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EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] will broadcast the regular season and playoff games of ProCricket, the first professional cricket league in the United States, on a pay-per-view basis to its Dish...

In a study released today, Northern Sky Research forecasts the demand for commercial satellite capacity will grow by 4.8 percent per year, with the direct-to-home satellite market and high-definition channel...

PamAmSat Corp. [SPOT] today said the Fox Entertainment Group Inc. expanded its long-term agreement with PanAmSat to include two additional transponders on the C-band platform of the Galaxy 13 satellite....

Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] today reported growth in its revenues and net income for the second quarter ended June 30. Revenues rose 12 percent to $177.7 million in the second...

In the latest enhancement to the GPS constellation, Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the U.S. Air Force today completed in-orbit checkout of the upgraded GPS satellite that was launched June 23....

BT Broadcast Services (BTBS) signed a deal with Eutelsat to boost its satellite broadband position in Europe. It selected Eutelsat’s D-STAR service to complement its existing capabilities for two-way broadband....

Last week, the FCC issued a spectrum-sharing plan that allows CDMA mobile satellite service (MSS) operators to share certain portions of the identified spectrum (1,610 MHz- 1,625.5 MHz and 2,483.5...

The Federal Communications Commission said applications submitted from Columbia Communications Corp. and Mobile Satellite Ventures Inc. (MSV) have been accepted, and those companies can move forward with their plans. In...

New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK] shareholders approved the sale of the company to The Blackstone Group, aprivate investment firm,for $956 million in cash. According to a statement released by the...

After an “anomaly with the ground infrastructure” kept Telesat Canada’s Anik F2 satellite grounded during its third launch attempt July 16, the satellite finally took off from the Kourou, French...