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Chris Forrester Paris This year’s PBI/Satel Conseil forum generated one over-riding question, seeming to ask ‘which of the key platform speakers’ companies will still be around a year from now?’...

Lockheed Martin Corp has won a contract to build three satellites for GE American Communications, now in the final stages of being acquired by SES Astra. The new satellites will...

Freed from its parent Intelsat, New Skies CEO Bob Ross tells Chris Forrester that he has an eye on acquisition New Skies Satellite has come a long way since its...

10,000 transponders in use by 2003 -Euroconsult guardedly optimistic Chris Bulloch Paris The Paris-based space consultancy Euroconsult kicked off its two-day conference on Financing for Satellite Communications and Broadcasting (August...

Interspace’s In-Depth Study of European Satellite Activity, Compiled by Mike Fallon D = Digital A = Analogue 78.5 degreesE: Thaicom 2 & 3 D PTV World, PTV3 and PTV News...

Discussions between News Corp and General Motors over the Hughes-owned DirecTV remained “difficult and inconclusive,” according to News Corp’s annual report issued last Friday. The report also showed that Rupert...

By David Hartshorn Here is a wager for you: stop a satellite industry sales executive in the hallway and ask him or her to rank regions in terms of potential...

By James Careless Distance learning via satellite: these days, it’s everywhere. In fact, as the following case studies show, distance learning via satellite is being widely embraced by all sectors...

By Robert N. Wold In its 15 member nations, the European Union (EU) has 375 million people, some 51 percent of Europe’s total, making EU-country the world’s largest economic superpower....

By Theresa Foley What is the world’s most valuable orbital slot? DirecTV’s 101 degrees W appears to be at the top of the list, bringing in more than $4 billion...