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Loral Space and Communications [NYSE: LOR] agreed last week to sell arguably its most precious assets and to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy-court protection for the chance of emerging from the...

Intelsat Ltd., of Hamilton, Bermuda, is addressing one of its most glaring weaknesses by signing a definitive asset purchase agreement to acquire six Loral Skynet satellites and orbital slots over...

Major League Baseball fans in more than 200 countries worldwide watched last week’s All-Star Game with an assist that came from a distance much further away than the nose-bleed seats...

By Sean Badding The digital satellite radio industry’s run to its one-millionth subscriber is approaching fast. The Carmel Group predicts this first major milestone will be broken during August-September 2003....

PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] President and CEO Joseph Wright said that technical problems aboard two of the company’s Boeing 601 model satellites now in orbit will not disrupt services to customers...

Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] and its satellite TV subsidiary, DirecTV, last week bucked the industry-downturn trend by revealing strong financial results for the second quarter ended June 30. Hughes reported...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Not content with its position in the New York cable TV market, Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC] plans to take on the two direct broadcast satellite (DBS)...

Week of July 11 – 17, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol July 17 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 3.25 (3.0) 55.5...

Andrew Corp. [Nasdaq: ANDW], an Orland Park, Ill.-based satellite and telecommunications equipment manufacturer, announced that Vice Chairman and CFO Charles R. Nicholas will succeed Floyd L. English as chairman of...

Stratos Global [TSX: SGB], a Bethesda, Md.-based satellite communications provider, recorded net earnings for the second quarter of $8.3 million, or 16 cents per share, an increase of $5.7 million...