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Intelsat Commences Exchange Offer

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...

XTAR Selects Arianespace to Launch Satellite

XTAR, a Washington, D.C.-based joint venture of Loral Space & Communications [OTCBB: LRLSQ] and Spain’s Hisdesat, has signed a launch agreement with Arianespace to launch its XTAR-EUR military satellite aboard...

Hong Kong-based Galaxy To Use Macrovision Technology

Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting, a Hong Kong-based satellite TV provider, has signed an agreement with Macrovision [Nasdaq: MVSN], a Santa Clara, Calif.-based digital rights company, for technology to protect Galaxy’s near-video-on-demand...

GlobeCast Carries TV Bulgaria In U.S.

GlobeCast, a Paris-based satellite service subsidiary of France Telecom [NYSE: FTE], announced that TV Bulgaria, the first Bulgarian television station in North America, is now available on the GlobeCast direct-to-home...

SkyBitz Expands Trucking Sales Team

SkyBitz, a Dulles, Va.-based satellite asset tracking and information management company, announced that it is expanding its sales team to target the trucking market. The five new members of the...

Call for Entries - Late Deadline Dec. 20

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group There’s still time to enter SN’s PR & Marketing Awards, which are among the industry’s most privileged...

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Intelsat Gets IPO Deadline Extension

Intelsat has received approval from the Federal Communications Commission to extend the date by which the company is required to complete an initial public equity offering from Dec. 31, 2003,...