Author: Staff Writer

Telesat Canada set records for full-year revenues and earnings, reporting a profit of Cdn. $88.9 million ($76.6 million) in 2005, as revenues jumped 31 percent to Cdn. $474.7 million ($409...

Euronews announced the appointment of Eurochannel as its exclusive representative for South America. Eurochannel’s mission will be to extend the distribution network of the multi language news channel across the...

Arianespace kicked off its 2006 launch calendar with an Ariane 5 ECA placing a pair telecommunications satellites in orbit March 11. The Spainsat governmental telecommunications spacecraft and the Eutelsat Hot...

Measat Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd awarded Panamsat Corp. a $44.2 million contract to oversee the launch of the Measat 1R satellite, Measat announced March 10. The spacecraft will be launched...

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. will begin development of a constellation of Earth observation satellites under a Cdn. $7 million contract ($6 million) from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the...

Panamsat Corp. has made an equity investment in Pegaso Banda Ancha, which provides Internet connectivity throughout Mexico, Panamsat announced March 13. Pegaso Banda Ancha, launched by Grupo Pegaso in February...

PA Panamsat Holding Corp. recorded a profit of $72.7 million in 2005, rebounding from a loss of $79 million in 2004, the company announced March 9. The 2004 loss was...

Miranda Technologies Inc. announced March 9 that Alsumaria TV, Iraq’s leading satellite television channel, has taken delivery of a master control and channel branding processor and a master control panel...

U.K. cable operator Telewest has launched high-definition (HD) service as it looks to get a jump on similar plans from satellite operator BSkyB. The service is available to more than...

XM Satellite Radio must use advertising on music channels owned by Clear Channel Communications, XM revealed in a March 3 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Clear Channel,...