Bell ExpressVu Steps Up Campaign Against Signal Theft
Bell ExpressVu, the satellite TV unit of Canada’s BCE [NYSE: BCE], is expanding its efforts to combat television signal theft with a series of new initiatives to be launched this...
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DirecTV Reaches Settlement Agreement With NRTC
DirecTV, the satellite TV unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) dismissing their claims against each...
CSI Wireless Closes $3.8M Private Placement
CSI Wireless [TSX: CSY], a Calgary, Canada-based designer and manufacturer of wireless and GPS products, has successfully closed an offering of 3,305,750 stock and warrant units. The units were issued...
Telenor Carves Out Profitable Niche
Despite an industry-wide downturn, aeronautical satellite communication services are gaining momentum. Offering aeronautical services can be a “very sound business for service providers who own and operate a global network...
Bells Look To Satellite For Video Play
The regional Bell operating companies’ latest strategy for providing video service appears to be teaming with direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service providers. Both SBC [NYSE: SBC] and Qwest [NYSE: Q]...
FCC's New Rules Overlook Industry Realities
By Raul R. Rodriguez & Philip A. Bonomo The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently completed the most sweeping reform of its space station licensing process in more than two decades....
Satellite-Based Digital Signage Market
By Christopher Baugh Satellite-based video distribution is, and perhaps always will be, paramount to satellite industry success. Video represents the vast majority of revenue for virtually every satellite operator worldwide....
Sea Launch Blasts EchoStar IX/Telstar 13 Into Orbit
On Thursday at 8:31 p.m. PDT (11:31 p.m. EDT), the Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket lifted the EchoStar IX/Telstar 13 satellite from the Odyssey Launch Platform in the Pacific Ocean. Sea...
Globecomm Gets Iraq Contract from Bechtel
Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM], a provider of end-to-end satellite-based communications solutions, has been awarded a contract from engineering, construction, and project management firm Bechtel in support of the U.S. government’s...
XM Orders Fourth Boeing Satellite
Boeing [NYSE: BA] will build and deliver a fourth Boeing 702 satellite for XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR], the Washington, D.C.-based satellite radio services provider. The satellite, designated XM-4, will...