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Week of May 6, – 13 2004 Percentage Change Symbol May 13 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.81 (5.2) (8.1)...
Author: Staff Writer
End Of An Era For Atlas II
Last Friday, Lockheed Martin [LMT] celebrated the assembly of the final Atlas II rocket (an Atlas IIAS configuration). The Atlas II series has been used in 61 missions during a...
Dish Designs UEFA Euro 2004 Soccer Packages
EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] said the Union Des Associations Europeennes de Football (UEFA) Euro 2004 soccer tournament will be available to Dish subscribers via On Demand pay per view. Customers...
Sky Italia To Deploy OpenTV Middleware
OpenTV [OPTV] officials today said Sky Italia will deploy OpenTV’s middleware, based on a multi-year agreement signed by the two companies. Sky Italia provides digital satellite services to subscribers in...
MSV Receives $21 Million In Additional Financing
Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) closed on additional optional funding rounds with its original investor group, which includes affiliates of Telecom Ventures and Columbia Capital, providing $21.3 million in new capital....
Panasonic Will Make XM Radios For Truck Fleets
XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] said Panasonic will produce XM-ready car stereos for the nation’s trucking fleets. Panasonic will produce two kinds of XM-ready AM/FM stereos: one equipped with a CD...
AMC-11 Ready For Launch
SES Americom’s AMC-11 telecommunications satellite is ready for its scheduled May 19 launch, officials from International Launch Services (ILS) said today. AMC-11 will be sent into orbit on an Atlas...
Latens Secures Key Scandinavian CA Deal
Latens is to provide a next-generation Conditional Access (CA) system to Norwegian broadband operator Lyse Energi, a Norwegian power utility. Lyse Energi offers multi-channel TV and video on demand services...
Will Consumers Give SBCA Clout?
The satellite-broadcasting industry has found a potential political ally in the form of its rapidly growing customer base, said Richard DalBello, president of the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA)....
News Corp Shows Pattern With Sale
The sale announced last week of the set-top box (STB) manufacturing operations of Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems (HNS) by The DirecTV Group [DTV] included a long-term business deal with...