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The success of XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] and Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] in the United States shows the potential for this sector in Europe, despite the bankruptcy filing...

CHICAGO–Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service providers are looking to add sports programming to their lineups in an effort to entice subscribers away from cable TV. Both Hughes Electronics’ [NYSE: GMH]...

CHICAGO–Bundled product offerings that feature video, broadband, data and new interactive services will help cable TV operators gain a significant competitive advantage over the satellite TV industry, cable industry leaders...

By Roger Rusch Early this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the use by mobile satellite service (MSS) operators of terrestrial repeaters, known as ancillary terrestrial components (ATC). The...

Subscriber feedback has spurred Canadian satellite TV services provider Bell ExpressVu to carry U.S.-based Catholic channel ETWN, said Tom Wenzel, EWTN’s director of marketing. Viewers of cable and satellite systems...

By Jimmy Schaeffler DirecTV and EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] have enjoyed rising stock prices, despite intense competition from cable TV. Just prior to last week’s National Cable & Telecommunications Association...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] launched two spacecraft June 10 within hours of each other from different vantage points on the globe. In an early morning launch (6:56 a.m. PDT) from the...

Denver-based Space Imaging has won a contract from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) to evaluate a new technology enabling the search of large satellite imagery databases for specific...

The High Court in Hong Kong ruled June 11 found five defendants guilty of importing and trading in unauthorized satellite TV signal decoding equipment. In the ruling, a judge granted...

Paris-based Alcatel Space has signed a 148 million euro ($173 million) contract with KT Corp. [NYSE: KTC] and the Korean Agency for Defense Development to build Koreasat 5 – a...