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SES Astra entered into a binding agreement to acquire a 75.2-percent stake in Digital Playout Center (DPC) from German pay-TV operator Premiere for $50.12 million, subject to regulatory approval. DPC […]

New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK] signed an agreement with Greek IP service provider and teleport operator Com-ToNet S.A. for a full transponder on the NSS-6 satellite. Com-ToNet, in collaboration with […]

Officials from Intelsat today said the company was chosen by Telespazio to provide oil-and-gas industry contractor Saipem with voice and data services to support its worldwide onshore and offshore construction, […]

Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Norway’s Telenor, reached agreement with Inmarsat to become a BGAN (broadband global area network) Interconnect Partner. The BGAN system, scheduled for launch in 2005, […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM] appointed Jack Shaw to the company’s board of directors. Shaw is a former president and CEO of Hughes Electronics Corp., and he still serves as a […]

Sea Launch Co. LLC officials today said the 72-hour countdown for the launch of the Space Systems/Loral-built Telstar 18 communications satellite will begin tonight. The satellite is scheduled for a […]

Shaw Communications Inc. [SJR] posted its third consecutive quarter of profitability with a net income of $18.3 million earned in the third fiscal quarter of 2004, up from a net […]

GPS Industries Inc. is partnering with Epproach Communications LLC to provide GPS Industries’ Inforemer GPS-based golf solution to high-end golf and resort communities on Hilton Head Island, S.C. Inforemer is […]

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. reported net revenues for the second quarter ended May 31 of $926,000 and reported a net profit of $23,000, compared to net revenues of $741,000 and […]

Executives at in-motion, low-profile, phased-array satellite antenna supplier RaySat Inc. said the company closed a $10 million first-round investment led by Benchmark Capital and assisted by Seed Partners. The new […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] officials yesterday said the upgraded GPS IIR-12 satellite it built launched successfully on a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The satellite […]

Integral Systems Inc. [ISYS] signed a contract with Loral Skynet to support the operations of Xtar LLC’s XTAR-EUR satellite, operated by Loral. The new contract has Loral using Integral’s Epoch […]

According to EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH], subscribers to the Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service in Youngstown, Ohio, and in Amarillo, Texas, now have access to local channels. Youngstown subscribers […]

Officials from NovAtel Inc. [NGPS] said the European Patent Office upheld the company’s Narrow Correlator Tracking Technology patent (EP 0488739 B2), deeming the patent “valid.” Narrow Correlator tracking technology is […]

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. [CMI] granted options to purchase 596,000 of the company’s common shares to its directors and officers last month. The options are exercisable at 22.3 cents per […]

DirecTV, the largest satellite TV service in the United States, filed suit against rival EchoStar Communications [DISH], claiming its competitor created “false and misleading” advertisements to distribute to customers in […]

The United States and the European Union (EU) have, according to wire reports, struck a deal that will make the U.S. GPS navigation system compatible with the EU’s planned Galileo […]

DigitalGlobe officials today highlighted several satellite image-based products that will be available to government and private-sector users during the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Athens this August. DigitalGlobe is offering […]

SiriCOMM Inc. [SIRC] signed a five-year VSAT services agreement with ViaSat Inc. [VSAT]. The deal has ViaSat providing hardware, installation and services for SiriCOMM’s nationwide network. Financial terms were not […]

DirecTV Inc. [DTV] will begin offering local channels to its direct-to-home satellite television broadcasting service subscribers in the Charlestown, S.C.; the Greenville-New Bern, N.C.; and the Toledo and Youngstown, Ohio, […]

Sky PerfecTV, Japan’s largest digital satellite broadcaster, chose the DIVArchive from Front Porch Digital Inc. [FPDI] to manage its large centralized archive of digital content.

Officials with DirecTV and the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) praised a federal judge’s ruling Monday that denied a request from Pegasus Satellite Television for a temporary restraining order that […]

A DirecTV Inc. [DTV] spokesman told Satellite Today today that the company will not challenge a recently proposed $87,500 fine by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The federal agency levied […]

Officials from DirecTV Inc. [DTV] and KVH Industries Inc. [KVH] said today that the companies have signed a multi-year agreement that allows customers to receive DirecTV satellite television services in […]

Officials from WildBlue Communications Inc. and KoSpace today said that the companies have signed an agreement under which KoSpace will produce Ka-band transceivers for WildBlue’s consumer and small office/home office […]

Officials from LG Electronics Inc. and LodgeNet Entertainment Corp. [LNET] today said they will be offering an end-to-end solution to deliver high-definition digital video to guest room television sets from […]

Officials from Laser Recording Systems Inc. and SCL Ventures Ltd. recently said the companies have completed a share exchange and the combined companies now are operating under the name Weida […]

Week of June 11 – 17, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol June 17 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.82 7.1 6.4 […]

BSkyB [BSY] has signaled its intention to be much more of a player in the lower-end segment of the U.K. digital television market. It will launch a Free-To-Air (FTA) satellite […]

There is little doubt India has the potential to be a huge market for satellite services — a major growth opportunity for numerous operators looking to boost their positions in […]