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Humax said it entered into development and supply agreements with DirecTV Inc. According to Humax, the agreements encompass various set top box models, including a portion of the entry-level receivers...

SES Americom, an SES Global company, said it appointed Jack Friedman to the position of senior vice president and general counsel. In this role, Friedman is responsible for all SES...

The Boeing Co. said it reached an agreement to sell its Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power business unit to Pratt & Whitney for about $700 million in cash. Rocketdyne is primarily...

ABC Companies, which sells and leases new and pre-owned highway coaches, said it entered into an agreement with Fleet Management Solutions (FMS) under which FMS will provide ABC a satellite-based...

iDirect Technologies introduced the latest addition to its product platform: the iDirect Compression and Acceleration Server (CAS) technology. The CAS solution compresses and accelerates static and dynamic data and content,...

TVN Entertainment Corp. said World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. signed a wide-ranging video-on-demand (VOD) preferred partner services agreement. The agreement covers satellite VOD services and distribution for WWE’s new subscription VOD...

Globecomm Systems Inc. said the National Air Navigation Services Co. (NANSC) in Egypt awarded it an $8.1 million contract to install a next generation satellite- based network connecting 19 remote...

Gilat Satellite Networks CEO Shlomo Rodav is confident the company is in a position to derive strong revenue growth in the next few years. In its last full year results...

Row 44 said it signed an exclusive agreement with Hughes Network Systems to bring satellite broadband connectivity to North American commercial and business aircraft. Row 44 will use HNS’ Direcway...

Via Satellite magazine, sister publication to Satellite Today, named iDirect Technologies President and CEO John Kealey as the 2004 satellite executive of the year. “Kealey materializes a business practice that...