Sirius Shuffles Stock Ownership Deck With Financing
Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] is not letting the absence of a chief financial officer stop it from pursuing vital financing deals. On the heels of completing a $175 million...
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Is Satellite TV Subscriber Satisfaction Rising?
A new survey commissioned by the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) found that the satisfaction level of U.S. satellite TV subscribers grew during the past year in a variety...
Marlink Signs Up Customers
Marlink, a unit of Norway’s Telenor [Nasdaq: TELN] Satellite Services, last week announced a number of deals to provide maritime satellite communications services to customers. Gas and oil company Royal...
Satellites Help With Earthquake
In response to the earthquake in Algiers last month, France Telecom [NYSE: FTE] Mobile Satellite Communications’ subsidiary TDCom has deployed a “telecom center” in Zemouri, a town affected by the...
EMS Signs Up Inmarsat Dealers
EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: ELMG] has signed distribution agreements with EMS SATCOM and an additional group of business partners for the sale of Inmarsat satellite terminals. The new business partners signed...
PanAmSat, Starz Encore Add High Resolution Services to Galaxy IX
Starz Encore Group has signed a deal with PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] to add high definition and high resolution feeds of its programming using the Galaxy IX satellite. The new services...
Lawrence Livermore Tasks SkyFrames
SkyFrames [OTC BB: SKYU], a Costa Mesa, Calif.-based provider of satellite broadband Internet services, has signed a contract with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to provide satellite broadband service for...
Motorola Provides Digital Satellite Transmission For The Inspiration Networks
Motorola‘s [NYSE: MOT] Broadband Communications Sector was selected by The Inspiration Networks to deploy edgeband digital satellite services. The Inspiration Networks will add two digital television services to the edge...
iDirect Software Boosts Efficiency
iDirect Technologies, a Reston, Va.-based company that develops broadband IP hardware and software, has unveiled its latest software – iDS v.3.2 – providing two-way Internet connections via satellite. The new...
Aero Mexico Orders Rockwell Collins' Avionics Package
Mexican carrier Aero Mexico has ordered avionics and in-flight entertainment systems from Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell Collins [NYSE: COL] to be installed in 11 new Boeing 737-700 aircraft. The avionics...