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EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] officials today said that the company would offer local channels to Dish Network direct-to-home satellite broadcasting service subscribers in the Joplin, Mo./Pittsburg, Kan., area. The channels...

EADS Astrium has announced it has delivered the Amazonas satellite to Baikonur, Kazakhstan, for launch at the end of July. The satellite will operate in geostationary orbit, at the 61...

DirecTV filed a notice Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles that it is withdrawing its false advertising claim against EchoStar Communications [DISH]. DirecTV filed a lawsuit earlier this...

Officials from Loral Space & Communications today said the Telstar 18 satellite, launched last night at 11:59 EDT from the Sea Launch LLC Odyssey Launch Platform, will be able to...

Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM] appointed Jack Shaw to the company’s board of directors. Shaw is a former president and CEO of Hughes Electronics Corp., and he still serves as a...

Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Norway’s Telenor, reached agreement with Inmarsat to become a BGAN (broadband global area network) Interconnect Partner. The BGAN system, scheduled for launch in 2005,...

Officials from Intelsat today said the company was chosen by Telespazio to provide oil-and-gas industry contractor Saipem with voice and data services to support its worldwide onshore and offshore construction,...

New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK] signed an agreement with Greek IP service provider and teleport operator Com-ToNet S.A. for a full transponder on the NSS-6 satellite. Com-ToNet, in collaboration with...

SES Astra entered into a binding agreement to acquire a 75.2-percent stake in Digital Playout Center (DPC) from German pay-TV operator Premiere for $50.12 million, subject to regulatory approval. DPC...

The politically weak satellite industry faces a delicate balancing act in responding effectively to spectrum reform recommendations released last Thursday by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information...