Author: Staff Writer

Officials from NovAtel Inc. [NGPS] said the European Patent Office upheld the company’s Narrow Correlator Tracking Technology patent (EP 0488739 B2), deeming the patent “valid.” Narrow Correlator tracking technology is...

According to EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH], subscribers to the Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service in Youngstown, Ohio, and in Amarillo, Texas, now have access to local channels. Youngstown subscribers...

Integral Systems Inc. [ISYS] signed a contract with Loral Skynet to support the operations of Xtar LLC’s XTAR-EUR satellite, operated by Loral. The new contract has Loral using Integral’s Epoch...

Lockheed Martin [LMT] officials yesterday said the upgraded GPS IIR-12 satellite it built launched successfully on a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The satellite...

Sky PerfecTV, Japan’s largest digital satellite broadcaster, chose the DIVArchive from Front Porch Digital Inc. [FPDI] to manage its large centralized archive of digital content.

DirecTV Inc. [DTV] will begin offering local channels to its direct-to-home satellite television broadcasting service subscribers in the Charlestown, S.C.; the Greenville-New Bern, N.C.; and the Toledo and Youngstown, Ohio,...

SiriCOMM Inc. [SIRC] signed a five-year VSAT services agreement with ViaSat Inc. [VSAT]. The deal has ViaSat providing hardware, installation and services for SiriCOMM’s nationwide network. Financial terms were not...

DigitalGlobe officials today highlighted several satellite image-based products that will be available to government and private-sector users during the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Athens this August. DigitalGlobe is offering...

The United States and the European Union (EU) have, according to wire reports, struck a deal that will make the U.S. GPS navigation system compatible with the EU’s planned Galileo...

DirecTV, the largest satellite TV service in the United States, filed suit against rival EchoStar Communications [DISH], claiming its competitor created “false and misleading” advertisements to distribute to customers in...