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According to Arianespace officials, Australian telecommunications carrier Optus has chosen the company to launch its D1 and D2 satellites. Optus D1 is to be launched from the Guiana Space Centre […]

El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV Group [DTV] agreed to sell the set-top box manufacturing operations of its Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems subsidiary to France-based Thomson [TMS] for a minimum of […]

According to Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] executives, Intelsat Ltd. will acquire Lockheed Martin’s Comsat General business for $90 million in cash. The deal includes provisions, under certain circumstances, for Intelsat […]

Intelsat Ltd. reported a slight drop in revenues and a 74-percent drop in net income for the first quarter of 2004, compared with the same period last year. Revenues of […]

SES Astra officials today said the company added two million new households in Europe to its customer base during 2003, bringing the number of total households covered to 36.4 million […]

Carlsbad, Calif.-based ViaSat [VSAT] finalized a contract with Telesat Canada to supply gateways and terminals for Telesat’s consumer Ka-band services on the Anik F2 satellite. Under the pact, ViaSat would […]

International Launch Services (ILS) reported Intelsat Ltd. agreed to purchase an Atlas V rocket for the launch of a future satellite. Financial terms were not disclosed. ILS is a joint […]

XM Satellite Radio, [XMSR] announced a partnership with Cambridge SoundWorks to produce the PlayDockXM, a portable, high-performance audio system with a flexible docking apparatus that allows rapid connection or removal […]

Officials from satellite telecommunications provider CapRock Communications today said the company appointed Douglas Tutt as director of the company’s South American operations, based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Officials said […]

Loral Space & Communications Ltd. [LRLSQ] reported a net loss of $79.6 million for the first quarter of 2004, compared with a net loss of $48.2 million during the same […]

Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] appears to be revving up its growth engine after announcing strong first-quarter results and several catalysts that could accelerate its already blistering pace. The […]

ISECUREtrac [ISRE], an Omaha, Neb.-based provider of GPS tracking solutions, won a contract from Alternative Corrections of Castle Rock, Colo. Alternative Corrections will use the tracNET24 for criminal-justice tracking solutions. […]

DirecTV, the satellite TV services unit of The DirecTV Group [DTV], appears to be regaining the momentum it lost a few years when EchoStar Communications [DISH] became the fastest-growing satellite […]

BAE Systems is celebrating the opening of the newly upgraded Semiconductor Technology Center (STC) along with the company’s 25th anniversary May 10 at its headquarters in Manassas, Va. The STC […]

By Paul Dykewicz, PBI Media LLC The unspectacular first quarter financial results of New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK] last week likely highlighted part of the reason why its CEO Dan […]

Officials from Arianespace and EADS Space Transportation signed a contract worth $3.6 billion for the production by EADS Space Transportation of 30 Ariane 5 launch vehicles. The contract makes EADS […]

France, Italy and the United Kingdom will provide critical new satellite-communications services jointly to NATO starting next year and continuing through 2019. The existing national Syracuse program in France, the […]

Satlynx S.A. will provides two-way satellite broadband communications services to ANGA’s Cable 2004 trade show, opening later this week in Cologne, Germany. ANGA e.V. is the German Association of Private […]

By Richard DalBello, Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association As the new president of Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA), it is my great pleasure to write about some of the […]

Officials from Americom Government Services Inc. (AGS), a wholly owned subsidiary of SES Americom, and Verestar Inc. today said the companies formally linked their complementary General Services Administration federal supply […]

Viasat expects its number of pay-TV subscribers to really accelerate this year. The satellite pay-TV operator, which offers services in the Nordic region, already has close to 640,000 digital pay-TV […]

NDS [NDS], which signed a deal with DirecTV in the first quarter of this year to supply Conditional Access (CA), anti-piracy measures, hopes to follow this up by concluding a […]

Week of April 30 – May 6, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol May 6 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.85 3.4 […]

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [MDA] said its Information Systems group signed three contracts worth as much as $1.81 million for the building and maintenance of its Observation via Satellite ground […]

iDirect Technologies will be providing the Puerto Rico Dept. of Education with high-speed Internet connectivity for 1,539 school locations throughout the country through its bi-directional, satellite-based, broadband-access technology. Financial terms […]

According to executives at Stratos Global Corp. [SGB], Alfred Giammarino will assume the duties of executive vice president and CFO as of May 10. He will be responsible for all […]

Vicom Inc. [VICM] said its newly acquired subsidiary MDU Inc. completed the installation of equipment necessary to launch DirecTV direct-to- home satellite television services to 27 new properties, including 11 […]

Officials from GlobeCast, operator of a global network of satellite distribution platforms for broadcast and advanced-content delivery, today said a group of international broadcasters selected its Athens Broadcast Base for […]

Modern Times Group (MTG) aims to become one of the biggest media companies in Europe. The company already is a significant player in the pay-TV and free-TV markets in the […]

PBI Media LLC, publisher of Satellite Today and a provider of global competitive business-to-business information and marketing solutions, announced a company name change to Access Intelligence LLC. According to Access […]