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Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM] was awarded two contracts totaling $7.7 million for satellite up-linking infrastructure. Although the company did not specifically identify from whom the contracts came, Globecomm said one […]

Verizon Communications [VZ] today became the latest phone company to bundle its services with DirecTV direct-to-home satellite television service offered by The DirecTV Group [DTV]. Verizon will be offering discounts […]

International Launch Services successfully launched the EADS Astrium-built Amazonas satellite into orbit yesterday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6:32 p.m. EDT. The satellite will be used by Hispasat […]

PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] today said that a failure of the Galaxy 10R’s xenon ion propulsion system (XIPS) on Aug. 3 thus far has not affected the service of the satellite. […]

Sanswire Networks LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of GlobeTel Communications Corp. [GTEL] today said it’s planning to launch its first “stratellite” (a high altitude airship that will be, in some […]

According to International Launch Services (ILS), the launch window for the Amazonas satellite launch opens this evening at 6:32 p.m., EDT, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Barring any weather […]

El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV [DTV], the largest U.S. satellite TV operator, is scheduled to report what could be respectable second-quarter earnings Thursday. Bob Peck, a satellite analyst at Bear Stearns, […]

BSkyB, the UK satellite pay-TV operator, added 81,000 subscribers in the three months to June 30. As a result, the operator now has close to 7.4 million DTH subscribers in […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s [NASA]MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft was launched aboard a Boeing [BA] Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station […]

Intelsat Ltd. today reported revenues of $261.7 million for the second quarter, up seven percent from the same period one year ago. However, the net income for the second quarter […]

Looking to leverage the Starbucks’ brand, XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] entered into a strategic marketing alliance with Starbucks Coffee Co. [SBUX]. As part of the deal, XM subscribers will be […]

Astro All Asia Networks (Astro) is ready to bring Personal Video Recorder (PVR) services to Malaysia in the next 12 months. The DTH operator has some 1.3 million subs in […]

Space Imaging reached an exclusive agreement for its aviation geospatial products to be sold by the Montreal-based International Air Transport Association (IATA), which represents the world’s commercial airlines. The imagery, […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in a July 30 order, made public yesterday after Satellite Today‘s deadline, granted special temporary authority (STA) to Intelsat North America LLC to allow it […]

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] promoted Doug Kaplan to senior vice president of business affairs and business development, entertainment and sports. Kaplan worked with Sirius President of Entertainment and Sports Scott […]

Week of July 23-29, 2004 PercentageChange Symbol July 29 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.57 4.7 (20.7) (11.3) (34.0) ASIASAT […]

The San Francisco Unified School District recently upgraded its transportation security with the help of San Diego, Calif.-based Satellite Security Systems (S3). S3, a provider of asset tracking and control […]

Astro All Asia Networks (ASTRO) intends to amass around 2.5 million satellite TV subscribers in Malaysia during the next four to five years. The DTH (direct-to-home) satellite operator, which currently […]

By Steve Blum, Tellus Venture Associates At 2.6 million subscribers, satellite radio now represents the 16th-largest radio market in the United States. That’s more listeners than the entire Minneapolis-St. Paul […]

Woodland blazes burning with a core heat approaching 1,472 degrees Fahrenheit also can spread as fast as 328 feet per minute, bringing swift and sure devastation. In an effort to […]

By Paul Dykewicz, Access Intelligence LLC The whopping federal budget deficits that the U.S. government has been compiling in large part to fund major military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan […]

At deadline, Satellite News learned a grand jury in Camden, N.J., indicted the president of Universal Technologies Inc. and his wife, charging them with 46 counts, including an allegation that […]

A positive sign for any industry is when entrepreneurial ventures with promise attract strong management teams and financing. That combination of factors is in place at McLean, Va.-based Raysat, a […]

Congress is giving significant attention to multichannel video services, and its actions have the potential to affect the competitive balance between satellite and cable TV operators. Bills to reauthorize the […]

The DirecTV Group of El Segundo, Calif., today announced the acquisition of the satellite TV subscriber base of Pegasus Satellite Television and its related entities for $875 million in cash […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) today scrubbed the launch of the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft due to the potential for lightning from residual […]

Trinity Broadcasting Network today said the company’s four networks – TBN, JCTV, Enlace USA and The Church Channel – now are being transmitted via the new Americas 5 satellite operated […]

Rick Medlock is leaving his CFO job at NDS to fill the same spot at mobile satellite operator Inmarsat. Medlock has been the CFO of NDS for the last eight […]

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. [SIRI] just unveiled the first 24-hour radio channel dedicated to the National Football League (NFL). In a news conference earlier today, CEO Joe Clayton told Satellite […]

by Michael R. Flynn We have been pondering the growth of Digital Audio Radio Service (DARS) and Direct Broadcast Service (DBS) throughout the last couple of years. Right now, these […]