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ORBIMAGE Reaches Bankruptcy Accord

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...

GOL TV Selects GlobeCast for Network Origination

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...

Are Satellite's 'Bent Pipe' Days Over?

HONOLULU–Existing and new satellite customers continue to ask satellite operators to be integrated services providers, not just “bent pipe” carriers offering single, space- based solutions to customers’ telecommunications needs. “We...

Alitalia Becomes First Data3mail Customer

Italy’s Alitalia has become the first airline to offer the Data3mail in-flight email service developed by ASI Entertainment [OTC: ASIQ]. Following the installation of ASI’s hardware and software platform, a...

Copple Resigns As Space Imaging CEO

Space Imaging, a satellite imagery provider, announced Thursday that John R. Copple, its CEO since 1995, has resigned from the company to pursue other opportunities. The board has negotiated an...

WildBlue Gets $156M In New Investments

Satellite broadband hopeful WildBlue Communications has received $156 million in new investments. Liberty Satellite & Technology, Intelsat, National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and David Drucker,...