Author: Staff Writer

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....

Atlanta-based ILC is finding that a sluggish satellite industry still offers plenty of opportunity to sell network control software and systems. One reason ILC is doing well in the face...

In the near term, the fixed-satellite service (FSS) industry is likely to be characterized by incremental growth rather than by “blockbuster” mergers between operators, according to panelists at a recent...

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has shipped the GPS IIR-10 satellite to the Cape Canaveral, Fla., launch site from its facilities in Valley Forge, Pa. The satellite, scheduled to launch in...

Rockwell Collins’ [NYSE: COL] high-speed satellite communications (satcom) system has received Federal Aviation Administration certification for use on aircraft manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace. The Collins HST-900 system provides in-flight passenger...

Delta Air Lines’ [NYSE: DAL] new low-fair airline Song plans in October to begin offering satellite TV service to passengers. Song is partnering with Matsushita Avionics Systems and EchoStar Communications...

One year after launch, Sat@Once, powered by SES ASTRA satellites, has released version 2 of its free receiver software, company officials said. The new version 2 software adds “mailcasting” (broadcasting...

Hughes Network Systems Europe (HNSE), a unit of Hughes Network Systems, has agreed to provide its DirecWay broadband satellite service to PHC Poland for resale to small and medium-sized businesses...