Author: Staff Writer

Interactive television is about to go through a key period in the United Kingdom, with most of the innovation likely to take place on BSkyB’s satellite platform. In its most...

DirecTV Inc. Dec. 6 said that, starting on the DEC. 7, the direct-to-home satellite television service provider would offer SKY TG24, an Italian news channel. The channel would be available...

The space industry sales are poised to follow their growth trend that began in 2002, according to the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA). John Douglass said during the association’s annual year-end...

One of the keys to winning market share in what is becoming a very heated industry sector will be which company can get its receivers in the hands, or in...

Fledgling provider of in-flight high-speed data services Connexion by Boeing said last week it increased its air routes to 10 from 6 since the service was launched earlier this year....

DirecTV Inc. said that Martin Mullen, also known as Martin Stewart, was sentenced earlier this week by the U.S. District Court of the Middle District of Florida to seven years...

According to Reuters, a group of investors is planning an offer to buy Mexican satellite firm Satmex. Mexico City-based Constellation Group, an investment vehicle created for the takeover effort, has...

Helen Reed, the new head of the Aerospace Engineering Department at Texas A&M University, is planning to have university students build and launch a satellite. According to university newspaper The...

Boeing said that a planned Dec. 11 demonstration launch of its Delta 4 Heavy launch vehicle was scrubbed following an outage of the rocket’s environmental control system. Engineers have not...

DigitalGlobe said Dec. 8 that the Nature Conservatory is using DigitalGlobe’s QuickBird satellite imagery to assess biological diversity and conservation progress in several regions throughout the world. According to DigitalGlobe,...