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BT Broadcast Services (BTBS) was selected by ITV to modernise its broadcast network. BTBS has signed a six-year contract to create a new multimedia network for ITV, exploiting advances in...

The European Satellite Operators’ Association (ESOA) General Assembly elected New Skies Satellites CEO Dan Goldberg as its chairman for a one-year term. He succeeds Eutelsat CEO Giuliano Berretta. Telespazio CEO...

Miramar, Fla.-based Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) has recapitalized barely more than a year after it was acquired for $30 million by New York-based investment firm Falconhead Capital during February last...

by Gerry Oberst Policymakers in Brussels and elsewhere in Europe are focusing on spectrum trading as a way to make more efficient and flexible use of radio frequencies. European satellite...

by Peter J. Brown Given what is at stake and the magnitude of what is unfolding at the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) with respect to the...

Richard Halka, the executive vice president and CFO of Stratos Global Corp. [SGB], is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. In his absence, Paula Sturge, the company’s vice president...

NDS said it successfully completed the first phase of systems integration for Foxtel Digital in Australia. Foxtel launched its new digital TV service — Foxtel Digital — March 14, and...

The European Union reached an agreement for Israel to participate in building the Galileo global navigation system to rival the U.S.-based Global Positioning System (GPS). Financial terms were not disclosed....

Raytheon Co. [RTN] said the U.S. Navy Space and Warfare Command exercised a production option on its contract with Raytheon. The pact calls for Raytheon to produce 41 extra-high-frequency satellite...

Integral Systems Inc. [ISYS] executives said today the company signed a contract with PanAmSat to migrate PanAmSat’s three Boeing Satellite System 702 birds from their current ground control software system...