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Satellite pay-TV operators around the globe saw some healthy growth in subscriber numbers during 2003. In this survey, Satellite News analyzed the performance of some key operators in Europe and […]

Showtime, the biggest satellite pay-TV operator in the Middle East, announced it would begin carrying a new movie channel in early March. The channel, called “Movietime,” boosts to 17 the […]

Trimble [TRMB], a Sunnyvale Calif.-based provider of GPS technology, is going to supply UNAVCO with Global Positioning System (GPS) reference station receivers for at least the next five years. Financial […]

ViaSat [VSAT], a Carlsbad, Calif.-based producer of satellite communications, has been awarded a contract by Athens-based gaming company Intralot to provide secure lottery communications applications in Nebraska. Financial terms were […]

China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite (ChinaSAT) has deployed Vyyo wireless broadband in Haikou, the capital of Hainan. Whan Research Institute, one of Vyyo’s system integrators, handled the installation. Haikou, located in […]

France-based satellite launch service Arianespace has delayed flight 158 again, this time by several days due to a minor anomaly observed on the thermal protection of the main cryogenic stage […]

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI], a New York City-based satellite-radio provider, will offer around-the-clock traffic and weather reports for the top 20 markets. The reports will begin Feb. 29 with New […]

Petah Tikva, Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF], completed a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission review process to let the company acquire all the shares of rStar common stock that […]

Jericho, N.Y.-based Rainbow DBS, the satellite division of Cablevision Systems [CVC], announced that the channel lineup for its VOOM service now includes four HBO and Cinemax channels in high-definition (HD), […]

Southampton, U.K.-based GlobeCast, a satellite services company, has chosen Tandberg Television as its broadcast equipment provider of choice for this summer’s Olympic games in Athens. Tandberg, a provider of open […]

BSkyB, the biggest pay-TV operator in the United Kingdom, has unveiled plans to introduce a number of new mobile sales units to demonstrate the benefits of products such as its […]

Arianespace‘s Flight 158 scheduled for today was postponed until Friday due to “wind conditions at altitude” affecting the Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The mission is to carry Europe’s Rosetta […]

Pennsylvania Attorney General Jerry Pappert has filed a lawsuit against two New Jersey-based companies and their owner. The lawsuit accuses them of illegally contacting dozens of consumers whose names and […]

Ericsson [ERICY], a Charlotte, N.C.-based wireless communication company, and Econet Wireless Nigeria have signed an expansion GSM contract valued at $110 million. A first phase of the project is underway […]

The Washington-based Aerospace Industries Association unveiled its second five-year research and development plan aimed at urging the Bush administration to develop a vision for aerospace similar to the one recently […]

AsiaSat has reached a new key lease agreement with the national broadcaster in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. The lease agreement calls for Bangladesh Television (BTV) to use C-band capacity […]

DirecTV Latin America LLC has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy court protection. The company has returned to “solid financial footing,” said Larry N. Chapman, president and chief operating officer of […]

SES Global S.A. [SESG], the world’s largest satellite operator, acquired a 9 percent ownership stake in Orbcomm, a Dulles, Va.-based provider of global satellite data services to industrial, military and […]

Orange France, a Paris-based subsidiary of Orange SA, plans to make mass-market Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation services available on the Orange France network during second quarter 2004. Orange France’s […]

KVH Industries [KVHI], a Middletown, R.I.-based developer of mobile satellite communications products, has named two new vice presidents to oversee the company’s satellite and defense manufacturing operations. KVH named Jeff […]

China Wireless Communications [CWLC] a Golden, Colo.-based developer of wireless broadband networks has signed a contract with Beijing-based China Satellite Communication. Financial terms were not disclosed. China Wireless will provide […]

Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin [LMT] is trying to assist in the space exploration initiative of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) by forming a business unit to respond to […]

Foxtel,the Australian pay-TV operator, is expecting its new digital service will prove to be popular among the country’s consumers. Patrick Delany, Foxtel’s director of digital, said the company’s new offering […]

The outlook for the commercial remote-sensing sector is brighter than it has been in many years, based on the huge orders it is receiving to serve the U.S. Department of […]

Wilton, Conn.-based satellite operator PanAmSat [SPOT] has done so well managing it costs and boosting its cash flow during an industry downturn that it may be ideally situated to be […]

Global Locate a San Jose, Calif.-based GPS semi-conductor has successfully integrated its IndoorGPS chip set into the Infineon [IFX: FWB] multimedia platform, which supports UMTS, EDGE, and GPRS cellular standards. […]

By Roger Rusch Although exchange rates may be unpredictable, they can have a major impact on satellite companies, launch- services providers and other international businesses. Satellite and aerospace companies are […]

Herring Broadcasting a Wilton, Conn.-based provider of the Wealth TV Network, has selected PanAmSat [SPOT] Galaxy 13 to provide satellite delivery of its Wealth TV channel to cable and DBS […]

A new Arabic-language satellite television channel, named Alhurra, recently began broadcasting to millions of viewers in 22 countries across the Middle East. Alhurra, an Arabic word for “the free one,” […]

Equant [ENT: EQU], a Paris-based communications company, has agreed to provide satellite access services in Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe to the Foreign Ministries of France and the […]