Author: Staff Writer

Satellite Puts Canada’s Native Communities on Television by James Careless It was not so long ago that Canada’s native peoples weren’t often seen on domestic television. At best, Hollywood stereotypes...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced Monday that its board of directors has accepted the resignation of Phil Condit, 62, as chairman and CEO. The aerospace giant named Lewis E. Platt, 62,...

SES Astra, an SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG] subsidiary, has recently received contracts to provide one-way satellite broadband services to households in Germany, Hungary and the United Kingdom. In Germany, SES...

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH]has agreed to purchase 8PSK technology from Broadcom [Nasdaq: BRCM], an Irvine, Calif.-based provider of silicon-based products, for its DISH network receivers. Financial terms were not disclosed....

Guardian Mobility, anOttawa, Canada-based provider of tracking devices for industrial customers, is using GPS receivers supplied by Finland-based Fastrax for the Guardian Sentinel GPS tracking device. The Guardian Sentinel, which...

Digital Angel, [Amex: DOC], a South Saint Paul, Minn.-based provider of GPS tracking and monitoring devices, has named Scott R. Silverman as vice chairman of the company. Silverman currently serves...

Gilat Satellite Networks’ [Nasdaq: GILTF] Spacenet subsidiary has launched its Connexstar franchise co-marketing program, a collection of resources for Spacenet VSAT network customers to help provide their franchisees or members...

In the story “StarBand Cleared to Exit Bankruptcy,” which appeared in the Nov. 17 issue of SATELLITE TODAY, we incorrectly identified Gilat Satellite Networks as the strategic partner with which...

Satellite News will be taking a break next week for the Thanksgiving holiday. Your next issue will be dated December 8.

Wilton, Conn.-based satellite operator PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] is expanding its land-based capabilities with an all-cash acquisition of Chantilly, Va.- based Sonic Telecom, a provider of international high-definition multimedia transmission services...