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NDS Wins African Conditional Access Contract

NDS will supply conditional access services to Gateway Communications for a new satellite pay-TV service in sub-Saharan Africa. Gateway plans to launch an African-focused, subscription-based service by mid-year. GTV initially...

Advantech Supplies NATO 3C Agency

Adventech Satellite Networks Inc. has sold a digital video broadcast-return channel satellite system to a NATO Consultation, Command and Control (3C) Agency, Advantech AMT Inc. announced Feb. 27. NATO will...

XM Revenues, Losses Grow In 2006

XM Satellite Radio brought in revenues of $933 million in 2006, up 67 percent from 2005, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. announced Feb. 26. XM also added 1.7 million net...

Shin Satellite Posts Loss In 2006

Shin Satellite reported a net loss of 46 million Baht ($1.4 million) in 2006, the company announced Feb. 26. Discounting a 675 million Baht ($20.1 million) write-off of the Thaicom-3...

BSkyB Talks Back After Virgin Media Balks

[2/27/07] In response to Virgin Media’s rhetorical broadside on Feb. 23 claiming BSkyB (Sky) was charging an exorbitant price to carry its basic channels, Sky’s CFO Jeremy Darroch parried with...

BSkyB and Virgin: Tensions Escalate

[2/26/07] Relations between BSkyB and Virgin Media (formerly ntl Telewest) seem to have hit an all time low, as Virgin Media issued a statement Feb. 23 saying that by the...

Mexico To Auction Ka-Band License

Mexico’s telecommunications regulator, Federal Commission of Telecommunications (Cofetel), has approved the rules for a Ka-band satellite license auction, the regulator announced Feb. 21. This is Cofetel’s second attempt to auction...