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Hispamar, a new Brazilian telecom subsidiary of Spain’s Hispasat, plans to spend $350 million to launch the Amazonas communications satellite in June 2004. The satellite control center and main office...

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH], an Englewood, Colo.-based satellite TV provider, has named C. Michael Schroeder to its board of directors. With the appointment of Schroeder, the board now has eight...

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...

Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications’ [Nasdaq: DISH] third quarter subscriber numbers fell short of consensus Wall Street estimates, leaving many analysts uncertain about its future growth. EchoStar had 285,000 net new...

Intelsat is moving swiftly to complete its purchase of the North American satellite assets of Loral Space and Communications [OTCBB: LRLSQ] and its management is looking ahead to an opportunity...

The management of spectrum, both international and domestic, was the hot topic at the Federal Communications Commission’s monthly meeting held last week. Ed Thomas, chief engineer at the FCC’s Office...

Vienna, Va.-based Tachyon, a provider of broadband satellite services for large enterprises and government agencies, is offering high-speed Internet access to U.S. soldiers in Iraq. Tachyon’s transportable broadband satellite units...

Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] surprised the multichannel world last week by breaking a pattern of growth leadership and reporting several financial and subscriber metrics that uncharacteristically fell below...

BT Broadcast Services (BTBS) expects to grow its overall revenues between 2 percent and 3 percent this year compared to 2002. The operator, a provider of terrestrial and satellite-based multimedia...

The French satellite pay operator TPS believes an aggressive pricing policy will be one of the keys to its success going forward. It is particularly targeting consumers who may not...