NDS Appoints New CFO
NDS, a leading supplier of Conditional Access (CA) and interactive TV solutions to satellite pay-TV operators around the world, named Alexander Gersh its new CFO. Gersh replaces Rick Medlock, who...
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BellSouth Plans To Start Bundling Video Service In South Carolina
Charlestown, S.C.-based BellSouth [BLS], which recently added DirecTV service to create an enhanced offering of bundled services, announced today its customers in that Designated Market Area (DMA) now will be...
Satellite Deal Of The Day
Stratos Global Corp. inked a three-year contract worth about $9 million to install and support a StratosITek VSAT broadband data and voice communications system for approximately 60 GlobalSantaFe Corp. offshore...
Quarterly Financials
German satellite pay-TV operator Premiere announced a positive set of third-quarter results, underlining the operator’s strengthening position in the German pay-TV market. The operator saw total revenues for the nine...
DirecTV Inks $3.5 Billion 'NFL Sunday Ticket' Extension Deal
El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV Inc. reached a five-year, $3.5 billion agreement with the National Football League to extend and expand the company’s exclusive rights to carry “NFL Sunday Ticket.” Under...
Lockheed Delivers Parts Of EHF Military Sat
Lockheed Martin [LMT] delivered on schedule the flight structure and key payload support equipment to Northrop Grumman for assembly of the first space vehicle in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency...
Hellas Sat Takes Control of Satellite
Hellas Sat now has assumed full control of the Hellas-Sat 2 satellite. In an announcement today, SES Astra‘s Techcom Unit handed over control of the Hellas-Sat 2 satellite to the...
XM Plans College Basketball Programming
Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio, the largest U.S. satellite TV services provider with more than 2.5 million subscribers, will launch its college basketball programming starting Nov. 15. XM, the official...
Satellite Deals Of The Day
GlobeCast boosted its global distribution network by announcing three channels have joined the network. The deals are with Racing UK, The Wrestling Channel and Discovery Networks Europe. New horse-racing channel...
Quarterly Financials
EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] reported $1.86 billion in revenues and $102 million in net income for the third quarter of 2004, compared with $1.45 billion in revenues and $35 million...