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Canada’s MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [TSX: MDA] has been awarded the first phase of a multi-million dollar contract by an unidentified prime contractor in the United States to work on […]

Stratos, a Bethesda, Md.-based provider of satellite communications, has formed a partnership with Satcom Direct to provide Inmarsat Swift64 to the U.S. and Canadian governments and the business aviation market. […]

XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] has priced a $175 million high-yield offering of 12 percent senior secured notes due 2010 guaranteed by the parent company, XM Satellite Radio Holdings. The […]

Following two eight-month investigations, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Greater Toronto Area Federal Enforcement Section this week charged 23 persons and eight business locations of Huworks TV with conspiracy charges […]

The Ariane 5 rocket lifted the Optus and Defence C1 communications satellite into orbit at 6:38 p.m. EDT June 11 from Arianespace‘s spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana. The combination civilian […]

Struggling with flat demand, intense competition and uncertainty due to industry consolidation, fixed satellite service (FSS) operators can expect growth and expansion beyond 2004 as the market restructures itself through […]

ARINC has set up a business unit to pursue opportunities in providing aeronautical satellite voice, narrowband and broadband data services for the commercial airline, government/military and business aviation markets. The […]

Intelsat believes its relationship with Hong Kong-based Television Broadcasts Ltd (TVB) is a key one for the company on a number of levels. In February this year, Intelsat announced a […]

The International Telecommunication Union‘s World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) wrapped up its first week in Geneva with an ambitious agenda of spectrum-related initiatives. Among the list of 48 agenda items is […]

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded more than C$3 million (US$2.2 million) in contracts to nine Canadian companies to develop uses for satellite-based Earth Observation data and applications. The […]

General Technologies has launched satellite broadband services in the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe following a six-month pilot phase. General Technologies aims to provide services to all types […]

Two executives have been appointed to positions with MCI IDB Satellite Systems Group. Jack Walters, senior vice president in operations and technology at MCI, now is responsible for MCI IDB. […]

Subscriber feedback has spurred Canadian satellite TV services provider Bell ExpressVu to carry Catholic channel ETWN, said Tom Wenzel, EWTN’s director of marketing. Viewers of cable and satellite systems who […]

CHICAGO–The Major Broadcasting Cable (MBC) Network so far has been unable to convince U.S. satellite TV companies to carry its predominantly African-American content despite launching service nearly four years ago. […]

The UK market is still one of the more progressive in terms of satellite broadband in Europe, opined Aramiska CEO Philippe Bodart. He told SATELLITE TODAY: “The push to get […]

Denver-based Space Imaging has won a contract from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) to evaluate a new technology enabling the search of large satellite imagery databases for specific […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] launched two spacecraft Tuesday within hours of each other from different vantage points on the globe. In an early morning launch (6:56 a.m. PDT) from the equator, […]

CHICAGO – Favorable subscriber reaction has spurred EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] to add a Spanish-language soccer channel to its top 150 English-language programming lineup, the satellite TV provider announced here […]

CHICAGO – Satellite operators looking to capitalize on the rollout of high-definition TV (HDTV) must wait to receive a big payoff from carrying the bandwidth-intensive signals. HDTV content providers are […]

Ground Control, a San Luis Obispo, Calif.-based service provider for Hughes Network Systems‘ DirecWay two-way satellite systems, has released IG-VoIP, the first software voice-over-Internet product for DirecWay subscribers, according to […]

The High Court in Hong Kong ruled Wednesday against five defendants for importing and trading in unauthorized satellite TV signal decoding equipment. In the ruling, a judge granted an injunction […]

SkyHawke Technologies is teaming with Sarantel to combine Sarantel’s miniature GeoHelix GPS antenna into the latest version of its SG2 personal digital golf caddie. The SG2 provides instant range information […]

Starz Encore Chairman and CEO John J. Sie is calling on the cable and satellite industries to use a new technology solution to manage spectrum more efficiently. At the National […]

Marcelo Sant’Anna has been named general manager of Loral Skynet do Brasil, the Brazilian subsidiary of New York-based satellite communications firm Loral Space & Communications [NYSE: LOR]. Sant’Anna will be […]

Canada’s MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [TSX: MDA] has been awarded the first phase of a multi-million dollar contract by an unidentified prime contractor in the United States to work on […]

Paris-based Alcatel Space has signed a 148 million euro ($173 million) contract with KT Corp. [NYSE: KTC] and the Korean Agency for Defense Development to build Koreasat 5 – a […]

Satellite platform operators, cable TV providers, equipment suppliers and content providers are seeing subscribership and revenues increase after years of investment and sluggish growth, according to the Hong Kong-based Cable […]

The Federal Aviation Administration – along with other aviation agencies around the world – is moving ahead with implementation of the “future air navigation system” (FAN), which uses satellite communication […]

EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: ELMG] has signed distribution agreements with EMS SATCOM and an additional group of business partners for the sale of Inmarsat satellite terminals. The new business partners signed […]

SkyFrames [OTC BB: SKYU], a Costa Mesa, Calif.-based provider of satellite broadband Internet services, has signed a contract with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to provide satellite broadband service for […]