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With the heated dispute between BSkyB and Virgin Media still fresh in the memory, United Kingdom communications regulator Ofcom will launch a market investigation into the pay-TV industry. Following a...

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) appointed John Mattingly to the position of president, satellite services, the company announced March 20. Prior to joining MSV, Mattingly served as president, satellite services, for...

SAT Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Integral Systems, Inc., will deliver a digital spectrum analyzer to IAI/MBT for its Europe-based teleport, SAT announced March 20. The SAT-DSA unit provides...

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...