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Kingdom Holding Selects Connexion by Boeing for In-flight Connectivity
Dubai, UAE-based Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) has selected Connexion by Boeing, a business unit of Boeing [NYSE: BA], as its provider of Internet connectivity and direct broadcast television (DBS) services...
Rockwell Collins To Supply Satellite TV System To Qatar Airways
Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell Collins [NYSE: ROC] has signed an agreement with Qatar Airways for installation of the Collins Tailwind 560 multi-region satellite TV system. The agreement covers the new...
Broadcom's Single-Chip Satellite Set-Top Box Product Selected by EchoStar
Broadcom [Nasdaq: BRCM], an Irvine, Calif.-based provider of silicon products for broadband communications, announced that EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] is using a combination of Broadcom chips in its new DISH...
Thermo Finalizes Agreement to Acquire Globalstar
Thermo Capital Partners has finalized its agreement to acquire satellite phone company Globalstar LP. As a result of the agreement, a new Globalstar company, controlled by Thermo, has been established,...
Tiscali Expands Satellite Broadband Services In Europe
Tiscali has expanded its interactive high-speed Internet service via satellite to Finland and Slovakia. With this extension, the Tiscali two-way satellite service is now available in 10 European countries. Using...
Call For Entries - Deadline Dec. 10
2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group SN’s PR & Marketing Awards are among the industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best satellite PR...
Film Distribution Offers Niche
One of the newest opportunities for entrepreneurial satellite companies is the distribution of feature films via satellite to movie theaters. Movie studios incur huge costs to deliver new releases to...
Gilat Commits To Unusual Merger
Israel-based satellite company Gilat Satellite Network [Nasdaq: GILTF] intends to pay roughly $5.8 million, or 60 cents a share, to buy the remaining shares it does not already own in...
GPS, Galileo Harmonization Talks Advance
Concerns that Europe’s proposed Galileo satellite navigation system might interfere with the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) appear to be easing. Talks between U.S. and European officials are leading to...