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By Paul Dykewicz Intelsat Ltd.’s latest reduction in force (RIF) by close to 50 people along with its restructuring of certain teams earlier this month are not surprising moves in […]

Satellite-based, asset-tracking hardware from Alberta, Canada-based CSI Wireless Inc. is helping to catch crooks and assist motorists in other ways. Law-enforcement officials and private citizens alike are displaying increased demand […]

As part of a development program funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Global VSAT Forum (GVF) conducted an in-depth survey of satellite communications in Africa. Examined were […]

EuroNews, a pan-European news channel, signed a distribution agreement with Spanish satellite operator Hispasat. Hispasat 1C will distribute its signal in Spain and all over Europe for a period of […]

DigitalGlobe said the Mississippi Department of Maritime Resources will use satellite imagery provided by DigitalGlobe’s QuickBird satellite in a suite of geographic information systems to help manage and protect a […]

Officials from Spacehab Inc. [SPAB] said the company’s Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary was awarded a $1.3 million contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Kennedy Space Center to provide […]

Globalstar LLC officials said the company will be introducing a new satellite airtime rate plan designed specifically for its U.S. customers. The plan, Timeline 40, costs $39.95 per month and […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] subscribers to the Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service in the Florence-Myrtle Beach. S.C.- area soon will be able to receive broadcasts from the local affiliates […]

Eutelsat, one of the world’s largest satellite operators, will partner with Europe Online, a satellite broadband network services provider, to combine their satellite broadband Internet networks, operations, services and customers. […]

All preparations have been completed for the July 12 launch of Anik F2, a Boeing-built [BA] high-power satellite that will deliver North America’s first commercial satellite-based consumer broadband communications service. […]

Intelsat Ltd. reduced its workforce by between 40 and 50 jobs last week as part of an ongoing restructuring to realign its costs with revenues while advancing its search for […]

VOOM, a comprehensive high-definition (HD) satellite service operated by Jericho, N.Y.-based Rainbow DBS, announced today that it received a CNET Editors’ Choice award that recognizes “outstanding” personal technology and consumer […]

UK cable operator Telewest is looking to put the pressure on satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB by revamping its digital TV packages in the UK market. The cable company is launching […]

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) joined the Digital Transition Coalition, a group originally formed to help accelerate the transition to digital television in the United States. The SBCA […]

Tachyon Network, a Vienna, Va.-based provider of high-speed, broadband satellite communications for commercial enterprises, appointed Yaniv Oz to the newly created position of vice president of distribution channels. Oz joins […]

U.K.-based pay-TV operator BSkyB has announced that Jeremy Darroch will assume the duties of CFO on Aug. 16. Darroch currently is group finance director of Dixons Group plc. BSkyB’s CFO […]

McLean, Va.-based StarBand, a high-speed, two-way satellite Internet provider, is teaming with C-COM Satellite Systems to launch a self-pointing, mobile, high- speed Internet service. The partnership provides a new level […]

EchoStar Communications Corporation [DISH], a Littleton, Colo.-based satellite TV services provider, signed ABC Channel 33, WYTV, in Youngstown, Ohio, as its 1,000th local channel in the United States. This addition […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM], a global provider of end-to-end, satellite-based communications solutions, reached a $4 million settlement with an unnamed “major customer,” and it has received initial payments of $3.5 […]

Jurgen Schulte, CFO for SES GLOBAL S.A. [SESG], is retiring, succeeded by Mark Rigolle, who joins that company from Belgacom. Schulte joined SES in 1991 as finance director after a […]

Mountain View, Calif.-based Actel [ACTL] is making available engineering samples for all three devices in its high-density RTAX-S family of radiation- tolerant, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The devices are intended […]

NDS has added Music Choice, a European digital audio broadcaster, to its Sky platform in Italy. Music Choice is the first interactive music application to be deployed on the Italian […]

London-based Inmarsat Ltd., a pioneer provider of global mobile satellite communications, chose Stratos Global Corp. as a possible partner in the commercial launch of its next-generation Broadband Global Area Network […]

The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) today released its 2004 Mid-Year Industry Overview, which revealed that 95 million U.S. TV households (representing 88 percent of total U.S. homes passed […]

Petah Tikva, Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] announced that Oren Most, its president and CEO, will step down July 15. Shlomo Rodav, who has served as chairman of Gilat’s […]

Officials from CSI Wireless Inc. said the company has launched GPSteer, an automatic steering system for tractors and other self-propelled agricultural equipment. GPSteer automatically steers agricultural vehicles along consistently straight […]

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] will be launching five new channels on July 7, including Elvis Radio, a 24-hour-a-day channel dedicated to the music of Elvis Presley. Other new channels: Underground […]

GlobeCast has beefed up its coverage of one of the leading global sports events, the Tour de France cycling event. The satellite operator will deploy nine SNG (Satellite Newsgathering) trucks […]

Arianespace officials late yesterday said Telesat’s Anik F2 satellite has been mated with a cone-shaped adapter that serves as the interface structure between the telecommunications satellite and its Ariane 5 […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) dismissed a petition filed by Star One S.A. to add its Star One C2 satellite at 70 degrees West longitude orbital location to the FCC’s […]