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The launch of DirecTV’s DirecTV 5 satellite failed to take place as scheduled on May 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It was scheduled to blast off on May...

In a development that further increases the already large number of free-to-air TV channels targeting German viewers, several new TV stations have launched or are about to launch in Europe’s...

Hughes Networks Systems (HNS) has launched its DirecWay two-way satellite broadband service in Europe. At the same time, HNS announced that the opening of its new European operations centre in...

Last week, PanAmSat signed a deal to lease one of its satellites to Middle Eastern satellite provider ArabSat. The PAS-5 satellite is a Boeing 601 HP model with 24 Ku-band...

Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 78.5 degreesE: Thaicom 2&3 D – It appears the Thailand’s Travel TV has left 3572 MHz horizontal, SR 6310, FEC 1/2 where it...

XM Satellite Radio increased its subscriber base in the first quarter of 2002 by 175 percent. It announced April 23 that it had added almost 50,000 new subscribers in the...

German commercial TV channel RTL II intends to launch a sister service in 2004 that shows Japanese cartoons 24 hours a day. According to RTL II’s managing director Josef Andorfer,...

by David Hartshorn There are a lot of resumés in the mail these days. They appear cheek-to-jowl in mail slots among press releases that are littered with euphemisms like “rationalizing...

by Gerry Oberst Earlier this year, the major satellite companies in Europe issued a position paper on regulatory issues facing the industry. This “satellite principles 2002” was an outgrowth of...

Or, Is That What That Dish-Shaped Thing Actually Does? By James Careless Admit it: most people can’t explain how a satellite earth station works in plain English, including many technicians...