Author: Staff Writer

XM Satellite Radio announced July 12 the formation of a joint venture, Network Live, with AEG, America Online and entertainment and technology veteran Kevin Wall. Network Live will be a...

Iridium Satellite LLC said the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service fitted 200 primarily contract aircraft with Iridium equipment. The aircraft are part of the interagency Automated Flight-Following (AFF)...

U.S. President George W. Bush July 12 signed off on a law that lifts the restrictions in the Open-Market Reorganization for Betterment of International Telecommunications (ORBIT) Act that would otherwise...

ABB of Quebec City, Quebec, received a contract to supply the primary components for a Japanese satellite that will measure greenhouse gases in support of the Kyoto protocol, ABB recently...

Viasat Broadcasting hopes its personal video recorder (PVR) offering in the Nordic region will help it compete more effectively in the direct-to-home market. But the company admits it may take...

The SSETI Express, the first spacecraft to be designed and built solely by European students, has been shipped to Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced July...

When one thinks about a satellite’s role in this year’s Tour de France, one likely will think about how satellites are doing their part to provide broadcasters around the globe...

NSE & PA Wall Street analysts have launched coverage of New Skies Satellites. The first investment house to offer coverage of the stock was Lehman Brothers, which gave New Skies...

Pace Micro Technology reported profits before tax of 8.1 million pounds ($14.2 million) for the year ended June 4. At the same stage last year, the profit number was 5.9...

Mainstream Data signed an agreement with Thompson and its Technicolor Digital Cinema business to provide an end-to-end high-speed digital satellite network for the distribution of pre-show content to movie theaters...