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ND Satcom said Oct. 12 that Al Jazeera awarded several joint contracts to ND Satcom and Salam Media Cast to provide uplink and downlink equipment for the development of a...

Aeroastro Inc. received of a contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate to continue development work of a new miniature star tracker, the company announced. The...

iDirect Technologies announced Oct. 12 it was ranked the fastest growing technology company in Virginia by Deloitte & Touche LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. The Fast...

Eutelsat Communications announced Oct. 11 it would offer up to 77.9 million shares in an initial public offering on the Euronext Paris exchange. The offering represents about 38.8 percent of...

Boeing announced Oct. 10 the on-orbit delivery of the Spaceway F1 satellite to DirecTV Inc. The satellite will enable DirecTV to broadcast local high-definition television (HDTV) channels into several of...

Echostar Communications Corp. and its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service unveiled a new line of portable media players Oct. 11. Dubbed Pocketdish, the media players allow users to download...

Globecomm Systems Inc. has teamed with Samacom, a provider of satellite communication services in the Middle East, to launch a new Middle East service operation, Globecomm announced Oct. 11. The...

Dubai-based Space Imaging Middle East (SIME) was awarded a contract to deliver a full-country map of Lebanon using the Ikonos imagery satellite, the company announced. The satellite images were collected...

Sky Television New Zealand secured the broadcast rights to the All Blacks’ (Rugby Union) Grand Slam tour of Britain and Ireland. The direct-to-home satellite television service provider, which has about...

Vision Works Media Group Inc. and wholly owned subsidiary New Screen Television Inc. announced Oct. 10 the companies have begun negotiations for national and international distribution of their New Screen...