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Irdeto Access said Hispamar Satellite has selected the company’s M-Crypt conditional access solution to secure content distributed throughout Brazil. The first customer application of this security technology will be to […]

SES Americom and Home2US announced a new offering to bring a line-up of Korea Telecom‘s broadcast channels to viewers in North and South America. “The alliance between Home2US and SES […]

SES Americom said it signs an agreement with Crown Castle Mobile Media to enable the delivery of live television to a wide range of mobile handsets. As part of the […]

iDirect Technologies and Helius Inc. formed a strategic technology relationship to provide what was described as “an evolutionary platform for the distribution of data, rich media and business information.” The […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. said it was awarded multiple contracts from an unnamed existing customer valued at approximately $2.4 million. One of the contracts, valued at $1.4 million is for fixed […]

Microspace Communications Corp. said its Velocity satellite system was selected by ClubCom to provide programming to ClubCom’s extensive network of health clubs in the United States and Europe. “After evaluating […]

Sky Network Television Limited (Sky), the leading DTH operator in New Zealand is entering the games rental business in New Zealand. The satellite pay-TV operator is expanding its online DVD […]

“Timing is crucial,” particularly when a satellite company makes its decision on when to explore options on collecting on debt related to leased capacity on satellites or on manufacturing, according […]

According to a new report issued by Forrester Research Inc., inhabitants of 20.1 million households will listen to satellite radio by the end of the decade. In its report, “The […]

Orbital Recovery Ltd. said its ConeXpress Orbital Life Extension Vehicle (CX-OLEV) successfully passed its baseline design review milestone, clearing the way for space tug to be formally offered to customers […]

Hispasat said it certified Integrasys‘ SatmotionPocket to be fully compliant to its radio and IP broadband hub systems requirements, adding that the Integrasys tool has been integrated to Hispasat hub […]

SES Astra said the SES Group increased its shareholding in Satlynx from 41 percent to 77 percent, resulting in SES Astra taking full operational control of the company. As a […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. announced a special offer to New York Mets fans in the New York tri-state area and parts of Pennsylvania who otherwise are not able to watch the […]

Motorola Inc. and WorldGate Communications Inc. claim they have conducted the first true-to-life videophone call over satellite broadband connections using the Motorola Ojo personal videophone. The phone call originated from […]

Intelsat selected Convergent Media Systems as a provider of worldwide distribution services for its business TV offering. Intelsat’s global fiber and satellite network will be used to transmit live and […]

America Online and XM Satellite Radio said they are joining forces to create a new online radio service. According to the companies, the new service brings together the best of […]

Iridium Satellite LLC said its total number of subscribers grew 19 percent and revenues grew 26 percent during the first quarter of 2005, compared to the totals reported during the […]

Alcatel Space said the Apstar 6 communications satellite was successfully launched April 12 on a Long March 3B vehicle from the Xichang satellite launch center in China. Alcatel built the […]

Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall and Anatoli Perminov, director general of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, signed a partnership contract regarding the production and supply of Russian equipment and systems […]

With Panamsat formally coming out of its quiet period, it is no surprise to see the company’s public relations machine starting back up. In the past two weeks, two announcements […]

GlobeCast no longer sees itself purely as a satellite services provider. That is the key message as the operator gets ready to launch a new offering, which it believes will […]

In a previous Spotlight, we highlighted the use of satellite telephones to help keep soldiers in Iraq in touch with their families. WorldGate Communications Inc. is looking to take that […]

While companies like Iridium Satellite LLC and Globalstar LLC have been able to recover after a shaky first stab at the market, the mention of those names and Mobile Satellite […]

A Congressional hearing about the progress being made toward meeting the goals of the Open-Market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications (ORBIT) Act quickly focused on a couple of […]

Although the decision to shut down Cablevision‘s Rainbow DBS operations, which did business under the Voom brand name, was made public earlier this month, work on a $740 million contract […]

U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB announced a number of deals with suppliers as it gets set to launch HDTV (High Definition Television) services in the United Kingdom and Ireland in […]

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, said that August 23 will be the launch date for the MSG-2 satellite, which will be renamed Meteosat-9 once it […]

SES Astra said UPC agreed to lease a fourth transponder on the SES satellite fleet located at 19.2 degrees East. The latest leased transponder is on the Astra 1E satellite. […]

The Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications said Vadim Belov, who was elected director general earlier this month, has officially assumed his position within the organization. Russian Telecommunications Administration nominated […]

Eagle Broadband said its board of directors promoted David Micek to the position of president and CEO from his position as COO. Micek succeeds Dave Weisman, who will continue to […]