XM Satellite Nominated For Billboard Awards
XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] was included on the list of finalists in a number of categories in the first annual Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards. XM CEO Hugh Panero is in...
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Chinese Sat-TV Provider Readies For Second Stock Listing
According to company officials, the Hunan Satellite Television in China may list a part of its operation on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, although they did not provide any potential...
Satellite Deal Of The Day
Peribit Networks and iDirect Technologies entered into a joint technology and marketing partnership. The companies will combine Peribit’s SR-15 Sequence Reducer product with iDirect’s iNFINITI series hub and remote satellite...
At Press Time: EchoStar Misses Subscriber Estimate
An important avenue of new subscriber sales for EchoStar Communications [DISH] did not quite meet Wall Street expectations Friday. The satellite television service’s partnership with telecommunications services provider SBC Communications...
C-Com Taps Partners For Profit
Ottawa, Canada-based C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. [CMI] found in its eighth year of operation that deploying an innovative and cost-effective technology in the slowly growing satellite broadband market niche ultimately...
XM Takes $650 Million Swing
Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] joined the big leagues of sports-programming rights holders last week when it agreed to spend $650 million to air all the Major League Baseball...
Andrew Sharpens Focus With New Product Group
Orland Park, Ill.-based Andrew Corporation [ANDW], a communications systems equipment supplier, earlier this month created a product group focused exclusively on satellites and formed a second group that combines antennas...
Spotlight: Loral Skynet Pursues Telecommuters
Telecommuters have a new way to connect to the office through a partnership between Bedminster, N.J.-based Loral Skynet’s SkyReach Service and Remote Work Central, a provider of telecommuting and teleworking...
Coalition Urges SHVIA Re-Authorization
A diverse group of organizations that all benefit from the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act (SHVIA) jointly signed a letter urging all 100 U.S. senators to pass a House- approved...
Is Ka-Band Finally Coming to America? By Eileen McGowan
Ka-band has finally arrived. The progress has been aided with the Anik F2 deployed and ready to provide Ka-band service for Telesat Canada and WildBlue along with the successful launch...