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EchoStar Communications [DISH] CEO Charles Ergen is asking Congress to rethink provisions in the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 (SHVERA) aimed at its Dish Network direct-to-home […]

Starting today, Verizon Communications [VZ] customers will have the option to drop their local cable television service in favor of DirecTV direct-to- home satellite television service. Verizon said customers choosing […]

EchoStar Communications [DISH] officials today said the Dish network direct-to-home satellite television service now will offer local channels to subscribers in Sioux City, Iowa, and in Wausau-Rhinelander, Wis. The channels […]

XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] signed a deal that calls for Antex Electronics to develop and to market high-end satellite radio products. The first product developed under the agreement is the […]

Officials from Hughes Network Systems yesterday said the company’s European unit, HNS Europe, has supplied Telespazio S.p.A. with a DirecWay network operations center (NOC) and remote satellite terminals. Telespazio will […]

Officials from point-to-multipoint satellite service provider Microspace Communications yesterday said the first phase of its pilot digital cinema program with DreamWorks LLC was completed successfully with the delivery of the […]

XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] subscribers will be able to get expanded traffic reports during weekends this summer for select coastal areas, including Cape Cod; Long Island/North Jersey Shore; South Jersey […]

Officials from New Skies Satellites N.V. late yesterday said the company is “engaged in advanced negotiations with a leading private equity firm” that soon could lead to The Netherlands-based satellite […]

Officials from Alcatel Space today said Marc Pircher will join the company as vice president and chief technical officer (CTO) on July 1. Pircher currently is the director of launchers […]

L-3 ESSCO announced that it would supply the University of Miami with a 57-foot-diameter radome to be used for its Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing (CSTARS) facility. The […]

DirecTV [DTV] officials said the company would open two new owned-and-operated customer call centers in Tulsa, Okla., and Huntsville, Ala. The centers will employ up to 2,000 customer service representatives […]

Comtech Telecommunications [CMTL] officials today said the company’s Comtech PST Corp. subsidiary received a $1.3 million order for high power amplifiers from Rockwell Collins. The amplifiers are used as part […]

Cynthia Dinkins, vice president of program and business developmentat the Alexandria, Va.-based T. Howard Foundation, today was named as one of the “Fifty Most Influential Minorities in Business for 2004” […]

Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [DISH] announced today its DISH Network would offer local TV channels through its satellite television service to viewers in Rockford, Ill., and to those in Medford, […]

ViaSat [VSAT], based in Carlsbad, Calif., was the provider of a general aviation Internet modem deployed in the launch of the new Connexion by Boeing airborne broadband service. The Boeing […]

El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV trumpeted a legal award it won yesterday by issuing a press release calling attention to a federal judge ruling in a courtroom clash with Pegasus Satellite […]

Intelsat‘s John Stanton said at Mediacast today the operator is set to announce a deal with a service provider to launch a nationally available satellite broadband service in the United […]

McLean, Va.-based International Launch Services is leaving no doubt that it is blame-free in any post-launch problems currently occurring with Japan’s Superbird-6 communications satellite. The unqualified denial from ILS was […]

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla.–The AMC-11 telecommunications satellite successfully lifted into orbit May 19 onboard an Atlas IIAS rocket. The satellite should enhance Princeton, N.J.-based SES Americom’s service to […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] officials said the company recently completed an important milestone in proving its mobile launch range concept, an effort that could ultimately result in cost savings for […]

By Paul Dykewicz, PBI Media, LLC International Launch Services (ILS), which markets the Atlas and Proton launch vehicles, is picking up the lion’s share of commercial launches so far this […]

A new interactive video game has been introduced that features an embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) chipset. Gizmondo Europe Ltd., a business unit of Jacksonville, Fla.- based Tiger Telematics [TIGR], […]

AM and FM radio owners had best start looking over their shoulders. The U.S.-dominated satellite radio industry has topped 2 million subscribers since Washington-based XM Satellite Radio’s [XMSR] “soft” rollout […]

Satellite pay-TV operators in Europe have had a tough first quarter in terms of picking up new subscribers. In two of Europe’s biggest markets, Germany and the UK, both Premiere […]

Delphi Corp. [DPH] will provide the three finalists of the “American Idol” pop star talent search with an “all-in-one” CD audio system that integrates a XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] receiver […]

Kingston Inmedia believes having The Carlyle Group as its owners will lead to the company being able to derive greater revenues from international opportunities. The Carlyle Group acquired Kingston Inmedia […]

Microspace Communications Corp. revealed that StagePost, a new-age media and marketing company, will use Microspace’s Velocity satellite service in its new Excelevision program. Excelevision delivers real-time marketing, training and corporate […]

Week of May 14 – 20, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol May 20 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.69 (1.2) (10.6) […]

Garmin International, a unit of Garmin Ltd. [GRMN], today unveiled a GPS sensor bundle with nRoute software that allows users to turn their laptop PCs into street navigation tools. Garmin’s […]

William Hill is set to launch a branded television channel in the United Kingdom on the Sky Digital platform that will focus on betting. Initially, the channel will use Fixed […]