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The advent of Internet protocol (IP) TV promises more choices for consumers in terms of both content and convenience and more business for satellite operators, industry officials said. The advent...

The U.S. Defense Department has made commercial satellites as its number one option for military in-theater communications. "In the past, [military satellite communications] was our first-in choice," U.S. Air Force...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has begun working with several large multinational businesses to integrate satellite data into the companies’ corporate sustainable development (CSD) efforts, ESA announced. The practice of...

Impending consolidations will create massive global Fixed Satellite Service operators that will dwarf their regional competitors. But sheer size alone will not bring the largest operators competitive advantages, and the...

DirecTV Group Inc. earned $336 million in 2005 as revenues improved 16 percent to 13.2 billion, the company reported Feb. 8. In 2004, DirecTV lost $1.9 billion on revenues $11.3...

As broadcasters rush to introduce new ways for people to access the world’s fast-growing supply of video content, they are depending heavily on satellite-television and cable providers to pave the...

Eutelsat subsidiary Skylogic Italia won a contract to provide satellite broadband access to public administrators in Tuscany, Italy. Under the contract awarded by the region of Tuscany, Skylogic will provide...

Alcatel Alenia Space will provide the Defense User Ground Segment for the Cosmo-Skymed earth observation program to the French Ministry of Defense, Alcatel announced. The 32 million Euro ($38.3 million)...

International Datacasting Corp. announced yesterday at the SATELLITE 2006 Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C., that ProfLine B.V., their wholly owned subsidiary and base of operations in Europe, received a...

Globecomm Systems Inc., a global provider of end-to-end satellite-based communications solutions, announced the company’s fiscal 2006 second quarter increased 2.3 percent to a record $29.9 million, compared to $29.2 million...