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EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] took a political hit yesterday when the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill in a voice vote that will require the company to spend an […]

Satlynx, the two-way, pan-European broadband services provider, gave a boost to virtual-private-network (VPN) solution providers in Europe by announcing a series of approvals for its VPN solutions, part of its […]

Qwest Communications International Inc. [Q] and DirecTV Inc., a unit of The DirecTV Group [DTV], forged a strategic marketing alliance that will allow Qwest to offer DirecTV digital satellite services […]

In yesterday’s Satellite Today in which we detailed the DISA certification of the SWE-Dish tri-band terminal, the data capability for the terminal should have been stated as being “64 Kbps […]

Controversial DJ Howard Stern signed a multi-year contract to join New York City-based Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI], starting Jan. 1, 2006. The deal will cost Sirius $100 million a year […]

The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) granted the SWE-Dish FA150T Mil Fly-Away system a certificate for operation on the Defense Satellite Communication System’s X-band space segment. According to the […]

DirecTV [DTV] will be targeting the 1.8 million Vietnamese Americans with its new “VietnameseDirect” service, whose flagship is the Saigon Broadcasting Television Network, reportedly the only 24/7 Vietnamese-language channel to […]

iDirect Technologies, a developer of bi-directional, satellite-based broadband access solutions, named Jorge Raul Forgues as its senior vice president and CFO. He joins the company from Inter.Net Corp., where he […]

Spectrum Signal Processing Inc.‘s [SSPI] U.S.-based subsidiary said the U.S. Space and Naval Systems Command has selected the company’s flexComm HCDR-1000 platform for the development of a UHF characterization system […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will try to promote the educational benefits of broadband with a symposium tomorrow at its Washington, D.C., headquarters. The event, “Unleashing the Educational Power of […]

Spanish satellite operator Hispasat says its board of directors ratified the continued undertaking of the Amazonas project after reviewing reports on the current situation of the satellite located at 61 […]

Orbimage Inc. [ORBM] detailed its plans to raise the necessary funds to launch the OrbView-5 satellite in the first quarter of 2007 to meet the requirements of the recently won […]

A year after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s (NOAA) N-Prime satellite was damaged during assembly by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. (LMSSC) in the company’s Sunnyvale, Calif., plant, National […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] inked a deal to supply the Ukrainian National Lottery with a satellite-based VSAT network based on its Skystar Advantage VSAT platform. The Ukrainian National Lottery […]

Washington-based WorldSpace filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch and operate the AfriStar-2 satellite and to co-locate it at 21º East with the company’s AfriStar-1 satellite. […]

Columbia Communications Corporation, a SES Americom acquisition, filed an amendment with the FCC to its pending application for modification of the AMC-12 satellite at 37.5º West. The amendment provides new […]

WB Holdings 1 LLC, an affiliated organization of fledgling satellite broadband service WildBlue, filed a request for Special Temporary Authority to operate its Ka-band payload (29250 MHz-30000 MHz, 8350 MHz-28600 […]

In America, we are taught the importance of finishing first. Winning teams are celebrated, their head coaches are venerated and their top players typically are rewarded generously. Losers, no matter […]

Dulles, Va.-based Orbimage gained a big boost for its business by winning a $500 million, multi-year pact to give high-resolution imagery to the U.S. government under a contract awarded by […]

Amid an industry-wide consolidation trend, room still exists for startup ventures that can match good ideas with sound management, financing and regulatory support. Those ingredients all are in place at […]

Patrick Brant, the new president of Bedminster, N.J. Loral Skynet, has a vision of turning the company into a provider of hybrid networking services that will use satellites, fiber and […]

Ottawa, Canada-based SkyWave Mobile Communications, a provider of Inmarsat D+ satellite airtime, services and terminal equipment, is pursuing an aggressive expansion program that will seize on its recent receipt of […]

People AIA Appoints Assistant VP Bruce Mahone, director of space policy at the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), has been appointed assistant vice president of technical operations at AIA. In his […]

This fall, General Motors [GM] is aiming to produce 3 million vehicles in North America during the 2006 model year equipped with its Global Positioning System-enabled (GPS) OnStar in-vehicle safety […]

Many satellite operators view Africa as a potential growth market. Last month, SES Astra announced that it was extending its provision of state-of-the-art satellite services to the entire African continent […]

Asset tracking is a key “remote application” outside the mainstream wireless markets of voice, data and now video. To the companies that offer the service, including wireless and satellite providers, […]

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based unit of Lockheed Martin [LMT], won the biggest U.S. military satellite communications pact that likely will be awarded during the next two […]

The Satellite Home Viewers Improvement Act (SHVIA) that allows direct broadcast satellite (DBS) services to broadcast local channels likely will be renewed but a compromise still needs to be worked […]

Wall Street analysts are offering a consensus estimate that Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] will pre-announce that it amassed in the neighborhood of 430,000 third-quarter net new subscribers. That […]

SES Astra has claimed another high-definition (HD) first in Europe with a potential landmark in commercial free-to-air (FTA) television. It teamed with ProSiebenSat 1 to announce that on Oct. 14, […]