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Panamsat announced July 5 that Panglobal TV, a joint marketing alliance between Panamsat and Globecast Australia, signed a multi-year agreement with TV Oceania to bring Japan Broadcasting Corp.‘s NHK World...

The launch of Shin Satellite Pcl‘s IPStar satellite had been delayed three days to July 11, the company said in a filing with the Stock Exchange of Thailand. The satellite,...

Orbital Sciences Corp. named Ronald Kadish, the former director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, to the company’s board of directors, Orbital announced June 30. Kadish retired from the Air...

Alcatel and Finmeccanica completed the formation of a pair of new joint ventures: Alcatel Alenia Space and Telespazio Holding, the companies announced July 1. Alcatel Alenia Space (held 67 percent...

Viasat Broadcasting, a wholly owned subsidiary of Modern Times Group (MTG), signed content deals to boost its direct-to-home and Internet protocol television packages in the Nordic and Baltic regions. Viasat...

A team led by Northrop Grumman Corp. completed the delta preliminary design review on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program, Northrop Grumman announced June 29. The review...

XM Satellite Radio said July 1 it added more than 640,000 new net subscribers during the second quarter of 2005, bringing its total number of subscribers to more than 4.4...

Alcatel Space received a contract from Thailand’s Shin Satellite Inc. for the construction of the Thaicom 5 communications satellite, Alcatel announced June 30. Thaicom 5 will be based on Alcatel’s...

Echostar Communications Corp. announced July 4 that it added The Sporting News TV to the interactive programming lineup offered via its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service. The channel, available...

SES Astra announced July 4 it entered into an agreement with Netherlands-based regional broadcaster L1 to provide free-to-air broadcasts of L1 TV and L1 Radio via the Astra satellite at...