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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...

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...

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...

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...

The Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built GPS IIR-13 satellite finally was launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Nov. 6. The satellite joins the 29 other GPS satellites...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is scheduled to launch its Swift observation spacecraft aboard a Boeing [BA] Delta II rocket Nov. 17 at 12:09 p.m. EST. The launch...

Satellite Today has learned that India is expected to strike a deal with and invest in the European Union‘s Galileo satellite navigation project, but no amount of that investment has...

Humax, a key consumer-electronics manufacturer, is launching a new range of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Integrated Digital Televisions (IDTVs) in the U.K. The LB26-T will be the first of the...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] said its U.S. subsidiary, Spacenet Inc., has added commercial-grade, hybrid VSAT/DSL services to its Connexstar family of broadband connectivity solutions. Spacenet’s expansion of its Connexstar...

Cincinnati Bell and DirecTV [DTV] formed a strategic marketing alliance that will enable Cincinnati Bell to offer its residential customers DirecTV service along with its other telecom offerings. Cincinnati Bell...