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Officials from Acacia Research Corp. [ACTG, CBMX] today said the company’s Acacia Media Technologies Corp. subsidiary filed suit a lawsuit in the District Court for the Northern District of California, […]

Top Up TV, the U.K.-based pay-TV operator, is unconcerned about BSkyB’s potential entrance into the low end of the U.K. digital-TV market. In fact, Top Up TV’s CEO Ian West […]

The need for 100,000 humanitarian- and reconstruction-aid workers worldwide to manage and communicate information and data quickly from remote parts of the world spurred a former refugee coordinator to start […]

Jericho, N.Y.-based Rainbow DBS, Cablevision System’s [CVC] capacity-constrained satellite TV division, increased its in-orbit capabilities last week by agreeing to lease 16 transponders during the next 10 years from Princeton, […]

By Paul Dykewicz, Senior Analyst/Senior Editor The chance to sell New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK] for a whopping $956 million to affiliates of the Blackstone Group last week was too […]

Tachyon Networks is joining in the celebration of graduating high-school students by donating the company’s bandwidth and remote-access satellite equipment to let their parents serving in the military in Iraq […]

By D.K. Sachdev, SpaceTel Consultancy Even a cursory look at the overall financial performance of the satellite industry during the last few years makes it obvious that the future for […]

Globalstar LLC officials today said the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Report and Order with new rules for “Big LEO” mobile satellite systems that will allow Globalstar to continue using […]

New Skies Satellites [NSK] CEO Dan Goldberg fully expects the company’s management team to remain in place after the company’s announcement of its sale last week. His comments came in […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] entered into an agreement with Korean management and control company Taewang E&C Co. Ltd. for the supply of a Skystar 360E satellite hub and remote […]

Ya.com Internet Factory’s CEO believes his company’s foray into the satellite broadband market in Spain is crucial if it wants to put pressure on rival Telefonica in its home market. […]

Loral Skynet and HBO Pacific Partners V.O.F. renewed their deal that has Loral distributing HBO Asia content across Asia via the Telstar 10 satellite. Specific details on the agreement, including […]

Week of June 4 – 10, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol June 10 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.91 14.4 4.4 […]

Canal Digital, the largest satellite pay-TV operator in the Nordic region, is confident it can maintain its leading position in the market. In terms of why it is at the […]

Meanwhile, XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] recently surpassed two million subscribers to its satellite radio service. The company launched its nationwide offering in November 2001, and it reached one million subscribers […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] officials today announced the company surpassed the 10 million-subscriber mark for its DISH Network direct-to- home satellite television service. To celebrate the milestone, 1,000 existing customers […]

Networkcar, a Reynolds and Reynolds [REY] company, signed an agreement with Johnson Industries under which Johnson will market Networkcar’s fleet-management system to its customers. Networkcar’s system collects and organizes detailed […]

Space Systems/Loral (SSL) named Robert Prevaux vice president of business development, and he will assume marketing and sales responsibilities for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Oceanic […]

Officials from CSI Wireless today said Texas police recovered more than $2.7 million in stolen goods and are poised to make several arrests to break up a Dallas-area truck theft […]

New Skies Satellites CEO Dan Goldberg believes the trend of private-equity firms investing in the satellite industry is a positive one. New Skies recently signed a definitive agreement for the […]

Iridium Satellite LLC officials today said the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has expanded Iridium’s spectrum with access to an additional 3.1 MHz to meet the increasing demand for Iridium’s satellite […]

EchoStar Communications [DISH] cut over local programming in three more markets: Quincy, Ill.-Hannibal, Mo.-Keokuk, Iowa; Albany, Ga; and Monroe, La.- El Dorado, Ark. In Quincy, Ill., Dish Network direct-to-home broadcast […]

A panel of automotive and telematics technology experts selected Microsoft Connected Car Technology as Best Telematics Solution at Telematics Update Awards 2004. Powered by Windows Automotive technology, the Microsoft package […]

General Dynamics yesterday announced its acquisition of TriPoint Global Communications Inc., a private provider of ground-based satellite and wireless communication equipment and integration services for video, voice and data applications […]

Dulles, Va.-based ORBIMAGE, global provider of high-resolution Earth imagery products and services, won a multi-year contract from the United States Geological Survey (USGS). ORBIMAGE will use its OrbView-3 high-resolution satellite, […]

BSkyB intends to launch a Free-To-Air (FTA) satellite service proposition in the United Kingdom later this year. The offering will comprise 200 TV and radio channels, and interactive services that […]

New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK] officials today announced two new Internet offerings: IPsys Broadband for Asia and IPsys Bandwidth On Demand for Latin America. In Latin America, New Skies launched […]

The Satellite Industry Association (SIA), in cooperation with the Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association (SBCA) and the Global VSAT Forum (GVF), issued a 2003 “State of The Satellite Industry” report […]

GlobeCast says its subsidiary GlobeCast WorldTV will offer Pay-Per View (PPV) broadcasts of the European Championship football tournament from Portugal to its U.S. subscribers in June and July. Customers can […]

NASA plans to launch the Aura Satellite from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base June 26. The spacecraft will enter the Earth’s orbit with a mission to join a host of […]