Author: Staff Writer

The board of Telenor Satellite Services AS (Telenor) appointed Morten Tengs as the company’s CEO effective Feb. 2, the company announced Jan. 12. Tengs replaces Tore Hilde who will leave...

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...

Dara Altman has been named executive vice president of business and legal affairs of XM Satellite Radio, the company announced Jan. 12. Altman will oversee several departments, including new business...

Sky Italia, which is preparing to launch personal video recorder (PVR) services in Italy, selected Pace Micro Technology to provide the set-top box provider for the new MySky service. Pace...

Radyne Corp. announced that its Tiernan and Xicom Technology subsidiaries received an order valued at more than $1 million for high-definition and standard-definition TV encoders and high-power amplifiers from a...

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., announced Jan. 10 that it would immediately begin to make its line of GPS and mobile electronics devices compatible with Mac OS...

U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB stepped up its plans for providing content on alternative platforms, launching a pair of new services, the company announced Jan. 10. Sky by broadband and...

Howard Stern and his agent have made their shares in Sirius Satellite Radio available for sale, according to a Jan. 11 Sirius filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission....

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) awarded a contract to Boeing for three satellites and related ground systems to support MSV’s planned commercial mobile satellite service, the companies announced Jan. 11. The...

Lotus Cars USA and Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. have added XM Satellite Radio as factory-installed equipment, the companies announced. Lotus will provide XM in its 2006 Lotus Elise sports...