Author: Staff Writer

Italian cable operator Fastweb and Sky Italia have formed a partnership to combine their services into a single offering for the Italian pay-TV market. Under the terms of the agreement...

Wilson Ship Management announced Oct. 9 it will fit its fleet of more than 45 ships with Iridium satellite terminals to provide security and e-mail service. Dualog is supplying the...

Norsat International Inc. announced Oct. 6 that it won two contracts by the U.S. Army Central Command. Norsat will supply Newslink portable satellite terminals, audio-video kits, spares, training and maintenance...

Radyne Corp. announced Oct. 9 that its Tiernan division won a contract valued at up to $2.5 million from the Naval Air Warfare Center for video-compression and satellite- transmission equipment....

Spacehab Inc., a provider of commercial space services, announced Oct. 9 that its common stock has closed for more than 30 consecutive days below the minimum $1-per-share requirement for continued...

Current TV, headed by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, has signed with BSkyB to launch a version of its viewer-created TV channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The...

North Korea announced it detonated a nuclear weapon, drawing strong protest from the United States, with President Bush vowing “an immediate response by the United Nations Security Council.” But he...

Globecast has signed a content deal with Verizon enabling the North American telco to offer a variety channels to customers in the United States. Globecast will supply Globecast WorldTV international...

Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] completed acoustic testing on the payload for the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellite, the company announced. Northrop will provide the payload to...

Globecomm Systems Inc. announced Oct. 5 that its wholly owned subsidiary, Globecomm Network Services Corporation (GNSC), has been awarded service-contract extensions from Afghan Telecom Corp. valued at $2.1 million. Afghan...