SES Astra announced July 11 that the BBC leased a transponder aboard the Astra 2A satellite, located at 28.2 degrees East. SES Astra said the BBC would use the additional...
Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (Satmex) late last week filed a motion in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to dismiss an involuntary Chapter 11...
Canada.com reported July 8 that General Motors and Toyota would offer satellite radio receivers as an option on automobiles sold in Canada. Neither automobile manufacturer named specific models that will...
The Indian Space Research Organization said it, along with the Indian government and other parties, is looking into setting up an earth station in India to receive data from U.S....
The Tata/Star joint venture revealed the brand name for its new direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service in India. The service will be branded under the name T-Sky. The joint venture...
DirecTV announced July 7 it added three channels – De Pelicula, Telehit and Ritmoson Latino – to its basic package in Puerto Rico at no additional charge to new and...
TDS Telecommunications Corp., which offers telecom and broadband services to rural and suburban communities across the United States, and Echostar Communications Corp. announced July 7 that TDS will offer Echostar’s...
Com Dev International Ltd. said MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) awarded it a Cdn. $12 million ($9.84 million) to provide information delivery subsystems for the Cassiope multi-purpose information delivery...
EADS Defense and Communications Systems signed a 19.3 million euro ($23 million) deal to provide the turnkey provision of a complete environmental and natural resources monitoring system to the Vietnamese...
Arianespace announced July 6 that workers discovered an anomaly with the ground equipment used to prepare the Ariane 5 launcher, resulting in an additional delay of the launch of Shin...