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The financial performance of fixed satellite operators is hamstrung by a lingering overcapacity problem that generally will exceed demand for years to come. Such is the view of two industry […]

A group of Wall Street satellite analysts offered a spirited defense of the prospects for U.S. satellite TV operators to put forth a competitive bundle of video, broadband and voice […]

Telenor Satellite Broadcasting inked a deal with Nera for the delivery of a broadband satellite gateway – the Nera SatLink Hub. Telenor will use the new DVB-RCS SatLink System to […]

Frost & Sullivan awarded its 2004 Regional Satellite Operator Award to Telesat. This award is given annually to the operator that best competes against all other operators in a region, […]

Envivio Inc. demonstrated for the first time the distribution of H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) encoded content over the Hughes satellite network. The live-source content is encoded at 1.2 Mbps, Envivio said, […]

Worldspace Corp. introduced what it calls the first multinational satellite radio subscription plan available across the Worldspace Satellite Radio footprint, which covers Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Worldspace […]

Hughes Network Systems Inc. will promote the implementation of the IP-over-satellite (IPoS) standard through a multi-tiered licensing program available to all industry applications and systems providers. “IPoS is the only […]

The European Space Agency‘s $1.25 billion Rosetta probe finally began its mission to hunt a comet in the depths of the solar system and to shadow it around the Sun […]

New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK], headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, introduced a new software tool yesterday that will provide customers of its Ipsys software enhanced control in managing their […]

NDS company Visionik is launching two advanced interactive games to be deployed on Discovery Kids in the UK. The two interactive games, Mystery Hunters and Chomp are free to play, […]

CableVision Systems Corp. [CVC] blames its fourth-quarter losses on the cost of launching its VOOM direct-broadcast satellite service in October 2003, with a bit of help from higher depreciation and […]

Vance Coffman, CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT], has decided to retire from the company this summer after devoting the last 37 years to it. He made his surprise announcement […]

  Week of Feb. 20 – 26, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol Feb. 26 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.35 (7.5) […]

Satellite pay-TV operators around the globe saw some healthy growth in subscriber numbers during 2003. In this survey, Satellite News analyzed the performance of some key operators in Europe and […]

Sogecable, the owner of Digital+, is bullish about the prospect for pay-television in Spain. Executives from Sogecable recently gave an upbeat presentation about the prospects for pay-TV in that country. […]

Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) services are dominating the development of new applications, products and alliances. That situation is occurring despite major telecom operators delivering an array of services that include […]

The Isle of Man is preparing to add space and satellite businesses to those in the shipping, insurance and fund management industries that pay no taxes on the island. The […]

The choice of “Satellite Executive of the Year” always is open to second-guessing. A safe choice often is the CEO of a large satellite operator that has had a special […]

Performance was the secret of success for Washington-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] CEO Hugh Panero and the other recipients of the inaugural Satellite News PR & Marketing Awards. Panero won […]

The fortunes of Dulles, Va.-based mobile data services provider Orbcomm rose last week when the company completed a $26 million equity financing that included the participation of the world’s largest […]

As any CTO or network manager will tell you, one of the biggest business challenges is finding a way to maintain a strong corporate network that continually provides a live […]

Question and Answer Keven Cahoon, vice president, Enterprise Services, GlobeCast March 09, 2004 Why should network managers consider satellite vs. terrestrial Webcasting for training networks? Network managers responsible for building […]

For those of you thinking your current communications network is operating at its optimal state, think again. As the corporate environment becomes more competitive and the current economic malaise begins […]

The American Red Cross responds to a disaster every eight minutes, around the clock, 365 days a year. This quick response is due in great part to satellite technology. Founded […]

Arianespace‘s Flight 158 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket has been rescheduled for early Tuesday morning, following a “minor repair” to the exterior of the vehicle’s cryogenic core stage over the […]

Helius, a Lindon, Utah-based provider of broadband IP over satellites, is teaming up with Asian based broadband services provider SpeedCast for a Strategic Alliance Program. SpeedCast’s entrance into the program […]

Trips to see a pair of rocket launches and a chance to ride in a fighter jet are among the donated services and products that will be available for bid […]

Chandler, Ariz.-based US Monolithics, a supplier of broadband wireless transceiver equipment and modules, agreed to collaborate with ViaSat [VSAT] to serve WildBlue Communications, a proposed consumer satellite broadband company. US […]

Spacenet, the U.S. subsidiary of Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks [GILTF], has been selected to provide a Connexstar VSAT network to Pittsburgh-based Eat’n Park restaurants in the Northeastern United States. Under […]

Internet Satellite Platform (ISAT), an Almonte Springs, Fla.-based provider of wholesale satellite services, has expanded its business lines with two new offerings to address rural America’s need for high-speed Internet […]