Author: Staff Writer

Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] and its satellite TV subsidiary, DirecTV, last week bucked the industry-downturn trend by revealing strong financial results for the second quarter ended June 30. Hughes reported...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Not content with its position in the New York cable TV market, Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC] plans to take on the two direct broadcast satellite (DBS)...

Week of July 11 – 17, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol July 17 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 3.25 (3.0) 55.5...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite was given a new lease on life following the successful implementation of new software in three computers that...

Auto-Q International [OTC BB: AUTQ.OB], a London-based provider of vehicle tracking and monitoring systems for trucking fleets and consumers, has received a contract from furniture and housewares chain MFI to...

Verdisys, a Houston, Tex.-based provider of satellite communications and drilling services to the oil and gas industry, has completed its merger with Reconstruction Data Group [OTC BB: RDGI.OB] . The...

Ottawa, Canada-based EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: ELMG] announced an amendment to a distribution agreement with Stratos, a Bethesda, Md.-based provider of satellite communications, designating Stratos as a “master distributor” for EMS...

Andrew Corp. [Nasdaq: ANDW], an Orland Park, Ill.-based satellite and telecommunications equipment manufacturer, announced that Vice Chairman and CFO Charles R. Nicholas will succeed Floyd L. English as chairman of...

Stratos Global [TSX: SGB], a Bethesda, Md.-based satellite communications provider, recorded net earnings for the second quarter of $8.3 million, or 16 cents per share, an increase of $5.7 million...

iDirect Technologies, a privately held company that designs, develops, and markets bi-directional satellite-based broadband access solutions, is working with the South Western Region Authority of Ireland to launch satellite-based broadband...