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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said that it will launch its Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft on April 15. The spacecraft is designed to demonstrate docking […]

YooMedia plc, a U.K.-based interactive media company, acquired acquiring ViaVision, an independent broadcaster and production company. ViaVision manages five satellite television channels on the BSkyB platform, five interactive television applications, […]

Xtar LLC announced that Xtar-Eur, the world’s first satellite developed for commercial X-band service, completed its in-orbit testing and is fully operational. Xtar-Eur, located at 29 degrees East, was built […]

The Southern Co., an electricity producer for the Southeastern United States, has used satellite imagery gathered throughout the course of a recently completed three- year project to help increase the […]

Commercial satellite operators who have looked upon the U.S. government as a consistent customer can rest easy in the knowledge that the increased demand of commercial capacity by the government […]

TOT Corp., a state-run telecommunications company in Thailand, is considering leasing up to 1.5 gigabytes of bandwidth on the iPSTAR satellite, according to a Dow Jones report. A TOT executive […]

“We are not the enemy! The terrestrial solutions out there are eating all our lunches!” With these combative words, Hughes Network Systems Senior Vice President of Engineering John Kenyon set […]

People BTV+ Names VP Finance And Administration BTV+, provider of digital signage networks, interactive distance learning, studios and related secure, IP satellite-based services, announced the appointment of Robert Caputo as […]

The Miami Herald reported late last week that the Florida House Criminal Justice Committee unanimously approved a bill that would require sex offenders on parole to wear a tracking device […]

At first glance, Sky Network Television Ltd. looks good sitting in its position as the largest pay-TV operator in New Zealand. However, when you look closely at the company, you […]

XM Satellite Radio said it added more than 540,000 new net subscribers during the first quarter of 2005, bringing the total number of XM subscribers to 3.77 million. The subscriber […]

For the satellite industry to survive and thrive, it must lower transmission costs. This was the unequivocal message delivered by Via Satellite magazine’s Satellite Executive of the Year 2004 winner […]

Intelsat said Firestone Communications Inc. expanded its use of the Intelsat Americas fleet of satellites for distribution of cable programming in North America. The terms of the long-term contract call […]

Sky Network Television Limited (SKY) CEO John Fellet told Satellite Today that the operator needs to keep gaining about 40,000 subscribers a year to maximize profits and boost its overall […]

The Russian Satellite Communications Co. said the Russian Express-AM2 was successfully launched March 29 on a Proton-K rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:31 p.m. GMT. In-orbit testing […]

As Satellite News went to press, no announcement had been made regarding the fate of Rainbow DBS, the business unit of Cablevision that offers direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television services under […]

It was a grim-faced panel of satellite manufacturing executives that faced delegates during the “Satellite Manufacturing: Building Confidence with ‘Basics” session during the SATELLITE 2005 conference and exhibition. “I have […]

COM DEV International Ltd. named Keith Ainsworth as chairman of the company’s board of directors. He most recently served as the deputy chairman, and was the company’s CEO from 1999 […]

Thales said Teleglobe International Holdings Ltd. selected Thales’ Opal IP Encapsulator to upgrade its existing DVB network equipment at its Canadian, German and Danish teleport locations. The announcement of the […]

SES Global said that beginning today, its stock will be part of the Euronext 100 index. The Euronext 100 index is composed of the 100 securities with the highest market […]

PolarSat said it entered into a long-term strategic agreement with General Post and Telecom Co. (GPTC) of Libya under which PolarSat will deliver its VSAT technology to GPTC clients throughout […]

SES Americom announced that In Demand Networks has moved InHD Networks and on-demand content delivery to the AMC-10 satellite. The specific terms of the deal were not disclosed, but SES […]

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) said LBiSat LLC signed a new lease agreement for the use of C-band capacity on AsiaSat 2. Specifics on how much capacity was leased […]

The World Teleport Association named the recipients of its tenth annual Teleport Awards for Excellence for 2004. The winners include: Teleport Operator of the Year: Teleport Internacional Buenos Aires Teleport […]

GlobeCast America said it named Ricardo Calderon as its regional representative for Latin America in the company’s new sales office in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

DirecTV Inc. said Judge R. Gary Klausner for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California awarded the company $21.7 million in damages stemming from a lawsuit DirecTV […]

DRS Technologies Inc. said it received a new contract to develop and deliver advanced infrared sensor modules to support the Wide-field Infrared Survey Experiment (WISE) mission of the National Aeronautics […]

Hughes Network Systems Inc. (HNS) said it is providing USA Today with Direcway multicast services, allowing publisher Gannett Co. to deliver its national weekday newspaper with customized regional advertising and […]

The Russian Satellite Communications Co. said the Russian Express-AM2 was successfully launched March 29 on a Proton-K rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:31 p.m. GMT. In-orbit testing […]

In the latest episode of the Voom saga, Cablevision Chairman Charles Dolan filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission to deny EchoStar Communications Corp. from acquiring, “among other things, […]