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Panamsat announced July 25 it signed an extension to provide satellite delivery of HDNet programming networks to U.S. cable and direct broadcast satellite providers. The multi-transponder agreement now runs through...

Arianespace set Aug. 11 as the new launch date for Shin Satellite Plc‘s IPStar satellite, Arianespace announced July 25. The satellite originally has been scheduled to launch July 8 and...

Globecomm Systems Inc. will provide teleport services for Internet and Voice over Internet protocol traffic for the Afghanistan Ministry of Communications, Globecomm announced July 22. Under the one-year contract, Globecomm...

U.K.-based set-top box manufacturer Pace Micro Technology signed a deal with DirecTV to supply next generation set-top boxes in 2006, strengthening Pace’s position in the U.S. set-top box market. DirecTV...

Spacenet Inc. signed a supplier agreement with Servicio Satelital S.A., a satellite service provider in Argentina, which enables Spacenet to extend its global broadband service offering to Argentina. Financial terms...

Spot Image and Imageone announced July 22 the signing of a commercial partnership agreement, under which Imageone gains exclusive rights to distribute Formosat-2 data to the Japanese market. The agreement...

SAT Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Inc., said it recently delivered its SAT-DSA digital spectrum analyzer to Arrowhead Global Solutions Inc. Arrowhead will use the spectrum analyzer to...

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced July 22 it is postponing the launch of the Advanced Land Observation Satellite (ALOS), which had been scheduled for later this summer, due to...

SES Astra awarded the manufacturing contract for the Astra 1M television broadcasting satellite to EADS Astrium, SES Astra announced July 21. EADS Astrium will supply the payload and the platform,...

Panamsat said July 19 it signed an agreement with Alcatel for the acquisition of the Europe*Star-1 satellite and two orbital slots, giving Panamsat a stronger presence in the European and...