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Loral Space & Communications [LRLSQ]reports the Telstar 18 satellite completed its in-orbit testing and is now fully operational. The satellite had some initial troubles after being dropped into a lower-than-expected […]

U.K.-based miniature-antenna manufacturer Sarantel today was chosen by Precisa to supply the GeoHelix GPS antenna for its Secufone, a GSM mobile phone with a personal alarm and service button that […]

Viaccess, the French conditional access (CA) provider, won a key contract in the North American ethnic-TV market. Viaccess, a France Telecom company, signed a deal with U.S. operator Home2US Communications, […]

Move over, Connexion by Boeing. Annapolis, Md.-based ARINC Inc. plans to roll out a high-capacity satellite broadband system for commercial airlines that will be demonstrated at the World Airline Entertainment […]

Week of August 13-19, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol Aug. 19 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.37 (8.7) (15.4) (20.8) (42.4) […]

SES Americom’s government operation Americom Government Services (AGS) is expecting a strong performance this year, targeting 30 percent revenue growth in 2004. With demand rising from government customers, the operator […]

While a number of European satellite pay-TV operators have been struggling to add subscribers, both U.S. direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service providers — DirecTV and EchoStar Communications [DISH] — have […]

By Patrick M. French Television broadcasting is a key driver for the satellite industry, yet video sometimes is taken for granted and overlooked as a critical segment to the health […]

The estimated $10 billion-plus in damages caused by Hurricane Charley in Florida a little more than a week ago allowed Hauppauge, N.Y.-based Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM] to showcase the critical […]

Last week’s announcement that Intelsat would be sold to a group of four private equity investment firms marks the third acquisition of a satellite operator by such buyers so far […]

A recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order that allows El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV to use an orbital slot at 72.5 degrees W controlled by Telesat Canada shows that that U.S. […]

Intelsat Ltd. is destined for internal change after a group of four private equity firms agreed to purchase it last week in what is the latest of a continuing series […]

The business prospects for a restructured Loral Space & Communications Ltd. [LRLSQ] appear “very good,” said Patrick Fuhrmann, an independent satellite analyst. Its plan to emergence from Chapter 11 protection […]

Merrill Lynch renewed its contract with Convergent Media Systems for another five years, making Convergent the exclusive satellite communication services provider to the financial giant in the United States and […]

Rainbow National Services LLC, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp. [CVC], just closed an offering of $300 million worth of 8.75 percent senior notes due 2012; for $500 million worth […]

Direct-to-home satellite television service provider DirecTV Inc. [DTV] inked a deal with LIN TV Corp. [TVL] to be the exclusive satellite distributor WAPA-America, a Puerto Rico-based network for news, movies […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) will host a meeting next month for more than 700 scientists from 50 countries who will analyze the performance of the agency’s Envisat satellite mission. […]

Americom Government Services (AGS), a subsidiary of SES Americom, won a contract from the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service to launch a new Pentagon Channel that will broadcast all […]

Orbimage yesterday said its OrbView-2 satellite, which just passed its seventh year of successful service, is expected to remain in service for at least another three to five years. That […]

The DirecTV Group Inc. [DTV] and PanAmSat Corp. announced that the completion of PanAmSat’s sale to affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., The Carlyle Group, and Providence Equity […]

Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Telenor of Norway [TELN], today said it purchased GMPCS Personal Communications Inc., a full service provider of global mobile personal communications via satellite. GMPCS […]

Intelsat today said it pre-booked more than 35,000 hours of programming from the Summer Olympic Games in Athens for 50 channels. Intelsat said the programming represents the equivalent of nearly […]

Modern Times Group (MTG) has strengthened its position in Russia by increasing its stakes in DTV, a Russian Free-To-Air (FTA) channel and StoryFirst Communications, a U.S. entity that owns and […]

StarBand has launched its new StarBand 484 Small Office two-way satellite Internet service. The service provides the fastest SOHO (small office/home office) upload speed, up to 256 kbps, for a […]

Downward pressure on transponder pricing caused operating profits to slip at New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK] during second-quarter 2004, compared with the same quarter last year. Two non-recurring events, including […]

Raytheon [RTN] won a $1.6 billion, multiyear contract for a full-rate production (FRP) run of Tactical Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles for the U.S. Navy and for Britain’s Royal Navy. […]

Despite softness in the Asia marketplace right now, AsiaSat saw its revenues increase in the first half of 2004, reaching $70.6 million, a 21-percent increase compared with last year. This […]

Affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., The Carlyle Group and Providence Equity Partners Inc. are scheduled to acquire The DirecTV Group’s equity stake in PanAmSat tomorrow. In anticipation […]

Loral Space & Communications Ltd. [LRLSQ] and certain of its subsidiaries today filed a proposed reorganization plan with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, and […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released an order modifying the reporting requirements for satellite outages. The rules apply only to voice and paging communications offered by satellite operators and […]