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A U.S. district court has denied EchoStar Communications’ [Nasdaq: DISH] request for a preliminary injunction against Spanish language TV programming company TV Azteca. The injunction would haveprevented TV Azteca (Mexico […]

Telenor Satellite Services is offering up to $3,000 of airtime to maritime customers who upgrade their satellite communications from the aging Inmarsat A analog service to the Fleet F77 digital […]

Global Positioning System receiver developer Fastrax and Savox Communications, a telecom accessory product provider, have teamed up for a new GPS accessory for TETRA (terrestrial trunked radio) terminals. The GPS […]

NetScout Systems [Nasdaq: NTCT], a provider of network performance management products, announced that Tri-County Metropolitan Transit Agency (TriMet), the public transportation system in the Portland, Ore., area, is using its […]

Star Choice Communications [NYSE: SJR] has improved the programming, technology and services offered to its direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television customers with the addition of new audio and video channels, expansion […]

In the April 3 issue, SATELLITE TODAY incorrectly identified the European aerospace firm that recently named Arnaud Lagardere as its chairman. The company is EADS, which stands for European Aeronautic […]

Loral Space & Communications [NYSE: LOR] said that it has completed integrating its Loral Skynet and Loral CyberStar units into a new Loral Skynet that willoffer a combination of fixed […]

Using Intelsat‘s satellite capacity and Japan Telecom‘s [Tokyo: 9434] antenna facilities, Japanese broadcaster NHK is delivering programming from the Showa base in Antarctica to households in Japan. NHK has set […]

Arnaud Lagardere has been named co-chairman of European aerospace giant EDS. He will replace Jean-Luc Lagardere, who died on March 14. French holding company Sogeade (which includes French high-tech firm […]

Darby Sanchez has been named CEO of GlobeCast Asia, a unit of satellite service provider GlobeCast (Paris), a France Telecom [NYSE: FTE] unit. As CEO of GlobeCast Asia, Sanchez will […]

Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS] subsidiary RT Logic has won a follow-on contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to supply portable universal ground processing units for use in satellite […]

Satellite Entertainment 2003 April 30, 2003 Monterey, California An elite lineup of conference speakers, including FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy, will examine the key elements representing the rapidly growing direct broadcast […]

A Boeing [NYSE: BA]-built Delta II rocket deployed a Global Positioning System satellite Monday for the U.S. Air Force. GPS IIR-9 was launched aboard a Delta II launch vehicle from […]

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a provider of satellite-based communications to cruise ships and offshore oil rigs, has signed a marketing and distribution agreement with Xantic, a Dutch satellite communication provider […]

The European Space Agency‘s Maxus 5 sounding rocket mission was launched today at 6 GMT from Esrange, north of the Arctic Circle near Kiruna in northern Sweden. The rocket, an […]

Internet Satellite Platform (ISAT), an affiliate of SES Americom, has signed up more than 300 partners for its SatXpress one-way satellite Internet access service. The wholesale broadband product combines standards-based […]

Envivio, which develops MPEG-4 broadcast and streaming products, and satellite multicast systems provider KenCast have signed an agreement to provide a secure MPEG-4 distribution product for government and military applications, […]

SATELLITE TODAY invites you and your team to join us on Tuesday, April 29, from noon-1:30 PM EST for an exclusive Webinar: “From Broadcast To Broadband: Seizing the Next Satellite […]

People BOEING: Selects Head Of Satellite Manufacturing Business Boeing selected Dave Ryan to lead Boeing Satellite Systems as the vice president and general manager. Ryan succeeds Randy Brinkley, who announced […]

by James Careless     Accurate weather forecasting: in the United States, a country fraught with tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods, it is a matter of life and death. This is […]

by Chris Mecray The Bush Administration’s FY04 budget submission, sent to Congress in February, appears to provide for generous funding for ongoing space projects. Though it is more challenging to […]

By James Careless As the storms of war whip across the world, Satellite Newsgathering (SNG) crews are dispatched to cover them. To aid them, Via Satellite contacted some of the […]

Broadcasters are looking at a changing landscape in terms of technology, market structure, and the interests and loyalties of worldwide audiences. With so many different forces at work, over-the-air TV […]

by Douglas Graham Satellite broadband and multimedia have been a tough sell on Wall Street, yet the resistance to the technology among the moneypeople seems questionable given satellite’s tremendous potential. […]

by Gerry Oberst Outsiders could suspect that the satellite field uses its own private language to make sure the industry keeps a mystique of its own. A short review of […]

Week of March 21 – 27, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol March 27 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.50 6.4 (4.5) […]

By Futron Corp.’s Space and Telecommunications Division When the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued its first Ka-band licenses in 1997, it hoped to spur the introduction of satellite broadband access […]

SkyFrames [OTC Bulletin Board: BEYI], a provider of satellite broadband Internet services, has joined forces with Advantage Associates, a firm that specializes in assisting clients in governmental, political and international […]

Discovery Communications has signed a multi-transponder agreement with SES Americom, a unit of SES Global, to lease C-band capacity on AMC-10 and AMC-11, the company’s successor satellites to Satcom C-3 […]

Giraud International, a truckload carrier based in France, has signed a six-year agreement with Qualcomm [Nasdaq: QCOM]. Under the terms of the agreement, Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions Europe will provide […]