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Satellite operators across Europe are gearing up for some key events in the second half of 2005. U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB is closing in on 8 million subscribers, Germany’s...

Asiasat sales and profits dropped in the first half of 2005, the company reported Aug. 24. Sales dropped 19 percent to HK $445 million ($57.2 million) during the first six...

Wildblue Communications Inc. said Aug. 23 David Leonard will take over as the company’s CEO effective Sept. 1. Co-founder and current CEO Tom Moore is stepping down because he has...

Sirius Satellite Radio unveiled its smallest ever plug-and-play unit on Aug. 25. The satellite radio provider also announced it would begin offering traffic information for major metropolitan areas in the...

Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR) has signed up more than 3,000 customers during pre-service registration efforts, the company announced Aug. 24. Street teams conducted the pre-registration during the Toronto Molson Indy...

XM Satellite Radio said Aug. 23 its satellite radio receivers will make their debut in Suzuki automobiles in a pair of 2006 models. The Grand Vitara and the XL-7 sport...

ISC Kosmotras launched Japan’s Optical Inter-orbit Communication Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) Aug. 24. The satellite, which will test inter-orbit communications between satellites, was placed into low earth orbit via a...

Radyne Corp. announced Aug. 24 the James Spilker had been elected to the company’s board of directors. Spilker’s addition expands Radyne’s board to six members. Spilker was the co-founder and...

Weida Communications Inc. said Aug. 24 it received three new contracts to provide satellite communications systems for electric power utilities in China. The deals are expected to bring the company...

iDirect Technologies said Aug. 23 it sold its 200th IP-based hub router solution to Telefonica CTC in Chile. Telefonica CTC will install the hub in Santiago, Chile, in order to...