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Daniel Tam was named CFO at Kirkland, Wash.-based Kistler Aerospace today, reporting directly to CEO Randy Brinkley. His addition to the company’s management team will help to advance the company’s […]

International Launch Services (ILS) today revealed the details of the launch of a satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The satellite, which will be used for national security activities, […]

The Japanese government reportedly is planning on spending about $635 million on two spy satellite missions, Satellite Today has learned. The first mission, set for sometime next year, would launch […]

Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel is making concerted efforts to boost its interactive strategy. The operator is launching an on-air campaign to increase awareness and to promote usage of interactive services […]

Eagle Broadband Inc. [EAG] renamed its Orb Phone Exchange non-line-of-site satellite communications repeater system the “Satellite Media Access Extender (SatMAX),” and it is launching a suite of turnkey, application-specific SatMAX […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) earlier this week granted SWE-Dish Satellite Communications Inc. a license to operate an elliptical 0.90X0.6-meter, transportable, transmit/receive, fixed-satellite service (FSS) earth station, subject to conditions. […]

Atlanta-based Airo Wireless, a provider of Global Positioning System (GPS)-enabled mobile location services, is assisting Clear Technologies in the integration of an Emergency On-board Communications solution for Coach USA LLC‘s […]

Move over, Connexion by Boeing. Annapolis, Md.-based ARINC Inc. plans to roll out a high-capacity satellite broadband system for commercial airlines that will be demonstrated at the World Airline Entertainment […]

Viaccess, the French conditional access (CA) provider, won a key contract in the North American ethnic-TV market. Viaccess, a France Telecom company, signed a deal with U.S. operator Home2US Communications, […]

U.K.-based miniature-antenna manufacturer Sarantel today was chosen by Precisa to supply the GeoHelix GPS antenna for its Secufone, a GSM mobile phone with a personal alarm and service button that […]

Loral Space & Communications [LRLSQ]reports the Telstar 18 satellite completed its in-orbit testing and is now fully operational. The satellite had some initial troubles after being dropped into a lower-than-expected […]

SpaceDev [SPDV] was awarded a small expansion to its existing contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to examine satellite orbits that can be used to deploy and […]

Last week’s announcement that Intelsat would be sold to a group of four private equity investment firms marks the third acquisition of a satellite operator by such buyers so far […]

The estimated $10 billion-plus in damages caused by Hurricane Charley in Florida a little more than a week ago allowed Hauppauge, N.Y.-based Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM] to showcase the critical […]

Americom Government Services (AGS), a subsidiary of SES Americom, won a contract from the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service to launch a new Pentagon Channel that will broadcast all […]

By Patrick M. French Television broadcasting is a key driver for the satellite industry, yet video sometimes is taken for granted and overlooked as a critical segment to the health […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) will host a meeting next month for more than 700 scientists from 50 countries who will analyze the performance of the agency’s Envisat satellite mission. […]

While a number of European satellite pay-TV operators have been struggling to add subscribers, both U.S. direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service providers — DirecTV and EchoStar Communications [DISH] — have […]

Direct-to-home satellite television service provider DirecTV Inc. [DTV] inked a deal with LIN TV Corp. [TVL] to be the exclusive satellite distributor WAPA-America, a Puerto Rico-based network for news, movies […]

SES Americom’s government operation Americom Government Services (AGS) is expecting a strong performance this year, targeting 30 percent revenue growth in 2004. With demand rising from government customers, the operator […]

Rainbow National Services LLC, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp. [CVC], just closed an offering of $300 million worth of 8.75 percent senior notes due 2012; for $500 million worth […]

Week of August 13-19, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol Aug. 19 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.37 (8.7) (15.4) (20.8) (42.4) […]

Merrill Lynch renewed its contract with Convergent Media Systems for another five years, making Convergent the exclusive satellite communication services provider to the financial giant in the United States and […]

The business prospects for a restructured Loral Space & Communications Ltd. [LRLSQ] appear “very good,” said Patrick Fuhrmann, an independent satellite analyst. Its plan to emergence from Chapter 11 protection […]

Intelsat Ltd. is destined for internal change after a group of four private equity firms agreed to purchase it last week in what is the latest of a continuing series […]

A recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order that allows El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV to use an orbital slot at 72.5 degrees W controlled by Telesat Canada shows that that U.S. […]

Orbimage yesterday said its OrbView-2 satellite, which just passed its seventh year of successful service, is expected to remain in service for at least another three to five years. That […]

StarBand has launched its new StarBand 484 Small Office two-way satellite Internet service. The service provides the fastest SOHO (small office/home office) upload speed, up to 256 kbps, for a […]

Modern Times Group (MTG) has strengthened its position in Russia by increasing its stakes in DTV, a Russian Free-To-Air (FTA) channel and StoryFirst Communications, a U.S. entity that owns and […]

Intelsat today said it pre-booked more than 35,000 hours of programming from the Summer Olympic Games in Athens for 50 channels. Intelsat said the programming represents the equivalent of nearly […]