Author: Staff Writer

Echostar Communications Corp. announced July 4 that it added The Sporting News TV to the interactive programming lineup offered via its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service. The channel, available...

SES Astra announced July 4 it entered into an agreement with Netherlands-based regional broadcaster L1 to provide free-to-air broadcasts of L1 TV and L1 Radio via the Astra satellite at...

Spot Image announced July 4 that its board of directors named Herve Buchwalter as the company’s new chairman and CEO at a June 22 meeting. He succeeds Jean-Marc Nasr, who...

Orbital Sciences Corp. named Ronald Kadish, the former director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, to the company’s board of directors, Orbital announced June 30. Kadish retired from the Air...

Alcatel and Finmeccanica completed the formation of a pair of new joint ventures: Alcatel Alenia Space and Telespazio Holding, the companies announced July 1. Alcatel Alenia Space (held 67 percent...

Viasat Broadcasting, a wholly owned subsidiary of Modern Times Group (MTG), signed content deals to boost its direct-to-home and Internet protocol television packages in the Nordic and Baltic regions. Viasat...

By Gerry Oberst While U.S. policy makers are concerned about the broadcasting of indecent material and adult content, Europeans are wrestling with a different kind of content issue–satellite- delivered programming...

By Mark Holmes High-Definition Television (HDTV) is a hot topic and one that offers strong revenue opportunities for companies in the satellite sector. Satellite pay-TV operators such as the U.K.’s...

By Nick Mitsis With new management entering the communications satellite industry, business is centering more on exploiting its current assets and less on introducing new hardware. Once again, Via Satellite...

By Peter J. Brown When it comes to delivering bandwidth in the battlefield, the U.S. military is in what is best described as rapid-recovery mode. The liberation of Kuwait more...