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It has been a good year so far for New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK]. It increased its revenues slightly in the first quarter to $52 million, compared to $51.8 million...

Inforetech Wireless Technology [OTCBB: WYRE], a Vancouver, British Columbia-based supplier of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology for the golf industry, has concluded a five-year distribution agreement with Asian GPS Golf...

The Rosetta comet exploration spacecraft, the launch of which was delayed due to problems with the Ariane 5 rocket, will now be sent to rendezvous with Comet Churyumov- Gerasimenko instead...

GlobeCast, a satellite transmission unit of France Telecom [NYSE: FTE], has signed a long-term agreement with Abu Dhabi TV – the satellite channel of Emirates Media – to provide satellite...

By Jimmy Schaeffler There’s another battle brewing in the seven-year-old U.S. satellite TV war between Direct TV and EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH]. That battle is the threatened U.S. invasion by...

The Spanish pay-TV merger between rival satellite platforms Via Digital and Canal Satelite Digital (CSD) is expected to finally be completed this month. Via Digital will be integrated into Sogecable...

Tiscali’s [Nuovo Mercato: TIS] and Eutelsat’s partnership to provide one-way broadband services across Europe is likely to extend into the areas of content related services in the future. The deal...

Pace Micro Technology [London: PIC: L] has signed a trio of deals with satellite pay-TV operators that could signal a reversal of fortunes for the UK set-top box (STB) manufacturer....

Galileo will be a complementary global satellite navigation system, rather than a competitor to the American Global Positioning System (GPS) system, said Antonio Rodota, the director general of the European...

Envivio, a provider of MPEG-4 broadcast and streaming solutions, has launched 4Forum, a turnkey system for broadcasting, managing, distributing, and playing MPEG-4 multimedia presentations over enterprise networks. The system works...