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Telesat, an Ottawa, Canada-based satellite services subsidiary of BCE [NYSE: BCE], is expanding its operations in the United States, choosing metropolitan Detroit as its new U.S. hub. The company is...

By Jimmy Schaeffler Three developments in the U.S. satellite TV arena are especially worth highlighting this month. First, there was an impressive rollout by Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC] of its...

British satellite TV provider BSkyB is entering a critical few months for its Sky+ DVR (digital video recorder) offering. The News Corp [NYSE: NWS] subsidiary aims to triple the number...

Aramiska, the pan-European satellite broadband provider, aims to enter the Italian broadband market in the second half of next year. The operator currently provides satellite broadband services in the UK,...

By Roger Rusch For the past 20 years, TelAstra has maintained comprehensive records of satellite contracts, launches, and in-orbit experience. Each year, we update the records and examine the trends....

Week of Oct. 17 – 23, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Oct. 23 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.24 3.7 (4.7)...

GlobeCast, a Paris-based satellite service provider, has partnered with Fileas, a provider of telecommunications services via satellite, to provide a fourth satellite platform for Radio France Internationale (RFI), which will...

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB] has received a contract from T-Com, Deutsche Telekom‘s fixed-network division, for Global Positioning System (GPS) survey equipment and software. The equipment will be used to...

San Jose, Calif.-based Telcontar, a locations-based software service provider, and Walnut Creek, Calif.-based GlobeXplorer, an aerial and satellite data image provider, have signed an agreement for Telcontar to resell GlobeXplorer’s...

Norsat International [Toronto: NII], a Burnaby, British Columbia based-satellite equipment company, has received a contract to supply its Securelink satellite terminals to the University of California to deliver health care...