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Delta Air Lines said all 36 aircraft in its Song fleet have been outfitted with an in-flight entertainment system that includes 24 digital, live Dish Network satellite TV channels as […]

Netherlands-based New Skies Satellites [NSK] and the Indian Space Research Organization inked an agreement for multiple, high-powered, 36 MHz Ku-band transponders on the NSS-6 satellite. Financial terms were not disclosed. […]

Telesat Canada, an Ottawa-based satellite operator, selected EADS Astrium, Europe’s largest space company, to build the proposed new Anik F3 satellite. Anik F3 would be Telesat’s 17th satellite launch on […]

The Space Systems/Loral-built MBSAT broadcast communications satellite successfully completed its in-orbit testing, SSL officials said today. The satellite, built for Mobile Broadcasting Co. of Japan, was launched March 13.

EchoStar Communications [DISH] said its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service will offer local channels to residents of Fargo, N.D., and its surrounding areas. The channels include the local affiliates […]

Thomson [TMS] executives said their company will aid DirecTV [DTV] by “significantly” expanding use of Thomson’s Grass Valley network technologies to help subscribers watch their local terrestrial broadcast channels via […]

According to Orbital Recovery Ltd., the Netherlands-based Dutch Space has agreed to a major investment in the company. The contribution, the amount of which was not disclosed, will enable the […]

iSECUREtrac [ISRE], an Omaha, Neb.-based Global Positioning System (GPS) company, announced that Van Zandt County Correction Services of Canton, Texas, committed to use iSECUREtrac’s tracNET24 for criminal-justice tracking purposes. Financial […]

GPS Industries [GPSN], a Vancouver, B.C.-based provider of GPS services for golf courses, announced its subsidiary Satellite Golf closed another deal. Satellite Golf’s latest customer is the Barrhead Gold and […]

AeroTelesis [AOTS], a Los Angeles-based wireless company, formed a subsidiary called aeroSAT to provide satellite services. The new unit was launched as a result of positive feedback aeroTelesis received from […]

Alcatel Space announced the successful launch of the Express AM11 satellite on a Proton vehicle from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan last night. The satellites are operated by the […]

STMicroelectronics [STM] officials today said the company is offering a new single-chip silicon tuner, the STB6000, designed to replace complex discrete component tuners in set-top boxes that receive digital TV […]

Navman unveiled its Navman GPS 4410, an upgrade to the company’s Navman GPS 4400 Pocket PC guidance system. The 4410 includes the latest version of Navman’s navigation software, SmartST V2 […]

iSECUREtrac [ISRE], a provider of Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking services, announced the Guadalupe County Sheriff Office of New Mexico has become one of its newest customers. The agreement calls […]

Starz Encore Group, a provider of premium movie services in the United States, deepened its marketing alliance with U.S. satellite TV service EchoStar Communications [DISH] in that the companies agreed […]

Officials from SES Americom today said QVC has signed a long-term transponder agreement for C-band service on the recently launched AMC-10 satellite, which will initiate service in May. Terms of […]

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) announced the following additions to its staff: Jason Scism, director of government relations; Camille Osborne, director of communications; and Abdus Salam, staff accountant.

Week of April 16 – 22, 2004 Percentage Change   Symbol April 22 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year toDate Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.67 (13.5) (20.5) […]

New Skies Satellites [NSK] CEO Dan Goldberg was named chairman of the European Satellite Operators Association (ESOA) earlier this month, and soon thereafter he gave an exclusive interview to Satellite […]

By Jimmy Schaeffler, The Carmel Group The North American multichannel market place has been a remarkably different place since DirecTV launched its first satellite on Dec. 17, 1993, and when […]

Radio Vaticana, the voice of the Vatican, is the latest radio broadcaster to follow the ongoing trend to initiate a switch from analog to higher-quality digital transmissions. Radio Vaticana programs […]

By Paul Dykewicz, PBI Media LLC LAS VEGAS–The annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference is a good barometer of emerging hot trends and technological advances that will impact the […]

LAS VEGAS–Long-time National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) President Edward Fritts used his powerful trade group’s annual meeting here last week to accuse the U.S. satellite radio operators of illegally offering […]

The cost-cutting and restructuring that sometimes follows Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) acquisitions instead may be replaced by a cautious growth strategy upon completion of its planned purchase of […]

Korean Air today became the latest non-U.S. carrier to select Connexion by Boeing to provide in-flight, high-speed Internet communications. The agreement calls for the first installation of the Connexion by […]

Officials from high-speed, two-way satellite Internet provider StarBand said that their company would team up with NomadISP to offer the NomadISP AH-1 “Anywhere Hotspot.” The Anywhere Hotspot would allow remote, […]

U.K. cable operator Telewest has laid down the gauntlet to other broadband players in the U.K. market by significantly upgrading close to half a million broadband connections with faster speeds. […]

Helius officials said today that the company’s Strategic Alliance Program has added Savant Technology Group. Savant brings with it an innovative integrated platform for interactive distance learning, Helius officials said. […]

Officials from the Trinity Corp. said today that satellite images taken by DigitalGlobe’s QuickBird satellite reveal a man-made structure at Mount Ararat in Turkey — the site where the Bible […]

Officials from Agilent Technologies [A] announced today that Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] has taken delivery of the Agilent N1891A digital communications measurement system to test payloads and verify microwave performance […]