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Prospective satellite-TV subscribers appear to be responding to the joint efforts of SBC Communications [SBC] and EchoStar Communications [DISH]. The SBC-DISH branded service is gaining new subscribers but it also […]

It was an encouraging but not a completely reassuring sign that Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] hit the 700,000-subscriber mark Oct. 18. The milestone suggests that the company ended third-quarter 2004 […]

Who’s Doing What? What To Expect Near-Term What It All Means The U.S. Defense Department (DoD) received Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved to use the 2025-2110 MHz band on a […]

Ka-band has finally arrived. The progress has been aided with the Anik F2 deployed and ready to provide Ka-band service for Telesat Canada and WildBlue along with the successful launch […]

A diverse group of organizations that all benefit from the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act (SHVIA) jointly signed a letter urging all 100 U.S. senators to pass a House- approved […]

Telecommuters have a new way to connect to the office through a partnership between Bedminster, N.J.-based Loral Skynet’s SkyReach Service and Remote Work Central, a provider of telecommuting and teleworking […]

Orland Park, Ill.-based Andrew Corporation [ANDW], a communications systems equipment supplier, earlier this month created a product group focused exclusively on satellites and formed a second group that combines antennas […]

Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] joined the big leagues of sports-programming rights holders last week when it agreed to spend $650 million to air all the Major League Baseball […]

Ottawa, Canada-based C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. [CMI] found in its eighth year of operation that deploying an innovative and cost-effective technology in the slowly growing satellite broadband market niche ultimately […]

An important avenue of new subscriber sales for EchoStar Communications [DISH] did not quite meet Wall Street expectations Friday. The satellite television service’s partnership with telecommunications services provider SBC Communications […]

Peribit Networks and iDirect Technologies entered into a joint technology and marketing partnership. The companies will combine Peribit’s SR-15 Sequence Reducer product with iDirect’s iNFINITI series hub and remote satellite […]

According to company officials, the Hunan Satellite Television in China may list a part of its operation on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, although they did not provide any potential […]

XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] was included on the list of finalists in a number of categories in the first annual Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards. XM CEO Hugh Panero is in […]

A recent survey of more than 600 current satellite television subscribers reveals that while they are concerned with a loss of signal, also known as rain fade, that occurs during […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reportedly is looking into an incident in which a Toshiba television triggered an international search and rescue signal Oct. 4. The federal agency is looking […]

BT hopes a new technology development could help companies maximize their use of satellite capacity. It has developed a satellite modulation technology, which it states can triple the capacity of […]

Stratos Global Corp. reported net earnings for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 of $9.2 million, up from the net earnings of $7.1 million earned in the third quarter of […]

Corus Entertainment Inc. inked a deal to take on an ownership interest in Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR), Satellite Today learned. Corus would provide content to CSR, assuming the satellite radio […]

Eumetsat will be offering 15- and 16-year-old winners of a forthcoming contest a trip to next year’s launch of Meteosat-9, the next generation of Eumetsat’s geostationary meteorological satellite. This second-generation […]

Australian DTH operator Foxtel launched a new service aimed at two million deaf and hearing-impaired Australians. These consumers will now have access to a wide range of subscription programming for […]

ONO, the Spanish cable operator and one of the main competitors to DTH operator Digital+, completed the purchase of Retecal, the cable operator based in the region of Castilla y […]

Olathe, Kan.-based Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. [GRMN], introduced the a new remote sensor that receives broadcast weather data from the satellite weather service of XM Satellite […]

The Boeing Company [BA] says it is complying with a request from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to provide information in connection with an inquiry about its accounting […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] reported third quarter 2004 revenues to be $171.7 million, up 33 percent from the $128.6 million earned during the same period one year ago. Operating income […]

Bedminster, N.J.-based Loral Skynet signed an agreement with Hawaii Pacific Teleport (HPT), a provider of teleport services between North America and Asia, to use Loral’s recently launched Telstar 18 satellite. […]

Leading UK broadcaster ITV is officially launching its ITV Interactive ITVi 24/7 service this week. While there previously have been interactive services on ITV1 and ITV2, this launch will increase […]

Norwegian telco Telenor has announced that it will make a book profit of around $62 million from the sale of its four percent share in Intelsat. The deal will see […]

Pembroke, Bermuda-based Intelsat announced that its shareholders approved the purchase of the company by Zeus Holdings Ltd. during the company’s annual general meeting held in Paris this week. Zeus Holdings […]

Frost & Sullivan has given its 2004 Satellite Reliability Award to Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the lowest rate of anomalies resulting in insurance claims per percentage of satellites in service […]

Satellite Today has learned that China yesterday successfully launched a meteorological satellite that will be used to monitor natural disasters. The No. 2 Fengyun C satellite was launched into orbit […]