Pace Sees Profit Growth
Pace Micro Technology, a supplier of set-top boxes to pay-TV satellite operators, reported an increase in profits before tax for the year ended June 4. The company posted profits before...
Author: Staff Writer
Mainstream Data Receives Movie Theater Distribution Contract
Mainstream Data signed an agreement with Thomson and its Technicolor Digital Cinema business to provide a high-speed digital satellite network that will distribute content to movie theaters across North America,...
Stratos Global Cuts Revenue Forecasts
Stratos Global Corp. reduced its revenue growth and earnings per share estimates for 2005, the company announced July 11. Stratos, which makes mobile and fixed communications systems, expects revenue in...
Telenor, Thuraya Ink Satellite Services Agreement
Telenor Satellite Services and Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Co. announced July 12 that Telenor would begin offering Thuraya products and services throughout Telenor’s global distribution network. Under the terms of the...
XM Announces Dividend On Series B Preferred Stock
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. declared a regular quarterly dividend on its 8.25 percent Series B Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable in shares of the company’s Class...
Datapath Buys ViaSat Technology For Use in Military Communications System
ViaSat Inc. will supply satellite communications networking equipment to Datapath Inc. for use in a mobile military communications system, ViaSat announced July 11. Under the $7 million contract, Carlsbad, Calif.-based...
iDirect Technology Approved By Rural Utilities Services
VSAT technology developed by iDirect Technologies received product acceptance from the Rural Utilities Services (RUS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, iDirect announced July 11. This acceptance means the technology...
WDC Media, Giant Industries Select HNS' Direcway
Public relations firm WDC Media announced July 9 it selected Hughes Network Systems’ (HNS) Direcway as its premium satellite broadband provider. “Direcway offers a viable solution to our intranet and...
Eutelsat's New Horizon Deal
Eutelsat signed a capacity agreement with telecom services provider Horizon Satellite Services (HSS), which plans to use the capacity to boost broadband connectivity in the Middle East, Asia and Africa....
BBC Leases Additional Capacity From SES Astra
SES Astra announced July 11 that the BBC leased a transponder aboard the Astra 2A satellite, located at 28.2 degrees East. SES Astra said the BBC would use the additional...