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EchoStar Communications Corp. announced a special offer to New York Mets fans in the New York tri-state area and parts of Pennsylvania who otherwise are not able to watch the […]

U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB announced a number of deals with suppliers as it gets set to launch HDTV (High Definition Television) services in the United Kingdom and Ireland in […]

SES Astra said the SES Group increased its shareholding in Satlynx from 41 percent to 77 percent, resulting in SES Astra taking full operational control of the company. As a […]

Hispasat said it certified Integrasys‘ SatmotionPocket to be fully compliant to its radio and IP broadband hub systems requirements, adding that the Integrasys tool has been integrated to Hispasat hub […]

Orbital Recovery Ltd. said its ConeXpress Orbital Life Extension Vehicle (CX-OLEV) successfully passed its baseline design review milestone, clearing the way for space tug to be formally offered to customers […]

Although the decision to shut down Cablevision‘s Rainbow DBS operations, which did business under the Voom brand name, was made public earlier this month, work on a $740 million contract […]

According to a new report issued by Forrester Research Inc., inhabitants of 20.1 million households will listen to satellite radio by the end of the decade. In its report, “The […]

A Congressional hearing about the progress being made toward meeting the goals of the Open-Market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications (ORBIT) Act quickly focused on a couple of […]

“Timing is crucial,” particularly when a satellite company makes its decision on when to explore options on collecting on debt related to leased capacity on satellites or on manufacturing, according […]

While companies like Iridium Satellite LLC and Globalstar LLC have been able to recover after a shaky first stab at the market, the mention of those names and Mobile Satellite […]

Asia Pulse reported April 14 that SK Teletech Co., the handset-developing arm of SK Telecom Co., said its new IMB-1000 cell phone, which is capable of receiving satellite television broadcasts, […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. announced a special offer to New York Mets fans in the New York tri-state area and parts of Pennsylvania who otherwise are not able to watch the […]

Motorola Inc. and WorldGate Communications Inc. claim they have conducted the first true-to-life videophone call over satellite broadband connections using the Motorola Ojo personal videophone. The phone call originated from […]

Intelsat selected Convergent Media Systems as a provider of worldwide distribution services for its business TV offering. Intelsat’s global fiber and satellite network will be used to transmit live and […]

Iridium Satellite LLC said its total number of subscribers grew 19 percent and revenues grew 26 percent during the first quarter of 2005, compared to the totals reported during the […]

Hypothetical talk of mergers between Intelsat and New Skies Satellites BV, as well as Inmarsat and ICO, dominated a U.S. Congressional hearing, held April 14, reviewing the status of the […]

According to a new report issued by Forrester Research Inc., inhabitants of 20.1 million households will listen to satellite radio by the end of the decade. In its report, “The […]

EdgeAccess said Pegaso Banda Ancha, a satellite broadband service provider, selected its vPEP bandwidth-saving VoIP technology for use on Pegaso’s new Surfbeam network. Both companies will actively co-promote the EdgeAccess […]

Orbital Recovery Ltd. said its ConeXpress Orbital Life Extension Vehicle (CX-OLEV) successfully passed its baseline design review milestone, clearing the way for space tug to be formally offered to customers […]

Hispasat said it certified Integrasys‘ SatmotionPocket to be fully compliant to its radio and IP broadband hub systems requirements, adding that the Integrasys tool has been integrated to Hispasat hub […]

SES Astra said the SES Group increased its shareholding in ND Satcom from ten percent to 21.1 percent. The transaction was realized through the conversion of an existing shareholder loan […]

The DirecTV Group Inc. said its DirecTV Holdings LLC subsidiary completed its previously announced senior secured credit facility. The size of the facility was increased to $2.5 billion as DirecTV […]

The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI), Women in Aerospace (WIA), the Space Enterprise Council (SEC) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will […]

The Spaceconnection Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telesat, announced the promotion of Jonathan Crawford to senior vice president of sales and satellite services and Marilyn Huecas to vice president of […]

Playboy TV UK said it concluded an agreement with Sky Interactive to give Sky’s digital satellite viewers the option of subscribing to Playboy TV UK’s channels by pressing a button […]

XM Satellite Radio said it signed a new long-term agreement with Air America Radio. As part of the agreement, XM will be the official satellite radio network for Air America […]

DirecTV Inc. said it signed a long-term agreement with Chrysler Group to join the new DirecTV Advertising Development Partner Program. The program allows DirecTV to provide clients with an interactive […]

Swe-Dish unveiled the IPT-i Mil Suitcase, which includes an integrated modem from iDirect Technologies. The integrated modem allows for data rates of up to 4.2 Mbps and opens up for […]

SES Astra said the SES Group increased its shareholding in Satlynx from 41 percent to 77 percent, resulting in SES Astra taking full operational control of the company. As a […]

Alcatel Space said the Apstar 6 communications satellite was successfully launched April 12 on a Long March 3B vehicle from the Xichang satellite launch center in China. Alcatel built the […]