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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...

Digital+, the Spanish direct-to-home (DTH) platform reported one of its strongest quarters in recent years, adding nearly 76,000 subscribers in the second quarter 2005. The DTH provider reported 1.8 million...

Globecomm Systems Inc. said July 25 it executed an international distributor agreement that will enable Globecomm to continue working with Scientific-Atlanta Inc. to bring new technology to video, data and...

XM Satellite Radio said July 25 that Harley Davidson‘s 2006 FLHTCUSE Screamin’ Eagle Ultra Classic Electra will be the first motorcycle equipped with an XM receiver as a standard feature....

Echostar Communications Corp. announced July 25 two additions to the international programming lineup of its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service: a French music video channel and a Punjab-language Indian...

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) said it is providing the initial study for an information solution to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for use on NASA‘s 2009 Mars Science...

Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR) signed a deal to market its satellite radio service and hardware through London Drug stores, CSR announced July 28. CSR, which will use XM Satellite Radio...

EDO Corp. received a contract to build the microwave receiver subsystem for NASA‘s Global Precipitation Measurement satellite system, EDO announced July 27. Under the $15.6 million contract from satellite prime...

The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) established a new office to coordinate the integration of imagery collected by commercial and classified imagery satellites, NGA announced July 28. The Joint Operations...

Space Imaging received a $5.9 million Clearview mid-year supplemental satellite imagery capacity contract from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This contract enables NGA to acquire additional commercial imagery from...