Author: Staff Writer

Satellite Deal Of The Day

Peribit Networks and iDirect Technologies entered into a joint technology and marketing partnership. The companies will combine Peribit’s SR-15 Sequence Reducer product with iDirect’s iNFINITI series hub and remote satellite...

At Press Time: EchoStar Misses Subscriber Estimate

An important avenue of new subscriber sales for EchoStar Communications [DISH] did not quite meet Wall Street expectations Friday. The satellite television service’s partnership with telecommunications services provider SBC Communications...

C-Com Taps Partners For Profit

Ottawa, Canada-based C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. [CMI] found in its eighth year of operation that deploying an innovative and cost-effective technology in the slowly growing satellite broadband market niche ultimately...

XM Takes $650 Million Swing

Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] joined the big leagues of sports-programming rights holders last week when it agreed to spend $650 million to air all the Major League Baseball...

ONO Strengthens Competitive Position

ONO, the Spanish cable operator and one of the main competitors to DTH operator Digital+, completed the purchase of Retecal, the cable operator based in the region of Castilla y...

Foxtel Launches New Service

Australian DTH operator Foxtel launched a new service aimed at two million deaf and hearing-impaired Australians. These consumers will now have access to a wide range of subscription programming for...