Sirius Bets Its Future On Shock Jock
The $100-million-a-year salary money-losing Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] has agreed to pay FM radio shock jock Howard Stern when he hits the satellite radio airwaves Jan. 1, 2006, is a...
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Wegener Expands Beyond Traditional Satellite Sector
Wegener, a Duluth, Ga.-based manufacturer of products that enable advertising insertions for broadcasters and corporations, is branching out beyond its traditional focus on the satellite industry by broadening its scope...
Product Update: EMS Technologies Taps Tracking Niche
Ottawa-based EMS Technologies [ELMG] is looking to drive its sales through the introduction of a new satellite-based truck-tracking product at the 2004 American Trucking Association’s Management Conference and Exhibition in...
NASA: Workers Caused NOAA N-Prime Accident
In a scathing report dated Sept. 13 but only made public last week, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) N-Prime Mishap...
FCC Bureau Chief Confirms DTV Conversion Pressure
With such issues as the analog-to-digital TV transition at the forefront, it is a busy time for the Federal Communica-tions Commission (FCC). The challenge to get the United States digitally...
Two-Dish Solution Stirs Controversy
One of the most controversial issues involved in the current Congressional effort to re-authorize the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act (SHVIA) that expires at year-end is whether satellite-TV provider EchoStar...
Managing Satellite Services For Profit
The satellite communications industry has entered a period of transition. A few private equity firms now control several large satellite operators. Previously, telecommunications companies or the original owners that had...
Loral Skynet Teams With Micron De Colombia To Offer Broadband
Loral Skynet President Patrick Brant is moving quickly to implement his plan to transform the Bedminster, N.J.-based satellite operator into a provider of connectivity through the use of hybrid services...
NGA Anoints Orbimage As Remote-Sensing Survivor
The satellite industry may never have had such a quick turnaround story as what has transpired at Dulles, Va.-based Orbimage during the past six months. The company emerged from Chapter...
Galileo Gets Thumbs Up On Operational Phase
Satellite Today has learned that the European Commission approved moving the Galileo satellite navigation system into the deployment-and-operational phase. According to a report, the EC settled on a variety of...