Inmarsat reported May 9. Revenue […]

Xtar LLC completed the first field trials of the Space Systems/Loral-built Xtar-Eur satellite, placed on orbit at 29? East in February, Xtar announced. The demonstration for the U.S. Army‘s 7th […]

In anticipation of an upcoming competition, Raytheon unveiled its prototype of the network architecture for the Air Force‘s planned Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT), the next-generation constellation of satellites that […]

The big news last week for Wall Street observers was the May 10 initial public offering (IPO) of common stock for New Skies Satellite BV. If the performance of that […]

With the satellite industry just starting to get back on its feet in the public eye–as evidenced by the recent performance of satellite industry stocks– the industry may need to […]

Satellite operators that broadcast television content soon could see a new market for their services–facilitating the delivery of broadcast content to mobile phones and other portable devices. Already, TU Media […]

Managed network satellite services provider Segovia is doing its part to help keep soldiers in Iraq in contact with their families in the United States and other parts of the […]

The future is looking bright for Telespazio. The Italian joint venture, one of two companies formed when Alcatel and Finmeccanica merged their respective space activities, (SN, Jan. 31) concentrating on […]

New Skies Satellite BV became the second Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) operator acquired by private equity owners in recent years to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of stock. New […]

International Launch Services (ILS) said the window for its May 21 launching of the DirecTV 8 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan will open at 1:59 p.m. EDT. The […]