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by Gerry Oberst In 1976, a group of equatorial countries met in Bogota, Colombia, to issue a declaration claiming sovereignty over the geostationary orbit above their national territories. Although the...

Theresa Foley As satellite companies change hands, how does an investor know how much one is worth? Long-established Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) companies like Panamsat and SES are assigned the...

When it comes to space business, there’s more to Canada than meets the eye. Much more. The numbers tell the tale. In 1999–the latest year for which the Canadian Space...

Nick Mitsis In the early ’90s, digital video compression empowered the global broadcast market with the capability of taking content to a new level. At the forefront of this revolution...

Arianespace is getting set to launch the Astra 3A satellite on March 28. While hoping for another successful launch, the recent reliability problems and delays in terms of the delivery...

MTV has taken a huge step forward with its broadband strategy by announcing that the MTV Live channel, its 24-hour service made for broadband technology, is getting set for launch...

WorldSpace has announced that Andy Raswork is to become its new COO. He will report directly to WorldSpace CEO Noah Samara. Prior to joining WorldSpace, Raswork was president and CEO...

Sports TV channel Galaxie Sport has been granted a satellite licence to operate in the Czech Republic. The channel should launch in May and is already in talks with cable...

Andrew Corp., of Orland Park, Ill., has received Europe*Star approval for the Ku-band versions of its various earth station antennas. These Ku-band antennas are suitable for use in multinational private...

Sogecable CFO Fernando Martinez believes that probability of consolidation in the Spanish pay-TV market in the near term is “very high.” He told Interspace: “It is very high because all...