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XM Canada Reaches 50,000 Subscribers

Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (CSR), which offers satellite radio services under the XM Canada brand, has attracted more than 50,000 subscribers in its first three months of operations, the...

AMC-23 Satellite Declared Operational

The AMC-23 satellite has completed in-orbit testing and has begun operations from its orbital slot of 172 degrees East, SES Americom announced March 2. The spacecraft, placed into orbit in...

Showtime CEO Happy with Recent Performance

Peter Einstein, CEO of Middle East direct-to-home provider Showtime, which has around 200,000 subscribers, believes the company’s 2005 performance has set Showtime up well for the future. “In 2005, I...

Trimble Introduces Small Surface Mount GPS Receiver

Trimble introduced a thumbnail-sized, surface-mount, low power module for providing GPS capabilities for next-generation portable handheld, battery-powered applications Trimble announced. The Copernicus GPS module is a drop-in, receiver that provides...

Echostar Adds Local HD Channels

Echostar Communications Corp. will launch local high-definition (HD) TV channels in Denver and 61 surrounding counties, as well as nine counties in Nebraska and six in Wyoming, the company announced...