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Orbimage Holdings Inc. agreed to acquire the assets of Space Imaging LLC, Orbimage announced Sept. 16. Dulles, Va.-based Orbimage, which operates the Orbview 3 high-resolution imagery satellite, will pay about...

Tom Betts, the COO of ITV‘s consumer division is confident that the company’s Freesat, a new free digital satellite service that will feature a number of BBC and ITV channels,...

Orbital Sciences Corp. announced Sept. 16 it received a contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide the space agency with Pegasus and Taurus launch services throughout...

Westar Satellite Services said it will complete its new “on-ramp” facility in New York next month. The site in lower Manhattan will enable rapid distribution of video, data and voice...

Quake Global Inc. introduced Sept. 16 it new Q1000 satellite modem, which the company said would work on any satellite system. Measuring just 2.5 inches square by 0.6 inches thick,...

Orbimage Holdings Inc. agreed to acquire the assets of Space Imaging LLC, Orbimage announced Sept. 16. Dulles, Va.-based Orbimage, which operates the Orbview-3 high-resolution imagery satellite, will pay about $58.5...

With a promise to boost Canadian content, Canadian Satellite Radio and Sirius Canada, the Canadian satellite partners of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio, respectively, had their licenses to...

The future for Internet protocol television (IPTV) services distributed by telecommunications service providers received a boost earlier this month when Gov. Rick Perry of Texas signed into law a bill...

With the uncertain nature of the Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) market, a concern operators in that segment will not have to worry about is a shortage of spectrum, according to...

Events such as Hurricane Katrina can reveal the strength of satellite communications and serve as a catalyst for the deployment of satellite networks by emergency management agencies. Those deployments also...