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PARIS–The satellite industry is poised for a modest comeback during the next few years, according to executives who gathered here recently for the 10th Satel Conseil symposium. The symposium, hosted […]

By Paul Dykewicz The sale of El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV to the News Corp [NWS] media-empire last December has led the largest satellite TV services provider in the United States […]

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. reported net revenues for the second quarter ended May 31 of $926,000 and reported a net profit of $23,000, compared to net revenues of $741,000 and […]

GPS Industries Inc. is partnering with Epproach Communications LLC to provide GPS Industries’ Inforemer GPS-based golf solution to high-end golf and resort communities on Hilton Head Island, S.C. Inforemer is […]

Shaw Communications Inc. [SJR] posted its third consecutive quarter of profitability with a net income of $18.3 million earned in the third fiscal quarter of 2004, up from a net […]

Sea Launch Co. LLC officials today said the 72-hour countdown for the launch of the Space Systems/Loral-built Telstar 18 communications satellite will begin tonight. The satellite is scheduled for a […]

Executives at in-motion, low-profile, phased-array satellite antenna supplier RaySat Inc. said the company closed a $10 million first-round investment led by Benchmark Capital and assisted by Seed Partners. The new […]

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. [CMI] granted options to purchase 596,000 of the company’s common shares to its directors and officers last month. The options are exercisable at 22.3 cents per […]

Officials from NovAtel Inc. [NGPS] said the European Patent Office upheld the company’s Narrow Correlator Tracking Technology patent (EP 0488739 B2), deeming the patent “valid.” Narrow Correlator tracking technology is […]

According to EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH], subscribers to the Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service in Youngstown, Ohio, and in Amarillo, Texas, now have access to local channels. Youngstown subscribers […]

Integral Systems Inc. [ISYS] signed a contract with Loral Skynet to support the operations of Xtar LLC’s XTAR-EUR satellite, operated by Loral. The new contract has Loral using Integral’s Epoch […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] officials yesterday said the upgraded GPS IIR-12 satellite it built launched successfully on a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The satellite […]

Sky PerfecTV, Japan’s largest digital satellite broadcaster, chose the DIVArchive from Front Porch Digital Inc. [FPDI] to manage its large centralized archive of digital content.

DirecTV Inc. [DTV] will begin offering local channels to its direct-to-home satellite television broadcasting service subscribers in the Charlestown, S.C.; the Greenville-New Bern, N.C.; and the Toledo and Youngstown, Ohio, […]

SiriCOMM Inc. [SIRC] signed a five-year VSAT services agreement with ViaSat Inc. [VSAT]. The deal has ViaSat providing hardware, installation and services for SiriCOMM’s nationwide network. Financial terms were not […]

DigitalGlobe officials today highlighted several satellite image-based products that will be available to government and private-sector users during the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Athens this August. DigitalGlobe is offering […]

The United States and the European Union (EU) have, according to wire reports, struck a deal that will make the U.S. GPS navigation system compatible with the EU’s planned Galileo […]

DirecTV, the largest satellite TV service in the United States, filed suit against rival EchoStar Communications [DISH], claiming its competitor created “false and misleading” advertisements to distribute to customers in […]

Officials from Laser Recording Systems Inc. and SCL Ventures Ltd. recently said the companies have completed a share exchange and the combined companies now are operating under the name Weida […]

Officials from LG Electronics Inc. and LodgeNet Entertainment Corp. [LNET] today said they will be offering an end-to-end solution to deliver high-definition digital video to guest room television sets from […]

Officials from WildBlue Communications Inc. and KoSpace today said that the companies have signed an agreement under which KoSpace will produce Ka-band transceivers for WildBlue’s consumer and small office/home office […]

Officials from DirecTV Inc. [DTV] and KVH Industries Inc. [KVH] said today that the companies have signed a multi-year agreement that allows customers to receive DirecTV satellite television services in […]

A DirecTV Inc. [DTV] spokesman told Satellite Today today that the company will not challenge a recently proposed $87,500 fine by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The federal agency levied […]

Officials with DirecTV and the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) praised a federal judge’s ruling Monday that denied a request from Pegasus Satellite Television for a temporary restraining order that […]

According to Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF], Frisch’s Restaurants Inc. tapped Gilat’s U.S.-subsidiary Spacenet to provide a Connexstar broadband satellite network to 120 “Big Boy” and “Golden Corral” restaurants in […]

President and CEO Robert Sachs has advised the National Cable and Telecommunications Association that he will not seek to renew his contract, which ends in December. He did say in […]

Stratos Global Corp. [SGB] launched Mobile Packet Data Service (MPDS) For Fleet F33 as part of the Fleet brand of solutions it offers that use the Inmarsat satellite network for […]

Officials from SES Astra, an SES Global company, said the company, together with more than 60 of its European broadcast customers, hardware manufacturers and other industry partners, agreed on the […]

Dulles, Va.-based Orbimage assembled its top officials last week for a quarterly conference call that gave the clear impression they are looking toward the future with a bold sense of […]

Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [DISH] achieved an enormous milestone last week when it reached the 10-million subscriber mark. However, the company’s praiseworthy accomplishment is clouded by rising competition that most […]