Author: Staff Writer

The U.S. Navy awarded Harris Corp. [HRS] a five-year contract that will provide the Multi-Band Shipboard Satellite Communications Terminal System for the Navy’s Arleigh Burke DDG-51 class destroyers. Naval officials...

As the DARS segment of the satellite industry strengthens and pushes forward, financial analysts continue to gain confidence in the sector. “We believe many of XM Radio’s execution risk factors...

Globalstar L.P.’s [GSTRF] revenues this year probably will not be so important for the company’s solvency but will be important for investor and industry perceptions, especially with the final nail...

Stratos Global Corp. [SGB] has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Datacom Inc. for $65 million. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and other undisclosed...

Skybridge LP has received a license in France to deploy its 80 low-Earth-orbiting (LEO) satellite constellation with associated ground segment to provide broadband Internet access and other multimedia services. The...

Attention will focus on China Telecom Broadcast Satellite Co. Ltd., China Eastern Telecommunications Co. Ltd., and Xinno Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. in the third quarter when they initiate broadband network...

SBS Broadcasting is taking a one third stake in Polish commercial channel TVN. According to an agreement reached last week, SBS will acquire Dutch-registered Strateurop International, a subisidiary of TVN’s...

Swiss public broadcaster SRG has cancelled its contract with neighbouring Austrian public broadcaster ORF for carriage of its German-language domestic TV channel for DTH viewers within ORF’s digital package on...

German public broadcaster ZDF has incorporated three new services within its free-to-air digital package available on Astra (19.2 degrees East), transponder 77 (11.954 GHz H, SR 27.500, FEC 3/4), and...

Three radio stations from Germany have joined the growing number of broadcasters that air their programmes via DTH satellite. Wiesbaden-based Party Radio – The Bomb can be found within Deutsche...