Author: Staff Writer

EchoStar Communications [NYSE: DISH] announced that its DISH Network will add Si TV to its “America’s Top 150” programming package when the network launches this summer. Si TV is an...

Space Imaging has been awarded a multi-year satellite imagery capacity contract by the U.S. Defense Department’s National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA). Under terms of the contract, NIMA would acquire...

Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] announced it launched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s (NASA’s) Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) satellite into its targeted orbit aboard its Pegasus rocket on...

Starz Encore Group and its sister company, International Channel Networks, have renewed satellite capacity contracts with PanAmSat [SPOT]. As part of the agreement, Starz Encore and International Channel will continue...

Both DVB-RCS and DOCSIS offer varying degrees of viability for interactive satellite services, according to a study by Northern Sky Research. DVB-RCS is already a commercial reality, while DOCSIS over...

With the release last week of a “green paper” on Europe’s space policy, the European Commission and the European Space Agency are preparing to debate its future direction. The paper...

SES Astra, a subsidiary of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], Canal Satellite, Canal+ Technologies, Newtec, STMicroelectronics, and Thomson have signed an agreement to develop a low cost satellite-based response channel for...

Orbital Imaging (ORBIMAGE) has signed a non-binding agreement with its unsecured creditors and its parent, Orbital Sciences [ORB], that will allow it to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Under...

Satellite broadcast provider GlobeCast has begun supplying all-soccer channel GOL TV with program origination, production studios, satellite uplink and capacity. The service is provided from GlobeCast’s Digital Broadcast Center in...

Week of January 20 – 24, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Jan. 23 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.72 (3.9) 6.8...