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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...

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...

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, 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...