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Communications spending rebounded 3.3 percent to $608.7 billion in 2002, driven primarily by consumer spending on media such as cable & satellite television, filmed entertainment and video games, according to...

SkyStream Networks, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of video networking solutions to satellite operators and telecom providers, has secured additional private funding from strategic investors. Investors include Comcast Interactive Capital, AOL...

Miami-Dade (Fla.) Fire Rescue has selected Mobile Satellite Ventures’ (MSV) voice and radio-dispatch services as a component of its new command vehicle design. Operating on a push-to-talk principle, MSV’s two-way,...

Bell ExpressVu, the satellite TV unit of Canada’s BCE [NYSE: BCE], is expanding its efforts to combat television signal theft with a series of new initiatives to be launched this...

DirecTV, the satellite TV unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) dismissing their claims against each...

CSI Wireless [TSX: CSY], a Calgary, Canada-based designer and manufacturer of wireless and GPS products, has successfully closed an offering of 3,305,750 stock and warrant units. The units were issued...

Despite an industry-wide downturn, aeronautical satellite communication services are gaining momentum. Offering aeronautical services can be a “very sound business for service providers who own and operate a global network...

The regional Bell operating companies’ latest strategy for providing video service appears to be teaming with direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service providers. Both SBC [NYSE: SBC] and Qwest [NYSE: Q]...

By Raul R. Rodriguez & Philip A. Bonomo The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently completed the most sweeping reform of its space station licensing process in more than two decades....

By Christopher Baugh Satellite-based video distribution is, and perhaps always will be, paramount to satellite industry success. Video represents the vast majority of revenue for virtually every satellite operator worldwide....