Author: Staff Writer

Canada’s CLC-Camint is using DigitalGlobe’s (Longmont, Colo.) QuickBird satellite imagery to identify individual tree crowns in forest areas. With the ability to delineate and classify tree crowns, forestry professionals will...

Hughes Network Systems Europe (HNSE) has signed a multi-year contract with Virtual Music Stores (VMS) for DirecWay broadband satellite services. VMS will use DirecWay to distribute music content to its...

GlobeCast, the satellite services unit of France Telecom [NYSE: FTE], said China’s national broadcaster CCTV-9 is available on its digital DTH Hot Bird platform as part of French satellite bouquet...

Satellite service provider SpaceConnection has signed an exclusive marketing agreement with PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] that will provide the satellite news gathering (SNG) market with an access facility. Under the terms...

WASHINGTON, DC – Latin America continues to be the most difficult region for satellite operators right now. With a worsening economy, it does not look as though things will change...

The BBC announced that it would, for the first time, broadcast its eight TV channels unencrypted by satellite. This decision will enable viewers in the United Kingdom to receive BBC...

Premiere, the German satellite pay-TV operator, continues to show positive signs in its bid to become profitable in Germany. In its 2002 results announced Feb. 26, the operator said it...

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] plans to launch the EchoStar IX satellite in May. The satellite will launch from a floating platform at the equator aboard a Sea Launch rocket. Built...

WASHINGTON, DC — Eutelsat CEO Giuliano Berretta is sceptical about the wisdom of large-scale mergers in the fixed-satellite services (FSS) sector. His view is intriguing, given the recent attempts by...

PanAmSat’s [Nasdaq: SPOT] newly acquired G2 Satellite Solutions Company (G2) plans to offer satellite and value-added services to the government. To facilitate that work, the new business unit (formerly Hughes...