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India’s Union Cabinet approved funding for the development and launch of the GSAT-6/Insat-4E satellite, the government announced Dec. 1. The spacecraft, which will be built by the Indian Space Research...

Vision Technologies Electronics Inc. (VTEE), completed its acquisition of iDirect Technologies Dec. 1, iDirect announced. VTEE, a subsidiary of Vision Technologies Systems Inc., paid $165 million in cash for iDirect....

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) received a patent from European Patent Office for ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) technology that will be used in the formation of a hybrid satellite/wireless communications network,...

DirecTV announced that its latest digital video recorder, DirecTV Plus, is available at retail locations nationwide. The recorder can store up to 100 hours of DirecTV programming, as well as...

Protostar, which plans to provide direct-to-home satellite television services on a wholesale basis to the Asia-Pacific region, announced Dec. 1 that Steven Dorfman joined the company’s board of directors. Dorfman...

SDN Global earlier this week announced the hiring of Joseph Loftis as the company’s director of operations. Loftis will oversee the daily operations of the SDN Global network, including all...

From increased financing to providing connectivity when other technologies failed, the satellite industry achieved a great deal in 2005. It has indeed turned the corner and all indicators point to...

By Gerry Oberst Europe seeks to decrease barriers to the use of satellite networks. Pending before the Electronic Communications Committee of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT)...

By Peter J. Brown Spreading the news that the Church of Sweden has inked a deal with Satlynx SA to equip all of its 3,500 churches throughout Sweden with satellite...

By Peter J. Brown In a world where iPods and Slingboxes are part of a new generation of consumer products, satellite TV and satellite radio service providers continue to deliver...