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According to press reports in the United Kingdom, NTL is moving closer to agreeing a deal to takeover Virgin Mobile in a 961 million British pounds ($1.7 billion) deal. The...

Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (CSR), which offers satellite radio service under the XM Canada brand, lost Cdn. $14.6 million ($12.6 million) in its first quarter due to expenses incurred...

Xtar LLC received a five-year contract from Hisdesat Servicios Estratégicos S.A. to provide the Royal Danish Navy (RDN) with X-band communications services via the Xtar-Eur satellite, Xtar announced Jan. 17....

Liberty Syndicates, a subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Group, and Sciemus unveiled a new satellite insurance offering intended to save money for “good” satellite operators, the companies announced. The companies plan...

The Export and Import Bank of China announced Jan. 13 that it would provide $200 million in credit to Nigeria to support construction of the country’s first communications satellite project,...

Mediaset SpA has agreed to sell satellite TV broadcasting rights for one of Italy’s top soccer teams to Sky Italia, according to media reports. Sky Italia, a unit of News...

Echostar Communications Corp. announced Jan. 16 that Oxygen Media, a U.S. woman-owned and -operated TV network, is now available on Dish Network. Dish entered into a multi-year agreement to offer...

The Galileo In Orbit Validation Elements-A (GIOVE-A) test satellite began transmitting signals Jan. 12, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Alcatel Alenia Space announced. GIOVE-A, launched in December, was built...

International Launch Services (ILS) received a contract from Telesat to launch the Nimiq 4 satellite on a Proton Breeze M vehicle, ILS announced Jan. 17. Financial terms were not disclosed....

16ndriving.com Inc. unveiled a specialized GPS tracking system that will be marketed to parents of teenage drives, the company announced Jan. 11. Littlebrother is a small GPS satellite tracking device...