Author: JJ McCoy

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. reported revenues of 311.9 million Canadian dollars ($298.4 million) in its 2007 second quarter, a 29 percent increase over the same period a year ago,...

Satellite manufacturer EADS Astrium reported revenues of 1.4 billion euros ($1.9 billion) in the first half of 2007, a 12 percent increase over revenues of 1.3 billion euros ($1.8 billion)...

Astro All Asia Networks, the leading pay-TV operator in Malaysia, will lease Ku-band capacity from Measat, the satellite operator announced July 26. Measat will provide Astro with use of up...

SES Americom and partner Hiwire have launched a test of a digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H) mobile TV service they claim will deliver twice the channels and higher-quality pictures than other...

EMS Technologies Inc. completed its acquisition of DSpace Pty. Ltd., an Australian company which helped develop the satellite radio protocols for Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service, EMS announced...

Despite losing 10,000 subscribers in the last three months, Nordic direct-to-home operator Canal Digital closed its 2007 business year with a net gain of 13,000 subscribers, parent company Telenor announced...

With revenues of $277 million in the 2007 second quarter, up 22 percent over the same period in 2006, XM Satellite Radio saw its second quarter loss narrow by 23...

Eutelsat generated a net profit of 170 million euros ($234.1 million) in its 2007 business year, compared to earnings of 40 million euros ($55.1 million) in 2006, the operator announced...

The European Union and the United States will provide an improved civil signal design that will be common to their respective satellite navigation systems, officials announced July 26. The effort...

iDirect Inc. has set up a wholly owned subsidiary to promote adoption of its Internet Protocol-based satellite networking solutions in the government market, iDirect announced July 26. John Ratigan, formerly...