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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) signed a contract with ICO Satellite Management LLC for the design and construction of a geostationary Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) satellite that, along with a terrestrial ancillary […]

The satellite system operated by SES Astra now serves more than 100 million homes, according to research SES Astra commissioned. This represents an increase of 8.3 million households since SES […]

Weida Communications Inc. a U.S.-managed company that provides data communications services via satellite to businesses and government agencies in China said it is cooperating with a Securities and Exchange Commission […]

Sea Launch LLC delivered DirecTV‘s Spaceway F1 satellite to orbit April 26, Sea Launch said. A Zenit-3SL delivered the satellite, the heaviest commercial satellite launched to date at 6,080 kg. […]

Com Dev International Ltd. said it received an order valued at $4.1 million to supply an unnamed customer with the company’s core switch, RF components and multiplexer products. Com Dev […]

XM Satellite Radio will launch a24-hour Spanish-language sports channel in partnership with Andres Cantor, the legendary soccer play-by-play announcer and chairman of Futbol de Primera, a syndicator of soccer programming […]

Hughes Network Systems introduced its DW7000 family of next generation broadband satellite routers. The family initially consists of two products: the DW7700 for high-end enterprise and government applications and the […]

Women In Aerospace (WIA) will host a keynote breakfast with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Michael Griffin May 3 at the Capitol Hill Club, located at 300 First […]

KVH Industries Inc. has doubled the data rates for the Tracphone F77 Inmarsat-compatible marine satellite communications system to 128 kbps, KVH officials said. F77 users that use KVH’s Velocity Acceleration […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) acquired the patent portfolio of Celsat Inc, which includes 13 granted and two pending patents that cover a hybrid terrestrial/satellite system concept. These patents will join […]

Tandberg Television will upgrade the MPEG-2 video delivery network in New Zealand for Sky Network Television Ltd. in a deal worth more than $4 million, Tandberg company executives said. Tandberg […]

WildBlue Communications Inc. will introduce its satellite Internet service in June, providing high-speed connections to homes and small businesses in the continental United States, the company said. Initially, the service […]

Modern Times Group (MTG) subsidiary Viasat Broadcasting is launching a new sports channel in Scandinavia. The channel, Viasat Sport 24, will be available to all Viasat direct- to-home (DTH) Gold […]

SkyTerra Communications Inc. completed the acquisition of a 50 percent interest in Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) from The DirecTV Group for $50 million in cash and 300,000 shares of […]

Sea Launch LLC was in final preparations at press time for the launch of DirecTV’s Spaceway-1 satellite. The 30-minute launch window at Sea Launch’s equatorial launch site opened at 3:31:30 […]

iDirect Technologies and Helius Inc. formed a strategic technology relationship to provide what was described as “an evolutionary platform for the distribution of data, rich media and business information.” The […]

NTV-Plus, a Russian satellite pay-TV operator, expects to play a key role in developing the digital television market in Russia. The operator has about 400,000 subscribers and is leading the […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures said it selected Evercore Partners to provide financial, fundraising and strategic advisory services to the company to ensure there is the financial and partner support necessary for […]

Arrowhead Global Solutions said that former SES Americom President and CEO Dean Olmstead will succeed Mary Ann Elliot as the company’s president. Elliot will continue on as Arrowhead chairman. “The […]

It has been a busy few days for U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB. Firstly, its managing director of Sky Networks, Dawn Airey gave a keynote speech at Reed Midem‘s MIPTV […]

Arrowhead Global Solutions said that former SES Americom President and CEO Dean Olmstead will succeed Mary Ann Elliot as the company’s president. Elliot will continue on as Arrowhead chairman. “The […]

LAS VEGAS–A quick tour of the exhibit halls at this year’s National Association of Broadcasters annual trade show held last week, revealed that high-definition TV (HDTV) and IPTV (television over […]

Russia is one of the largest potential markets for pay-TV worldwide. It has a population in excess of 140 million people and with still very low digital television penetration; the […]

For Southern California, which has been plagued in recently years with wildfires, earthquakes, flooding and other disasters, having a satellite-based emergency response system is crucial for keeping its emergency services […]

LAS VEGAS–With the company’s initial public offering (IPO) on the market for about a month and its quiet period officially over, Panamsat Corp. CEO Joseph Wright sat down with Satellite […]

With much of the talk on Panamsat‘s IPO last month focused on the dividends that were paid out from the proceeds and from a dividend declaration that took place only […]

The Associated Press reported April 22 said Westchester County, N.Y. County Executive Andrew Spano (D) urged judges impose the tracking via satellite of all sex offenders that are placed on […]

Telenor Satellite Services said it was selected as a premier service provider of Inmarsat‘s forthcoming Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) satellite broadband service. The service, which is expected to launch […]

KVH Industries Inc. said recreational vehicle manufacturer Fleetwood Enterprises selected it as its sole source for satellite TV systems for Fleetwood’s 2006 model year vehicles. “We chose KVH as the […]

Stratos Global Corp. said it signed an agreement with Hughes Network Systems to be the first distributor of the HNS 9201 broadband satellite IP modem and Wi-Fi access point for […]