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Kazakhstan and Russia have agreed to develop a new civil satellite launching system using the Mig-31 fighter and the Ishim missile as the platform from which to launch payloads up […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Harris Corp. used the final day of the National Association of Broadcasters annual trade show yesterday to announce that TV Azteca S.A. de C.V. signed a purchase agreement with Harris’ […]

ND Satcom formally introduced its true Automatic Pointing System software at the National Association of Broadcasters‘ annual conference, which wrapped up yesterday in Las Vegas. The new software allows an […]

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 […]

Xinhuanet reported April 21 that The China Satellite Communications Corp. (Chinasat) signed a 100 million euros ($130.7 million) contract with Alcatel Space for a communications and live radio and TV […]

Com Dev International Ltd. said it received orders for the supply of the company’s core Switch, ancillaries and multiplexer products for communications satellites being built by Space Systems/Loral. The products […]

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, said yesterday that more than 90 European and international scientists met in Locarno, Switzerland earlier this month to contribute ideas […]

Globalstar LLC said it filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission for authority to operate a gateway in Sebring, FL. The gateway, expected to open later this summer, will […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. reported revenues of $167.1 million for the first quarter of 2005, up 10 percent from the $151.4 million in revenues for the first quarter of 2004. Revenue […]

Viasat, the Nordic direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service operator, is closing in on 700,000 digital DTH subscribers in the Nordic and Baltic region. The majority of these are in the […]

ViaSat Inc. said it was selected by Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (KSAT) of Tromso, Norway, to provide a 7.3-meter X-band receive and S-band telemetry, tracking and command antenna system for […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. said Gregory Jones joined the company, assuming the newly created position of vice president of corporate strategy and business development. In this role, Jones is responsible for […]

Sirius Satellite Radio signed an exclusive four-year agreement with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. under which Sirius will launch a Martha Steward-branded channel named Martha Stewart Living Radio. The channel […]

EMS Technologies Inc. said it signed an agreement with Globecomm Systems Inc., under which Globecomm will resell EMS’s DVB-RCS hubs and terminals worldwide. Additionally, Globecomm will offer managed network services […]

Kazakhstan and Russia have agreed to develop a new civil satellite launching system using the Mig-31 fighter and the Ishim missile as the platform from which to launch payloads up […]

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 […]

WorldSpace Inc., a satellite radio provider that serves subscribers in Asia, Western Europe, Africa and the Middle East, filed a Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the […]

SES Astra hooked up a deal with German company T-Systems to help broadcasters with their coverage of the World Cup, soccer’s premier international tournament, which Germany is hosting in 2006. […]

DirecTV Inc. said it filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas against 12 individuals, including at least 10 former DirecTV customer service agents, […]

Comtech Communications Corp. said its Comtech EF Data Corp. and Comtech Vipersat Networks Inc. subsidiaries received two contracts for the deployment of satellite communications technologies to the Asia Pacific region. […]

Spacenet Inc. said it was selected by Sybra Inc. to provide a Connexstar broadband satellite network to the 237 Arby’s restaurants Sybra operates nationwide. The VSAT network will support retail […]

Boeing said it recently delivered 16 airborne satellite communications systems to the U.S. Air Force that will be used to enhance aircrew’s real-time situation awareness in the cockpit. The Air […]

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 […]

Australian DTH operator, Foxtel has teamed up with OpenTV to attack the interactive advertising market in Australia. Foxtel is launching an end-to-end two-way interactive advertising (i-Ad) solution based on OpenTV […]

SES Americom said its occasional use satellite services will be used to deliver network and affiliate television coverage of the forthcoming Space Shuttle launch later this spring. It is the […]