Author: Staff Writer

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...

Segovia, Inc., a provider of secure global voice, data and video broadband satellite services to the U.S. military, announced that it enabled U.S. troops stationed in Iraq to make more...

Irdeto Access, a Netherlands-based provider of content security for Digital TV, IPTV and mobile and a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers announced that it gave Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzie, a...

Harvey White, a co-founder of Qualcomm, has been appointed to ViaSat Inc.‘s board of directors, ViaSat announced May 12. White is chairman of SHW2 Enterprises, a business development and consulting...

Globecomm Systems Inc. posted a profit in its fiscal 2005 third quarter as revenue improved nearly 27 percent from the same period in 2004, the company reported May 11. Globecomm...

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, is continuing to work together with its North American counterpart, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to improve weather...

Starchaser Industries unveiled its new Churchill Mk3 liquid rocket engine May 11. With a design thrust of 33,000 pounds, it is the largest engine built in the United Kingdom in...

Norsat International Inc. lost 1.2 million Canadian dollars ($970,000) in its 2005 first quarter as sales slipped 42 percent from the same period in 2004, Norsat reported May 10. For...

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...