Author: Staff Writer

Revenues generated by Canadian firms in providing direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV and multipoint distribution system (MDS) services have soared since 1998, according to statistics released this week by the Canadian...

With satellite pay-TV markets in Europe beginning to mature, conditional access (CA) vendor Viaccess is looking to increase its presence in other parts of the world. The vendor is part...

Reduced demand for satellite services caused Intelsat‘s revenue to slip 8 percent in the first quarter, dropping to $238 million, compared to $258.5 million for the same quarter last year....

Industry Canada is providing C$5.25 million (US$3.61 million) in funding for a C$17.5 million (US$12 million) project by Vistar Telecommunications to develop a next-generation satellite-based telematics system for wireless asset...

New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK], a Hague, Netherlands-based satellite communications company, has acquired through its previously announced share repurchase program more than 12 million ordinary shares, or 92 percent of...

LocatioNet, a San Diego-based developer of a location-based services for the wireless market, is offering gpsOne applications, known as PointSearch, based on Qualcomm‘s [Nasdaq: QCOM] binary runtime environment for wireless...

Inmarsat, a London-based mobile satellite service provider, has announced the commercial availability of its Fleet F55 and Fleet F33 voice and data services for small maritime vessels. Fleet F55 and...

GlobeCast has begun carrying Dutch public broadcaster BVN-TV via its digital platform on the Optus B3 satellite across Australia and New Zealand. GlobeCast, a France Telecom subsidiary providing satellite transmission...

The Canadian Ice Service (CIS) has exercised an option with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates’ [Toronto: MDA] RADARSAT International subsidiary to extend the provision of RADARSAT-1 images for ice monitoring and...

By Jimmy Schaeffler A battle is brewing over which multi-channel video services provider can best deliver high-definition TV (HDTV). The competition involves virtually every U.S.-based satellite and cable TV operator....