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Satellite News has learned that China plans to launch a television broadcasting satellite in the first half of 2006. According to reports, the satellite will provide broadcasting services to that...

Rainbow Media Enterprises, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp. [CVC], said its year-old Voom satellite service will nearly double its capacity March 2005, and it will increase its current offering...

While this is not about the future launch of a space-based asset, Satellite News has been keeping a close eye on the developments of what are being called “stratellites,” because...

Satellite Today has learned that satellite operator Yahsat is undergoing preparations to begin operations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Specific plans, including what types of services Yahsat will offer,...

In what has been described as quick action by Congress, the House and Senate passed omnibus appropriations legislation that included the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004...

New Skies Satellites is launching a new service aimed at aiding Broadband Maritime, a telecom service provider that offers broadband communication services for ships in the Pacific and Atlantic. The...

Satellite Today has learned that Rainbow DBS, the satellite television unit of Cablevision Systems Corp. [CVC], will spend $740 million to purchase five satellites from Lockheed Martin [LMT]. The satellites...

With Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system partially funded by the private sector, questions linger as to what applications will help the consortium that wins the contract to get a return...

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] today said it has crossed the 800,000-subscriber threshold and remains on track to reach the one million-subscriber mark by the end of the year. The company’s...

Neo-Sky is set to launch a new satellite broadband service in Spain. The broadband operator, which provides services in the Iberdrola region of Spain, reached an agreement with SES Astra...