ST Passes 100 Million Mark
STMicroelectronics [STM], a supplier of set-top box and MPEG decoder chips, recently shipped its 100 millionth MPEG-2 device to set-top box manufacturers, company officials said. ST’s chips are used in...
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KVH To Introduce Satellite TV in Cars
KVH Industries [KVHI] will unveil its TracVision A5 in-motion satellite TV antenna at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The 4-1/2 inch high TracVision in-motion satellite TV system...
MVS Sells 1,000 Inmarsat Terminals
The MVS Group, a distribution partner for Inmarsat’s high-speed satellite-based Regional BGAN service, has sold 1,000 terminals for the service and expects Regional BGAN to triple its own commercial sales...
Pegasus' Temporary Stock Symbol
Pegasus Communications Corp. said that as a result of its previously announced one-for-10 reverse stock split, its Class A common stock has been trading on Nasdaq on a post- split...
Canadian Satellite TV Gains Slow
Cable TV providers are gaining market share in the Canadian digital television market at the expense of satellite TV services, a new study has found. Canadian satellite TV providers have...
Globecomm Gets $5.3M In Contracts
Hauppauge, N.Y.-based Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM], a provider of satellite communications services, won two satellite equipment infrastructure pacts valued at $5.3 million. The first contract, obtained from an unidentified customer...
ITU, Inmarsat To Provide Rural Service
The International Telecommunication Union is partnering with London-based Inmarsat to promote rural telecommunication and support emergency communications in developing countries. Inmarsat will make a 105,000 euro ($109,500) contribution toward the...
Orbital Recovery Hires Ikin
Orbital Recovery Corp. has appointed Kirby Ikin as its senior vice president for risk management. Ikin has extensive experience in the space insurance and risk management sectors, which he will...
Titan II Launches from Vandenberg
The U.S. Air Force successfully launched a Titan II booster from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:19 a.m. Jan. 6. The joint government and industry project, dubbed “Coriolis,”...
The Satellite News Financial Ticker
Week of January 6 – 10, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Jan. 9 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.67 (6.7) (12.1)...