Author: Staff Writer

Echostar Communications Corp. said June 23 it added the Indian channel Zee Gujarati to its international programming lineup of its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service. This brings the number...

Digiweb Ltd. announced June 19 it completed the acquisition of Tiscali‘s satellite broadband business. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Digiweb said the acquisition will be seamless...

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. added two members to its worldwide network of Radarsat imagery stations, the company announced June 24. The subscription agreements with a NATO ground station in...

Qatar Airways announced June 19 it would be the first international airline to install live onboard satellite television as part of a $100 million agreement with Lufthansa Technik. The service...

The government needs to abandon its old ways of thinking about spectrum use for public safety and adopt a more flexible approach that incorporates a variety of technologies, according to...

Globecast announced June 21 that it would deliver MTV Networks‘ European channels to cable and satellite television providers across Europe via a dedicated transponder aboard the Hot Bird 6 satellite....

As this issue was going to press, Intelsat announced June 23 that at 10:03 a.m. EDT, the Intelsat Americas-8 (IA-8) was successfully launched by Sea Launch LLC aboard a Zenit-3SL...

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. delivered its first iNetVu Mobile unit to Netcom Africa Ltd., a communications infrastructure provider of satellite and wireless broadband in Western Africa, C-Com announced. Netcom will...

Despite what observers consider to be unnecessarily burdensome restrictions, Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio ultimately are expected to agree to the terms set forth by the Canadian Radio-Television...

Echostar Communications Corp., which operates the Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television system, is making preparations for what is expected to be another busy hurricane season on the U.S. East Coast,...