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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 […]

Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] once again outperformed Wall Street expectations last week when it announced second-quarter results and gained further media attention for creating a new premium radio […]

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 […]

“Good samaritans” appear to be the latest marketing focus for Iridium Satellite LLC. The Bethesda, Md.-based satellite voice services company signed an agreement with Stratos Global to provide 80 phones […]

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. […]

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 […]

Hispasat is confident it will be successful in generating significant revenues from the Latin American broadcast and telecom markets now that its Amazonas satellite was launched yesterday. Hispasat CEO Jacinto […]

The most reliable satellite with the lowest percentage of in-orbit insurance claims and the broadest communications applications is the Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems A2100 model spacecraft, according to the […]

Bethesda, Md.-based NetJets Inc., which offers executives the feel of owning a corporate jet at time-share prices, is ordering 50 AirCell ST 3100 Iridium satellite communication systems for its growing […]

Modern Times Group (MTG) subsidiary Viasat, a pay-TV operator in the Nordic region, reports 642,000 digital pay-TV subscribers at the end of June. So far this year, the DTH operator […]

PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] today said that a failure of the Galaxy 10R’s xenon ion propulsion system (XIPS) on Aug. 3 thus far has not affected the service of the satellite. […]

International Launch Services successfully launched the EADS Astrium-built Amazonas satellite into orbit yesterday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6:32 p.m. EDT. The satellite will be used by Hispasat […]

Verizon Communications [VZ] today became the latest phone company to bundle its services with DirecTV direct-to-home satellite television service offered by The DirecTV Group [DTV]. Verizon will be offering discounts […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM] was awarded two contracts totaling $7.7 million for satellite up-linking infrastructure. Although the company did not specifically identify from whom the contracts came, Globecomm said one […]

Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] today raised its subscriber guidance for year-end 2004 from 2.8 million subscribers to 3.1 million. The move came in conjunction with the company’s release […]

El Segundo, Calif.-based satellite TV operator DirecTV boosted its second-quarter 2004 revenues to $2.64 billion, marking a 21-percent jump from the same period last year. However, the company’s bottom-line operating […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] today reported second quarter earnings of $57.5 million, an increase of $5.4 million earned during the second quarter of 2003. The company also reported its […]

BSkyB, the UK satellite pay-TV operator, added 81,000 subscribers in the three months to June 30. As a result, the operator now has close to 7.4 million DTH subscribers in […]

El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV [DTV], the largest U.S. satellite TV operator, is scheduled to report what could be respectable second-quarter earnings Thursday. Bob Peck, a satellite analyst at Bear Stearns, […]

According to International Launch Services (ILS), the launch window for the Amazonas satellite launch opens this evening at 6:32 p.m., EDT, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Barring any weather […]

Sanswire Networks LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of GlobeTel Communications Corp. [GTEL] today said it’s planning to launch its first “stratellite” (a high altitude airship that will be, in some […]

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] promoted Doug Kaplan to senior vice president of business affairs and business development, entertainment and sports. Kaplan worked with Sirius President of Entertainment and Sports Scott […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in a July 30 order, made public yesterday after Satellite Today‘s deadline, granted special temporary authority (STA) to Intelsat North America LLC to allow it […]

Space Imaging reached an exclusive agreement for its aviation geospatial products to be sold by the Montreal-based International Air Transport Association (IATA), which represents the world’s commercial airlines. The imagery, […]

Astro All Asia Networks (Astro) is ready to bring Personal Video Recorder (PVR) services to Malaysia in the next 12 months. The DTH operator has some 1.3 million subs in […]

Looking to leverage the Starbucks’ brand, XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] entered into a strategic marketing alliance with Starbucks Coffee Co. [SBUX]. As part of the deal, XM subscribers will be […]

Intelsat Ltd. today reported revenues of $261.7 million for the second quarter, up seven percent from the same period one year ago. However, the net income for the second quarter […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s [NASA]MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft was launched aboard a Boeing [BA] Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station […]

by Gerry Oberst This year’s Satel Conseil symposium in Paris had a session titled "What’s up, regulators?" Needless to say, it spurred some debates. Is the global regulatory environment no […]

Trinity Broadcasting Network today said the company’s four networks – TBN, JCTV, Enlace USA and The Church Channel – now are being transmitted via the new Americas 5 satellite operated […]