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DMC International Imaging Ltd. will add an imagery satellite to the Disaster Monitoring Constellation in 2008, the company announced March 20. The UK DMC-2 microsatellite will be built by Surrey...

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has taken a controlling interest in Orbital Optics Ltd., MDA announced March 20. MDA will pay 900,000 British pounds ($1.7 million) to Rutherford Appleton...

[3/21/07] WildBlue Communications Inc. has started operations with its WildBlue-1 satellite, which will allow the company to more than triple its customer capacity, WildBlue announced March 20. Wildblue-1, built by...

[3/20/07] CIP Canada Investment Inc. will acquire Stratos Global Corp., the largest distributor of Inmarsat services, in a deal funded in part by Inmarsat, the companies announced March 19. The...

Direct-to-home operator Sky TV New Zealand is increasing the number of widescreen channels available to customers, as the National Geographic Channel will begin broadcasting in 16:9 widescreen in early April,...

ViaSat Inc. delivered a Ku-band satellite communications antenna kit to the U.S. Air Force that will be used on C-130 aircraft, the company announced March 16. The antenna enables use...

Iridium Satellite has appointed OTESAT-Maritel as an authorized service provider, Iridium announced March 16. A satellite communications equipment and services provider to the Greek and international maritime markets, OTESAT-Maritel is...

MobiTV has hired GlobeCast to manage content ingestion to support live-TV delivery to MobiTV’s mobile and broadband platforms in North America, GlobeCast announced March 18. GlobeCast will furnish constant channel...

Telesat Canada has signed a contract to aid in the launch of Vietnam’s first telecommunications satellite, according to Vietnamese state news service TTXVN. Under the contract, signed in Ottawa March...

[3/19/07] Loral Space & Communications Inc. cut its net loss to $23 million in 2006, as revenues improved 27 percent to $797 million, the company announced March 15. In 2005,...