Author: Staff Writer

Wildblue Communications announced Dec. 21 its intentions to “aggressively” enter the enterprise VSAT market in the first quarter of 2006 with its high-speed Internet access via satellite. Wildblue will offer...

Broadcast International said Dec. 20 it signed an agreement with Producers Management Television (PMTV) to provide satellite network equipment, installation, integration, service, maintenance and help desk support for Harrah’s Entertainment...

The Allied Defense Group Inc. announced Dec. 21 David Collins has been named president of Seaspace Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary that manufactures Terascan hardware and software products that provide...

The Russian Space Agency postponed the launch of the Kazsat satellite until the first half of 2006 due to unspecified technical problems, according to a Dec. 21 report by the...

Sirius Satellite Radio will provide live broadcasts of the Christmas Midnight Mass and the Christmas Day Mass Dec. 25 from St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. The Midnight Mass...

XM Satellite Radio said Dec. 20 that former National Hockey League (NHL) superstar Mark Messier signed a marketing agreement to promote XM’s broadcasts of NHL games and NHL talk radio...

Westar Satellite Services said Dec. 19 it is offering broadcasters free digital MPEG transmissions between its Dallas and New York facilities to celebrate the opening of its New York location....

Alcatel Alenia Space said Dec. 19 it received the acceptance by the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) of the Syracuse 3 military communications satellite system. Alcatel qualified the Syracuse 3...

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is testing a maritime safety system for automatic vessel monitoring and emergency alert at sea using the Iridium satellite network. “The Iridium-based vessel tracking...

Vivendi Universal, TF1 and M6 signed a draft agreement to combine the pay-TV businesses of the Canal Plus Group and TPS. Vivendi will be the majority owner of the new...