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By Joseph Pelton A new kind of electronic reality has been created by satellite communications, fiber optics, cybernetics and computer networks. One way of viewing this electronic transformation has been […]

Rick Medlock is excited about the challenge facing him upon his arrival at Inmarsat, the London-based mobile satellite giant. Medlock, who currently is CFO of NDS [NDS], will move to […]

Jim Blomfield, CEO of Hong Kong-based Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting, resigned last week, citing personal reasons. There now, apparently, are concerns about the future of Galaxy, a joint venture between Intelsat […]

Satellite Today has learned that Intelsat‘s board members have met to consider proposals that could bring in more than $4.5 billion once the auction for the company ends. Reports are […]

Frank Tyler, AVC Broadband‘s managing director, is confident that the satellite broadband provider can make an impact in the U.K. broadband market place. AVC Broadband is part of AVC Wireless […]

India scheduled the launch of its Edusat satellite for mid-September. The launch of the satellite, dedicated to delivering educational content to Indian users, will be a milestone for the Indian […]

ITT Industries Inc. [ITT] completed the purchase of the Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) business from Eastman Kodak Co. [EK] for $725 million in cash. According to the buyer, the acquisition […]

Navigation systems provider Thales promoted Claude Boyard to vice president and CFO. Boyard joined the company in 1978, most recently serving as the business group director of finance for Thales’ […]

The Federal Communications Commission gave the nod to the sale of PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] to affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., The Carlyle Group and Providence Equity Partners […]

Kistler Aerospace‘s board of directors boosted its efforts to raise the $500 million needed to complete the development of a reusable launch vehicle by naming two prominent industry executives to […]

According to EADS Astrium, the Amazonas spacecraft successfully performed early operations, and it now is in geostationary orbit. The satellite was designed and built by the company for Hispasat. The […]

Comtech EF Data Corp., a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [CMTL], licensed the DoubleTalk bandwidth compression system from Applied Signal Technology [APSG]. Daniel Enns, senior vice president at Comtech, told […]

ViaSat Inc. [VSAT] today said it was awarded an add-on order valued at about $6.6 million for its multifunctional information distribution system terminals from the Space And Naval Warfare Systems […]

Will Trafton resigned from his role as the top executive directly responsible for the launch business at The Boeing Co. [BA], saying he plans to pursue “other interests.” Trafton held […]

OpenTV reports significant revenue increases – more than 20 percent – in second-quarter 2004, exceeding $19 million as of June 30. The new numbers compare with $15.7 million at the […]

MB Tech Inc. [MBTT] completed successful tests of a proprietary, portable, software-driven, auto-positioning flat antenna for direct broadcast satellite (DBS) services. According to the manufacturer, the antenna does not need […]

Harris Corp. [HRS], Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., and Rockwell Collins Government Systems recently demonstrated a first-ever, small- diameter, multi-function advanced data link prototype antenna that received signals from military communications […]

Growing demand for dispatch radio services in the public-safety market has spurred Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) and Hughes Network Systems (HNS) to develop a new L-band satellite terminal that will […]

Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [DISH] boosted its subscriber numbers and its revenues during 2Q04, adding 340,000 net new subscribers to total more than 10 million customers. On the revenue side, […]

DigitalGlobe today announced the inception of a project that will help in the creation of Hawaii’s first publicly available, statewide Digital Ortho Quarter Quadrangles (DOQQ) and updated public-image base using […]

Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting CEO Jim Blomfield has resigned, citing personal reasons. Blomfield had been overseeing the launch of exTV, a new satellite pay-TV offering in Hong Kong. Galaxy is a […]

WildBlue Communications, the half-billion-dollar attempt to provide affordable satellite-based broadband to rural America (and even to metropolitan areas where broadband coverage isn’t total) has set a $49.95 starting price for […]

A new study has found that occasional use of North American satellite transponders for video services rose by 51.9 percent during the second quarter of 2004. The Clarksburg, Md.-based Communications […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Friday after the Satellite Today deadline that Telesat Canada filed two petitions, each for a declaratory ruling to be added to the permitted-space-station list. […]

EADS Astrium has won another key contract from the European Space Agency (ESA), valued at $84 million, to build the NIRSpec super-eye for the James Webb Space Telescope. The 200-Kg […]

Integral Systems Inc. [ISYS] today reported an increase in both revenues and net income for the third quarter ended June 30 for fiscal 2004. Revenues for the quarter were $22.6 […]

The World Communications Center (WCC) won a contract from the State of Alaska to provide satellite voice and data communications for the state government and state agencies. The initial contract […]

Patrick K. Brant has been named president of Loral Skynet, the satellite operating business unit of New York-based Loral Space & Communications, succeeding Terry Hart, who is leaving after seven […]

The partnerships between satellite-television service providers and regional telecommunications companies are growing in strength and number. El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV, the largest U.S. satellite TV service, became the latest player […]

The DirecTV Group, the El Segundo, Calif.-based parent company of DirecTV, the largest U.S. satellite television operator, showed its zest for taking bold action to shape the company for future […]