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Starz Encore Group and its sister company, International Channel Networks, have renewed satellite capacity contracts with PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT]. As part of the agreement, Starz Encore (Englewood, Colo.) and International […]

HONOLULU–Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), the commercial satellite arm of Boeing [NYSE: BA], has used current global market circumstances to “look at what is really core to our business,” President Randy […]

HONOLULU–Asia represents one of the world’s largest markets for satellite products and services, with 67 commercial satellites transmitting to a third of the world’s population. Asian satellite operators “may be […]

NDS CEO Abe Peled outlined the challenges for conditional access vendors this year. NDS is trying to bounce back from a difficult 12 months. Last year, NDS became embroiled in […]

With the release this week of a “green paper” on the European Union‘s space policy, the European Commission and the European Space Agency are preparing to debate the future direction […]

Orbital Imaging (ORBIMAGE) has signed a non-binding agreement with its unsecured creditors and its parent, Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB], that will allow it to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. […]

NSI Global‘s [Toronto: NGL] Vistar unit has signed a value-added reseller agreement with Thermo King, a unit of Ingersoll- Rand [NYSE: IR], and has received an initial order from Thermo […]

HONOLULU–The Asian market will be good for up to six new commercial satellite orders over the next 24 months, according to projections from two key executives of Loral Space and […]

HONOLULU–As the world’s commercial expendable launch vehicle (ELV) companies struggle to regain their footing following a year of plummeting prices for their services and a series of high-profile rocket failures, […]

HONOLULU–Although the global march toward digital television continues, it has slowed down due to global economic woes, which are causing regional and global satellite operators to adjust their sales and […]

HONOLULU–Boeing Launch Services, operator of the Sea Launch and Delta launch vehicle families, has scheduled 20 launches for 2003, BLS vice president Jane Schnaars said here Monday. The 2003 run […]

Intelsat has signed an agreement with REACH, a joint venture between Hong Kong-based PCCW [NYSE: PCW] and Australia’s Telstra Corp. [NYSE: TLS], to lease teleport services from REACH’s Stanley Teleport […]

Serbian network BK TV, Hungarian broadcaster Duna TV, and Poland’s TVP3 have selected the GlobeCast WorldTV direct-to-home platform on Telstar 5 for subscription satellite distribution in the United States. GlobeCast’s […]

Week of January 13 – 17, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Jan. 16 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.79 7.2 (3.2) […]

Globecomm Systems [GCOM], a provider of satellite-based communications, received a $15 million contract to provide satellite infrastructure to a European customer. Under the terms of the contract, Globecomm will modernize […]

A Boeing [BA] Delta II rocket has successfully launched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s ICESat (ice, cloud and elevation satellite) and CHIPSat (cosmic hot interstellar plasma spectrometer satellite) from […]

Foundation Telecommunications Inc. (FTI) and SES Americom Inc., an SES Global unit, have agreed to a strategic partnership that will enable cable system operators to deliver broadband Internet connectivity. FTI’s […]

Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI) has expanded its seven-year strategic alliance with Science Applications International Corp./Advanced Technology Group (SAIC/ATG) of Huntsville, Ala. AGI will assist SAIC/ATG’s business development efforts to define […]

Paul E. Jacobson, vice president of corporate communications for Starz Encore Group LLC, has been named deputy communications director for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Senator Bill Frist (R-Tenn.). Jacobson joined […]

L-3 Communications’ [LLL] Communication Systems-East division has received a $52 million contract modification for the U.S. military’s secure global communications system via the advanced extremely high frequency communications security (COMSEC) […]

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc., an Ottawa, Ontario-based supplier of satellite Internet technology, reported a 57 percent increase in fourth-quarter revenues from $484,146 in 2001 to $759,719 in 2002. Total revenues […]

SES Astra, a unit of SES Global, signed a new long-term agreement for Kinderkanal (KI.KA) to use transponder capacity for analog broadcasts and prime time transmissions in Europe. KI.KA can […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] and General Dynamics [GD] have added Boeing Satellite Systems to their team competing to develop the U.S. Navy’s next generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system, known as […]

Space Imaging has signed up Raytheon Australia, a unit of U.S.-based Raytheon [RTN], as a master reseller of Space Imaging’s products and services, including imagery from its earth imaging satellite […]

Inforetech Wireless Technology Inc., a supplier of Global Positioning System technology for the golf industry, announced that Satellite Golf Inc. had acquired distribution rights for its products in Nevada and […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.’s [GILTF] subsidiary Spacenet Inc. has signed multiple agreements with global lottery services provider GTECH Corp. to install more than 10,000 Gilat Skystar Advantage broadband satellite communications […]

New Skies Satellites [NSK] and REACH, an international carrier of voice, private line and IP data services, have signed an agreement that will combine the capabilities of New Skies’ newly […]

Passengers aboard a Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 can now use laptops to gain high-speed connections to the Internet, including full access to their personal or business e-mail accounts and files. As […]

While 2002 revenues slipped, PanAmSat Corp.’s [SPOT] cost-cutting during the past year helped the company to achieve slightly improved profitability, company officials reported Tuesday. The company posted 2002 revenues of […]

The 2003 outlook for Hughes Electronics [GMH] subsidiary DirecTV Inc. is more promising that the company’s conservative guidance would suggest, concluded Karim Zia, the cable and satellite analyst with Deutsche […]