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Foxtel, the Australian pay-TV operator, announced some impressive new ratings figures that show the strong performance of subscription television. In the latest week ending Oct. 30, subscription television’s share of...

Iridium Satellite LLC said 2,500 aircraft have been fitted with Iridium satellite communications equipment, and the market is growing at a rate of more than 100 percent annually. “One of...

Satellite Today learned the Express AM-1 satellite, built by the Reshetnev scientific research association, was successfully launched aboard a Proton-K launch vehicle from the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:11...

The U.S. Air Force just deployed technology designed to jam satellite transmissions from enemy satellites. According to reports, the ground-based technology can knock out transmissions using electromagnetic radio frequency energy...

Conax, a leading European-based Conditional Access (CA) supplier, announced two key appointments and it hopes to drive more revenues out of the Asia Pacific market. It has created a new...

BT Broadcast Services, the Americas, the media and satellite solutions arm of BT, said that Entravision Communications Corp.-owned WVEN-TV purchased a BT Satnet unit. Satnet is BT’s fully automated satellite...

The Netherlands-based New Skies Satellites NV [NSK], a global satellite operator, will be sold to affiliates of The Blackstone Group, a private investment firm, after receiving approval from the U.S....

Troy, Mich.-based Delphi Corp. [DPH] is a prime example of how satellite-industry opportunities are growth engines for automotive-technology companies. Delphi has ridden the surging subscriber gains of XM Satellite Radio...

The revenues and expenses at Intelsat Ltd., headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda, rose during its third quarter ended Sept. 30, while the global satellite operator simultaneously attempted to cut jobs in...

Longmont, Colo.-based Digital-Globe is teaming with the Upper Midwest Aerosopace Consortium (UMAC) at the University of North Dakota to explore using high-resolution QuickBird satellite images to research the impact of...