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The bankruptcy of satellite industry stalwart Loral Space and Communications [OTCBB: LRLSQ] and the sale of its valuable North American satellite assets to rival Intelsat for $1.1 billion ranked as...

Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] is following the marketing game plan of DirecTV by signing a seven-year, $220 million contract with the National Football League for the rights to air...

The General Accounting Office issued a new report recommending that the Department of Defense (DoD) focus on developing and implementing a strategic approach to procuring commercial satellite bandwidth services. The...

Broadcasters seeking to show scenes of New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve will have free access to two satellite feeds on the 100th anniversary of the celebration. The...

By Sean Badding The 36th and last Western Cable Show, held Dec. 2-5 in Anaheim, Calif., included the usual general sessions featuring CEOs talking about competition in cable and telecommunications,...

Alcatel Space, the satellite manufacturing arm of Paris-based Alcatel [NYSE: ALA], outperformed its expectations in 2003. It has signed a number of key contracts with operators such as XM Satellite...

Week of Dec. 11 – 18, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Dec. 18 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.33 (12.1) 0.4...

Telesat has received Canadian government approval to design, build and launch a new direct broadcast satellite (DBS) spacecraft that will carry a range of advanced direct-to-home (DTH) services to consumers....

Israel-based Spacecom‘s Amos 2 satellite is scheduled for launch on Dec. 27 at 9:30 GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, onboard a Soyuz/Fregat rocket. Launch services are being provided jointly...

Intelsat began Thursday an offer to exchange its 5 1/4 percent senior notes due 2008 and its 6 1/2 percent senior notes due 2013 for an equal amount of newly...