Author: Staff Writer

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) received a contract from Defence Research and Development Canada-Ottawa to develop technology that extracts information about moving objects from satellite radar imagery, MDA announced...

Intelsat announced Jan. 26 that Globecast WorldTV renewed its contract for the use of multiple transponders aboard the Intelsat-Americas 5 (IA-5) satellite. The contract will support growth of Globecast’s international...

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) appointed Scott Macleod, a 20-year telecom and strategic finance veteran, to the position CFO, the company announced Jan. 24. Macleod will be responsible for finance and...

Globecast announced Jan. 25 that it was chosen by France Telecom‘s IPTV arm Maligne TV to manage the French operator’s newest IPTV bouquet, Le Bouquet TV, Beginning with the Feb....

Serbia Broadband is set to launch a new direct-to-home platform using Eutelsat‘s W2 satellite. The 25-channel DTH platform will be called TotalTV and will offer Serbian national and regional channels...

Qinetiq Group plc hopes to raise gross proceeds of about 582 million British pounds ($1 billion) through its initial public offering, the company announced Jan. 25. Qinetiq set a price...

Panamsat Corp. removed the Galaxy 3R satellite from service after the spacecraft’s secondary spacecraft control processor failed, the company announced Jan. 24. The Boeing 601 spacecraft, which was launched in...

David Hershberg, chairman and CEO of Globecomm Systems Inc., has been named the Herman Fialkov Business Person of the Year by The Long Island Capital Alliance, Globecomm announced Jan. 24....

Antoine de Chassy has been named the new president of Spot Image Corp., the U.S. marketing arm of France’s imagery satellite operator, the company announced Jan. 24. De Chassy served...

Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd, Siam Commercial Bank Pcl (SCB) and a group of Thai investors, through Kularb Kaew Pcl, have reached an agreement to acquire a 49.6 percent stake in...