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According to the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC), a U.S. bankruptcy judge approved its final settlement of legal disputes brought by Pegasus Satellite Television against the group. NRTC added that...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted PanAmSat Corp. conditional authority to operate the C-band communications payload and the Ku-band telemetry, tracking and command stations aboard its PAS-9 satellite from the...

Satellite Today learned that the U.S. Air Force awarded a $54 million launch contract to The Boeing Co. [BA] that calls for the use of four Delta II rockets to...

Bethesda, Md.-based Iridium Satellite LLC, a global, mobile satellite communications service provider, is in the process of developing a next-generation handset that could offer improved service. Iridium, currently averaging subscriber...

CenturyTel Inc. [CTL] and EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] inked a strategic partnership that will allow CenturyTel to bundle its services with EchoStar’s Dish Network direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service in...

Digital video systems provider SeaChange International racked up record revenues in the second quarter. Revenues for the period ending July 31 reached $43 million, a 18- percent increase compared with...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said in an Aug. 24 order that it has granted a petition filed by Star One S.A. to add the Star One C1 satellite to...

The Canadian government has petitioned the FCC for frequency coordination for four Canadian earth stations operating in the 3700 MHz-4200 MHz and the 5925 MHz-6425 MHz bands. A FCC spokesman...

Denver-based Space Imaging sold more than $1.6 million worth of satellite imagery to the Alaska Department of Veterans and Military Affairs to support a new aviation- safety project in the...

Daniel Tam was named CFO at Kirkland, Wash.-based Kistler Aerospace today, reporting directly to CEO Randy Brinkley. His addition to the company’s management team will help to advance the company’s...