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The latest part of Echostar Communications Corp.‘s new “Better TV for all” marketing campaign has the direct-to-home television service provider seeking a town to legally and permanently change its name...

The president of Pakistan has given preliminary approval to a program to develop the nation’s first imagery satellite, according to press reports. The Remote Sensing Satellite System (RSSS) would be...

The countdown for the launch of Japan’s Optical Inter-orbit Communication Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) and a piggyback spacecraft is underway for an Aug. 24 launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in...

BT Media And Broadcast said Aug. 22 it expanded its deal with Filipino broadcaster ABS-CBN to encompass the management of ABS-CBN’s entire European network, including service support, operations and satellite...

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) introduced its new MSAT-G2 mobile satellite radio Aug. 22. The MSAT-G2 supports continent-wide, satellite dispatch radio and circuit-switched voice communications. The unit includes full suite of...

New Zealand pay-TV service provider Sky TV posted total revenues of NZ $489.4 million ($341 million) for the year ended June 30 up from NZ $440.6 million ($306.7 million) in...

Beginning Aug. 23 and running through Sept. 29, Sirius Satellite Radio will turn its Channel 99 into an all Rolling Stones channel. The channel will broadcast music from the band’s...

Space Imaging announced Aug. 22 that Jim Youker has returned to the company as executive director of U.S. government and North American sales. Most recently, Youker, who has more than...

Shin Satellite CEO Dumrong Kasemset believes satellite broadband finally is poised to make a strong impact in Asia. Shin Satellite hopes to become a major player on the landscape with...

Orbimage Inc. created two new organizational entities to better align its businesses with customers in the domestic and international marketplace, the company announced. The International Strategic Business Unit will be...