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EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] officials today said the company has signed an exclusive agreement with BBC America to broadcast the BBC drama “EastEnders” on its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television […]

Officials from The DirecTV Group [DTV] said today that their DirecTV satellite television unit tied with rival satellite TV service EchoStar Communications [DISH] in earning a customer satisfaction rating of […]

SES Astra has signed a deal with Ya.com Internet Factory, owned by T-Online, to launch a new satellite broadband service in Spain called Yacom Satélite. The service is aimed at […]

Kingston Inmedia, a leading provider of broadband satellite services, changed its name to Inmedia Communications, and it will trade as Inmedia. The new identify stems from a leveraged buyout of […]

DirecTV Inc., a unit of The DirecTV Group [DTV], today said the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) and DirecTV have agreed to end NRTC’s exclusive DirecTV service distribution contract, effective […]

Globalstar LLC said its service quality in the Caribbean region has been “dramatically improved,” following the installation of a fourth antenna at its regional gateway at Las Palmas, Puerto Rico. […]

Intelsat officials today said BT Broadcast Services launched its satellite broadband service using the Intelsat system. The service is targeted to small and medium businesses as well as small office/home […]

LONG BEACH, Calif.–The three sectors of the aerospace industry–commercial, civil space and military space–need to work together to lower expenses and exploit technological synergies, said Gen. Eugene Tattini [Ret.], deputy […]

Sprint [FON] officials today said that customers in its 18-state local telephone operating territory now can subscribe to Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service directly through Sprint. The deal makes […]

by Gerry Oberst Understanding the European satellite regulatory scene can be difficult to those peering in from the outside, due to the different levels of regulators and constantly shifting names […]

People ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP. Names Key Executives Orbital Sciences Corp. appointed Brent Collins senior vice president and deputy general manager for operations in the Launch Systems Group. In this position, […]

Gilat Satellite Network Ltd. [GILTF] said its U.S.-based subsidiary, Spacenet Inc., has been chosen by Fazoli’s Management Inc. to provide a Connexstar broadband satellite network to Fazoli’s Italian restaurants in […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] added ET News, ET Drama, YOYO TV, ET China and JET TV International to its Chinese programming lineup in a complete package called The Chinese Super […]

Eumetsat, the intergovernmental organization that establishes and maintains operational meteorological satellites for 18 European states, has announced that the Czech Republic will become a Eumetsat cooperating state. The agreement gives […]

Officials from the BMW WilliamsF1 racing team tapped Intelsat to transmit mission-critical information during all European Grand Prix racing and testing days. Beginning this year, Intelsat’s 905 satellite, located at […]

Globecomm Systems [GCOM] has entered the ethnic-programming video business by launching a direct-to-home video platform into Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The platform offers a full range of […]

Al and Ed’s Autosound, a mobile electronics and communications retailer with 29 stores in Southern California, has included two new satellite products in its “hot items” list for consumers to […]

By Mark R. Chartrand The quip “it is hard to predict, especially the future” has been attributed to baseball great Yogi Berra, movie kingpin Samuel Goldwyn and Danish physicist Niels […]

AsiaSat is a major player in the Asian satellite and communications landscape. The operator plays a key role in developing the growing broadcast and broadband markets in the region. It […]

Week of May 21-27, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol May 27 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.85 3.4 (10.2) (26.6) (22.3) […]

An announcement about the sale of global satellite operator New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK] to a private- equity firm appears to be only weeks away, and it could be followed […]

Officials at The Boeing Co. [BA] acknowledge the Superbird-6 satellite, built by its El Segundo, Calif.-based satellite-manufacturing team for Tokyo-based Space Communications Corp., may have lost at least a full […]

By Paul Dykewicz, Senior Analyst/Senior Editor The U.S. government could be in the unusual position of picking which American-based, remote-sensing company vying for the second — and apparently last — […]

Quantum Connections launched its satellite-based, high-speed Internet access to customers in southern Michigan and in northern Indiana. Subscribers to the product, Q- Sat, can surf the net at speeds as […]

Officials from M/A-Com, a business unit of Tyco Electronics Ltd. [TYC], said Ford Motor Co. [F] selected M/A-Com to provide satellite radio antennas for a variety of Ford’s vehicle lines. […]

PreCash Inc. formed a partnership with EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] that will enable participating PreCash locations to begin processing Dish Network payments using the Viewer’s Instant Payment (VIP) Card from […]

BrightStar Internet Inc. is offering one-way satellite Internet services to the outlying areas of Central Florida. Residents may use their telephone connections to send requests for data from the Internet, […]

AsiaSat CEO Peter Jackson believes market conditions are likely to remain difficult for satellite operators in Asia, and an upsurge in fortunes could be more than a year away. He […]

Armand Mancini, executive vice president and CFO at ORBIMAGE,left the company to “pursue other interests.” The company is conducting an executive search to find his replacement. Mancini was a co-founder […]

Officials from Comtech EF Data Corp., a subsidiary of Comtech Communications Corp. [CMTL], today said the company received a $1.2 million order from an unnamed cellular service provider in Southeast […]