Correction
The story on EchoStar’s new Spanish-language programming in the Feb. 4 issue of SATELLITE TODAY misspelled the name of the country Colombia. We regret the error.
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Samsung Develops Satellite Chip for Mobile Phones
Samsung Electronics, a Seoul-based manufacturer of electronic products, has completed development of a satellite digital media-broadcasting (DMB) chip for mobile phones and automobiles. The satellite DMB chip is able to...
Gencom Partners with Helius In Australasian Market
New Zealand-based Gencom Technology has teamed up with Helius, a Lindon, Utah-based broadband IP over satellite provider, to provide satellite-based broadband to the Australasian market. The two companies will offer...
Merrimac Receives $1.1M GPS Order from Boeing
Merrimac Industries [AMEX: MRS], a West Caldwell, N.J.-based manufacturer of RF microwave components, has received a $1.1 million order from Boeing [NYSE: BA] to supply beamforming networks and RF microwave...
EchoStar Programming To Be Bundled With Sprint
Sprint [NYSE: FON] and EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] have signed a marketing and sales agreement to provide DISH Network satellite TV service to households served by Sprint’s local telephone division....
ESA To Select Earth Explorer Satellite Missions
This spring the European Space Agency will select finalists for the Earth Explorer satellite missions. Before decisions are taken, the ESA will hold an Earth Explorer User Consultation Meeting, which...
SS/L CEO Hopeful On Asian Prospects
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) President Patrick DeWitt believes there are a number of growth opportunities for the satellite manufacturer in Asia. He told SATELLITE TODAY: “We are very bullish on Asia...
EchoStar To Offer Spanish-Language Columbia TV Packages
Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] has announced that its DISH Network will offer Spanish-language TV Columbia programming packages beginning Feb. 11. TV Colombia is an alliance between RCN Television,...
Pegasus Offers $100M in Senior Notes
Pegasus Satellite Communications, a subsidiary of Bala Cynwyd, Pa.-based Pegasus Communications [Nasdaq: PGTV], intends to offer $100 million in aggregate principal amount of 11 1/4 percent senior notes due in...
Gilat To Provide Satellite Communications To Kenyan Postal Service
Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks’ [Nasdaq: GILTF] Spacenet subsidiary has received a contract to supply a satellite-based communications network to the Kenyan postal service, Posta Kenya. Financial terms were not disclosed....