Author: Staff Writer

Stratos Global Corp. closed its $191.3 million acquisition of rival satellite communications company Xantic B.V. Feb. 14, creating a half billion dollar company with a 44 percent market share of...

EMS Satcom appointed Peter Zalizniak account manager of military, government and maritime sales, the company announced Feb. 14. Zalizniak will focus on the company’s government and military businesses, particularly on...

Emercomsat, a civil protection satellite network built by Telespazio, began operations with the opening of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Telespazio announced. The system provides secure broadband communications and...

Intelsat has been granted rights by the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency to operate the Intelsat Americas-8 (IA-8) satellite in the Brazilian market, the company announced Feb. 15. IA-8, launched in...

Euronews is available to mobile phone users in Spain after being added to the 3G television service of Amena, Euronews announced. Euronews‚ Live TV service also is available in Austria,...

German pay-TV operator Premiere ended 2005 with nearly 3.6 million subscribers, up nearly 10 percent compared to the 3.3 million subscribers reported at the end of 2004. The operator also...

Bellsouth extended its marketing alliance with DirecTV Inc. another five years and also created a new sales channel, Bellsouth announced Feb. 14. Under the marketing agreement, Bellsouth is able to...

BTV+ received a multiyear contract valued at more than $40 million to supply and operate a digital signage network that will serve more than 3,600 sporting and retail locations, BTV+...

Jean-Yves Le Gall, CEO of Arianespace, and Anatoly Perminov, director general of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, signed the supply contract Feb. 14 for the first four Soyuz vehicles that...

Michael Neuman resigned as president and COO of Echostar Communications Corp. effective Feb. 13, the company said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Vice Chairman Carl...