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San Jose, Calif.-based Globalstar’s emergence from Chapter 11 protection last week offers new promise for the once debt-laden company to unlock the full value of its satellite- phone technology to...

NEW YORK–The top executives at Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] and Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] verbally sparred with each other last week about which company is pursuing the best...

By Paul Dykewicz, PBI Media LLC The inimitable Aretha Franklin used her booming and soulful voice to turn the song “Respect” into a huge hit. Respect is exactly what satellite...

Houston-based CapRock Communications and Carlsbad, Calif.-based ViaSat [VSAT] combined their respective marketplace and technical strengths to form a global VSAT (very small aperture terminal) alliance to serve the oil and...

By Maria Velez de Berliner It is useful to remember that Brazil was the country most responsible last year for the belief that Latin America was recovering economically. Cautious optimism...

BT Broadcast Services (BTBS) achieved a measure of success by meeting its financial targets for its fiscal year ended March 31, said its Managing Director Mark Smith. The company, however,...

OpenTV [OPTV] CEO James Ackerman believes News Corp’s [NWS] entrance into the United States could usher in a new era of interactive television. Ackerman told Satellite News, “I think DirecTV...

Week of April 9 – 15, 2004 Percentage Change   Symbol April 15 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.94 (1.0)...

SkyPort International officials said the company successfully conducted a product demonstration to the Harris County Department of Education Center for Safe and Secure Schools in Texas. The demo of a...

British Columbia based-MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [MDA] was awarded a contract for a RADARSAT-2 ground station for the Instituto Geografico de Venezuela Simon Bolivar (IGVSB). The ground station will provide...