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XM Satellite Radio announced Sept. 8 that it would broadcast the 20th Anniversary Farm Aid Concert live Sept. 18 from the Tweeter Center in Tinley Park, Ill. XM’s coverage of...

Sirius Satellite Radio announced Sept. 8 that it would launch several new channels Sept. 29, including new music formats, as well as talk and entertainment channels. The new channel lineup...

Telesat Canada‘s Anik F1R satellite was placed into orbit Sept. 9 by a Russian Proton Breeze M launch vehicle. The Proton lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 3:53 a.m....

The announced combination of Intelsat and Panamsat will create a large, financially stable Fixed Satellite Services provider with a combined fleet of 53 satellites but could be bad news for...

In a disaster on the magnitude like that of Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall Aug. 29 and damaged a significant portion of the Gulf Coast region of the United States,...

The inventory challenges faced by Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) and others underscored the importance of what MSV and other Mobile Satellite Services providers are doing to develop its next generation...

Before satellite technology was used to help disaster recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast Region of the United States, it came into play in helping China’s Shenyang Water Conservancy Bureau...

A roundup of what some of satellite companies are doing to help in the disaster recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Telenor Satellite Services Telenor Satellite Services and...

While set-top box manufacturers such as Pace Micro Technology, Thomson and Philips are looking to gain business by expanding into new areas such as Internet protocol TV (ITV), satellite will...

PARIS–Loral Space and Communications expects to emerge from bankruptcy Oct. 1, Bernard Schwartz, the company’s chairman and CEO, said Sept. 7. The last remaining hurdle for Loral is to file...