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El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV Group’s [DTV] decision last week to provide high-definition (HD) satellite TV services via its two Spaceway satellites and two other spacecraft it plans to launch by...

The DirecTV 10 and 11 satellites will be built by The Boeing Co. [BA] and launched in 2007. The two orbiters will be among the largest and most powerful Ka-...

Two industry leaders are counting down the days until one of them wins what is believed to be the biggest military pact available to satellite manufacturers for the next two...

By Paul Dykewicz For sports fans, satellite radio is an increasingly enticing low-cost alternative to the much higher priced satellite and cable TV services.For sports fans, satellite radio is an...

South Windsor, Conn.-based Pioneer Aerospace Corporation, the modest-sized company that provided the parachute and the corresponding pyrotechnic device intended to safely cushion the dissent of the costly Genesis scientific satellite,...

Building a successful business in the satellite broadband arena is no easy task. While it’s easy to talk about the size of markets not covered by DSL and cable, it’s...

Week of Sept. 3 – 9, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol Sept. 9 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.54 8.5 4.1...

Hands-on SES Americom President and CEO Dean Olmstead left the company this week, and a search is underway to find his replacement. His departure is not expected to curb the...

In the latest blurring of the lines between local terrestrial broadcast radio and subscription-based satellite radio, XM Satellite Radio today launched XM Emergency Alert on XM channel 247. The station...

Intelsat signed a three-year deal with Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP), that country’s state broadcaster, to provide end-to-end international distribution of RTP content to Europe, Africa and Latin America....