Author: Staff Writer

Eumetsat will be offering 15- and 16-year-old winners of a forthcoming contest a trip to next year’s launch of Meteosat-9, the next generation of Eumetsat’s geostationary meteorological satellite. This second-generation...

Corus Entertainment Inc. inked a deal to take on an ownership interest in Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR), Satellite Today learned. Corus would provide content to CSR, assuming the satellite radio...

Stratos Global Corp. reported net earnings for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 of $9.2 million, up from the net earnings of $7.1 million earned in the third quarter of...

Pembroke, Bermuda-based Intelsat announced that its shareholders approved the purchase of the company by Zeus Holdings Ltd. during the company’s annual general meeting held in Paris this week. Zeus Holdings...

Norwegian telco Telenor has announced that it will make a book profit of around $62 million from the sale of its four percent share in Intelsat. The deal will see...

Leading UK broadcaster ITV is officially launching its ITV Interactive ITVi 24/7 service this week. While there previously have been interactive services on ITV1 and ITV2, this launch will increase...

Bedminster, N.J.-based Loral Skynet signed an agreement with Hawaii Pacific Teleport (HPT), a provider of teleport services between North America and Asia, to use Loral’s recently launched Telstar 18 satellite....

Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] reported third quarter 2004 revenues to be $171.7 million, up 33 percent from the $128.6 million earned during the same period one year ago. Operating income...

XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] is taking a swing at enticing new subscribers through the American pastime by signing an 11-year, $650 million contract to air every Major League Baseball game...

Satellite Today has learned that Darlene Investments LLC, which owns 14 percent of DirecTV‘s [DTV] Latin American operations, has filed suit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court in Florida to block the...