Author: Staff Writer

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [MDA] said its Information Systems group signed three contracts worth as much as $1.81 million for the building and maintenance of its Observation via Satellite ground...

iDirect Technologies will be providing the Puerto Rico Dept. of Education with high-speed Internet connectivity for 1,539 school locations throughout the country through its bi-directional, satellite-based, broadband-access technology. Financial terms...

According to executives at Stratos Global Corp. [SGB], Alfred Giammarino will assume the duties of executive vice president and CFO as of May 10. He will be responsible for all...

Vicom Inc. [VICM] said its newly acquired subsidiary MDU Inc. completed the installation of equipment necessary to launch DirecTV direct-to- home satellite television services to 27 new properties, including 11...

Officials from GlobeCast, operator of a global network of satellite distribution platforms for broadcast and advanced-content delivery, today said a group of international broadcasters selected its Athens Broadcast Base for...

Modern Times Group (MTG) aims to become one of the biggest media companies in Europe. The company already is a significant player in the pay-TV and free-TV markets in the...

PBI Media LLC, publisher of Satellite Today and a provider of global competitive business-to-business information and marketing solutions, announced a company name change to Access Intelligence LLC. According to Access...

EchoStar Communications [DISH] officials today said that the company’s Dish Network direct-to-home satellite TV service will begin offering local channels to subscribers in Columbus-Tupelo, Miss., and in Portland-Auburn, Maine. Columbus-Tupelo...

ND SatCom, a supplier of satellite-based broadband, broadcast and military communication network solutions, appointed Siegfried Schlabschi as its new CFO, effective immediately. ND SatCom is a 90-percent-owned subsidiary of AUGUSTA...

Officials from New Skies N.V. [NSK] and KMS/FalconStream today introduced a new two-way satellite IP hub for the Middle East, which will access New Skies’ NSS-6 satellite. That spacecraft will...