Author: Staff Writer

Profits at SES Global grew 9 million euros ($11.6 million) in the 2005 first quarter despite revenue remaining flat, the company reported May 9. SES earned 84 million euros ($108.8...

Telespazio CEO Giuseppe Veredice believes the operator has a lot to gain from the link-up between Alcatel and Finmeccanica in terms of their space activities. Telespazio was one of two...

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) closed a $200 million private placement in its former subsidiary Terrestar Networks Inc., which was spun off to MSV’s shareholders as a stand-alone company. Terrestar, in...

Intelsat Ltd. reported revenues of $293.2 million for the first quarter of 2005, which ended March 31, up from $233.9 million in revenues reported in the first quarter of 2004....

Telesat signed a multiyear agreement with ViaSat Inc. to purchase DOCSIS-for-satellite Ka-band consumer terminals. The terminals, which use a networking technology that utilizes satellite bandwidth more efficiently to lower the...

International Launch Services (ILS) said the window for its May 21 launch of the DirecTV 8 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan will open at 1:59 p.m. EDT. The...

While satellite pay-TV operators have performed strongly in recent years in terms subscriber gains, many continue to deal with the effects of smart card piracy. The illegal watching of content...

International Launch Services (ILS) said the window for its May 21 launching of the DirecTV 8 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan will open at 1:59 p.m. EDT. The...

New Skies Satellite BV became the second Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) operator acquired by private equity owners in recent years to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of stock. New...

The future is looking bright for Telespazio. The Italian joint venture, one of two companies formed when Alcatel and Finmeccanica merged their respective space activities, (SN, Jan. 31) concentrating on...