Author: Staff Writer

Direct broadcast satellite services will dominate capacity usage by the end of the decade, according to a recently released white paper from Futron Corp. In the report, Futron predicts that...

JSAT Corp. said its JCSAT-1B satellite experienced an anomaly on Jan. 17 with one of the spacecraft’s thrusters. According to the report, the satellite is dark, with no channels on...

French satellite pay-TV operator, CanalSatellite has passed the three million subscribers mark. The operator had a strong 2004 year adding 240,000 subscribers. The operator competes in the vibrant French pay-TV...

Merrimac Industries Inc. said it received a $1.3 million order from The Boeing Co. to supply its Integrated Defense Systems division with beamforming networks and RF/microwave signal processing components for...

Cablevision Systems Corp. announced that its Rainbow DBS Co. LLC will sell its direct broadcast satellite (DBS) and certain other related assets to a subsidiary of EchoStar Communications Corp. for...

Globalstar announced the commercial availability of its Quick Locate service, which enables businesses and individuals to track assets that are remotely located or in areas not traditionally covered by terrestrial...

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell announced Jan. 21 that he is planning to resign in March after four years in a position marked by strong government efforts to increasingly...

XM Satellite Radio said Jan. 18 that it acquired Effanel Music Inc., a company specializing in live music, remote and mobile recording. “Bringing Effanel into the XM family is a...

Federal Communications Com-mission sources confirmed Jan. 21 that Chairman Michael Powell is planning to resign after four years in a position marked by strong government efforts to increasingly deregulate telecom...

HONOLULU–Commercial satellite companies that do business in the Asia-Pacific region, the third-largest customer region for the industry, must continue to focus on applications that highlight the core strengths of satellite-based...