Author: Staff Writer

The European Commission has authorized European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co.‘s (EADS) acquisition of BAE Systems‘ shareholding in Astrium, a European manufacturer of satellites. The deal gives EADS sole control...

Leaders from the satellite, cable and broadcast industries met today to consider recommendations for ensuring effective delivery of emergency information through public warning systems. The recommendations were presented to members...

Eutelsat‘s broadband ambitions have been significantly enhanced through a recent agreement with pan-European Internet Service Provider (ISP) Tiscali. According to Antonio Arcidiacono, director of OPENSKY at Eutelsat, the deal represents...

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV), a Reston, Va.-based mobile satellite services provider, has released Wi-Sys Communications‘ SpaceFAX store-and-forward fax messaging system to MSV’s U.S. dealer network. SpaceFAX enables mobile satellite users...

Henry Dubois has been named president of DigitalGlobe, a Longmont, Colo.-based satellite imagery provider. He assumes the responsibilities of president in addition to his current duties as chief operating officer...

Pace Micro Technology has signed a contract to provide set top boxes for Sky Italia, the newly formed Italian satellite broadcaster 81-percent owned by News Corp [NYSE: NWS] and 19.9-...

Harris Corp. [NYSE:HRS], of Colorado Springs, Colo., has been awarded a $9.7 million order to supply two databases to the Mission Communications Operations and Maintenance (MCOM) program for the U.S....

Japan is setting up a new space agency formed from the merger of three agencies, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan (NAL), and National...

Channel Sun France, a subsidiary of South Korean public broadcaster KBS Media, has renewed its contract with GlobeCast to provide channel distribution via GlobeCast’s digital direct-to-home (DTH) distribution platform via...

European Space Agency (ESA) ministers agreed Monday to the conditions for their participation in the Galileo satellite navigation program under the Galileo Joint Undertaking foundation act, which is expected to...