Author: Staff Writer

Researchers at the Hokkaido Institute of Technology along with a group of unnamed private companies will set up a venture to develop a small satellite to help farmers decide if...

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] today said it has crossed the 800,000-subscriber threshold and remains on track to reach the one million-subscriber mark by the end of the year. The company’s...

Neo-Sky is set to launch a new satellite broadband service in Spain. The broadband operator, which provides services in the Iberdrola region of Spain, reached an agreement with SES Astra...

In a rare Saturday session, Congress passed the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, allowing direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television providers to continue to retransmit broadcasters’ television signals...

In another boost for high-definition television (HDTV) in Europe, SES Astra is once again teaming with ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion for another simultaneous HD and SD forecast later this month. This time,...

EuroNews, a pan-European news channel, made its debut in Africa, thanks to a deal with leading satellite pay-TV operator Multichoice Africa. The introduction of the channel will be a boost...

After a few delays, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s (NASA) Swift satellite, which will be used to observe the formation of black holes, finally launched at 12:17 p.m. EST...

Telstra today promoted Andrew Morawski to the position of senior vice president of global accounts. He will head an extended global sales-engagement initiative, managing Telstra resources in the United States,...

Paradigm Secure Communications signed a 15-year contract valued at about $186 million to provide a specific portion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization‘s (NATO) space segment requirements. Beginning in 2005,...

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] scored another personnel win, this time on the corporate management side, when it named Mel Karmazin the new CEO of the company. He succeeds Joseph Clayton,...