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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 […]

The Ka-band is an untapped resource that will find increasing demand as Ku- and C-band spectrum becomes depleted, according to Frost & Sullivan‘s study, “World Ka- band Satellite Broadband Services […]

General Motors Corp. [NYSE: GM] announced today that it will offer XM Satellite Radio‘s [Nasdaq: XMSR] products on 44 of 57 its 2004 models, representing more than 75 percent of […]

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 […]

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 […]

Week of January 6 – 10, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Jan. 9 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.67 (6.7) (12.1) […]

The U.S. Air Force successfully launched a Titan II booster from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:19 a.m. Jan. 6. The joint government and industry project, dubbed “Coriolis,” […]

Orbital Recovery Corp. has appointed Kirby Ikin as its senior vice president for risk management. Ikin has extensive experience in the space insurance and risk management sectors, which he will […]

The International Telecommunication Union is partnering with London-based Inmarsat to promote rural telecommunication and support emergency communications in developing countries. Inmarsat will make a 105,000 euro ($109,500) contribution toward the […]

Hauppauge, N.Y.-based Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM], a provider of satellite communications services, won two satellite equipment infrastructure pacts valued at $5.3 million. The first contract, obtained from an unidentified customer […]

Cable TV providers are gaining market share in the Canadian digital television market at the expense of satellite TV services, a new study has found. Canadian satellite TV providers have […]

Pegasus Communications Corp. said that as a result of its previously announced one-for-10 reverse stock split, its Class A common stock has been trading on Nasdaq on a post- split […]

The MVS Group, a distribution partner for Inmarsat’s high-speed satellite-based Regional BGAN service, has sold 1,000 terminals for the service and expects Regional BGAN to triple its own commercial sales […]

KVH Industries [KVHI] will unveil its TracVision A5 in-motion satellite TV antenna at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The 4-1/2 inch high TracVision in-motion satellite TV system […]

STMicroelectronics [STM], a supplier of set-top box and MPEG decoder chips, recently shipped its 100 millionth MPEG-2 device to set-top box manufacturers, company officials said. ST’s chips are used in […]

The promotion of James Frownfelter to the post of chief operating officer at PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] is aimed at allowing CEO Joseph Wright to focus on growing the company’s revenues. […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF], a satellite networking technology company, reported a “significant increase” in its order backlog when it released its latest quarterly results Jan. 6. The gains are […]

A second review panel is assessing the Ariane 5 rocket before it is cleared to launch the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta scientific satellite. That mission needs to occur by […]

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] was the second U.S. satellite radio to enter commercial service but it aims to be the first to add a video component to its existing slate […]

The Carmel Group has compiled data for five straight years about the fierce competition between cable and satellite TV services. This article offers highlights from our study of the battle […]

The Iridium Satellite LLC voice and data satellite system is having a positive effect for a small broadband company. Eagle Broadband Inc. [EAG], a League City, Texas, supplier of broadband […]

Financial and operational challenges have spurred DirecTV Latin America LLC to begin a restructuring that ultimately could lead to a merger with News Corp.-backed satellite TV rival SKY Latin America […]

Criticism that the tiny island nation of Tonga has been warehousing orbital slots without using them may be muted a bit after the country recently bought from Seattle Scientific Corp. […]

Eutelsat is taking the lead in launching Ka-band broadband satellite services in Europe, said CEO Giuliano Berretta. But he sees areas of co-operation with other satellite service providers. Berretta told […]

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

Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: 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 (Hauppauge, […]

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

Conexant Systems Inc. [Nasdaq: CNXT], which supplies semiconductor systems for communications applications, has introduced a low-power demodulator and forward error correction (FEC) decoder for satellite set-top boxes, PC receivers, personal […]

L-3 Communications’ (NYSE: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) […]

After a “pretty dismal 2002,” both cable and satellite TV stocks should outperform the rest of the market this year, predicted Douglas S. Shapiro, a satellite and cable analyst with […]