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DirecTV Chooses New Fraud Protection Program
Neural Technologies, a United Kingdom-based technology vendor, is helping U.S. pay-TV operator DirecTV combat fraud. Neural announced June 11 that it had completed the installation of its latest fraud-management system […]
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CIP Canada Increases Bid For Stratos
CIP Canada Investment Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of Communications Investment Partners Ltd., increased its cash offer for Stratos Global Corp. to 7 Canadian dollars ($6.60) per share, increasing the […]
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FCC Seeks Public Comment On Sirius-XM Merger
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a June 8 public notice seeking comment on the proposed merger of licensees Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. The […]
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Israel Launches Ofek-7 Spy Satellite
Israel launched an advanced spy satellite into orbit on June 11, Israeli officials said, representing a new intelligence-gathering tool for efforts to collect information on Iran and other regional adversaries. […]
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DTVLA President Not Confident Over LatAm IPTV
DirecTV Latin America (DTVLA) president Bruce Churchill believes telcos will find it tough in terms of developing IPTV strategies in Latin America, but hopes it can work with telcos the […]
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MTG Outlines Strategic Plans
The Modern Times Group (MTG), owners of direct-to-home (DTH) platforms in the Nordic and Baltic regions of Europe, has outlined a number of strategic objectives as it looks to consolidate […]
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Italian COSMO-SkyMed Satellite Delivered In Launch
The first of four satellites for Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed constellation was delivered in a June 8 launch aboard a Boeing Delta 2 booster from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Thales […]
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Sea Launch Wraps Investigation, Plans Return To Flight
Sea Launch has concluded its failure investigation and expects its return to flight in October with delivery of Thuraya-3 aboard a Zenit 3SL booster, company spokeswoman Paula Korn said June […]
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DataPath Poised To Buy Swe-Dish Satellite Systems
DataPath is on the verge of completing acquisition of European mobile satellite terminal vendor Swe-Dish Satellite Systems with a deal likely to be announced later in the month, Swe-Dish said […]
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To Our Readers
To better provide the timeliest news and industry analysis amid the changing demands of the digital workplace, June 25 marks the end of the blue sheet version of Satellite News […]
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SatMex Suspends Auction For Lack Of Adequate Bidding On Company
Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (SatMex) Mexico’s predominant satellite service provider, announced June 8 that it was suspending its sale process for the company’s capital stock. Luis Rebollar, chairman of […]
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DirecTV Latin America Focusing To Introduce HD Services To Region
DirecTV Latin America (DTVLA) could launch high-definition (HD) services in Latin America as early as this year. The operator, which has more than 4 million subscribers across all the major […]
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Arabsat CEO Discusses Trends In Middle East Market
Arabsat is one of the leading satellite operators in the Middle East and a key bandwidth provider to broadcasters, pay-TV operators and other businesses in the region. The dynamics of […]
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Orbiting Wall Street
Morgan Stanley Commits $250 Million Term Loan to Sirius Sirius Satellite Radio has obtained a $250 million senior secured term loan commitment from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc., Sirius announced […]
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DataPath’s Acquistion of Swe-Dish Called ‘Imminent’
DataPath is on the verge of completing its acquisition of European mobile satellite terminal vendor Swe-Dish Satellite Systems with a deal likely to be announced later in the month, a […]
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Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches Well, But Two Problems Seen
Chunk Of Foam Is Lost, And Insulating Blanket Gap Seen Space Shuttle Atlantis thundered off Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A on time at 7:38 p.m. ET Friday, boring into […]
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Joint Missile Program, After Cost Overruns, Now Threatened By Failure Rate
Top Pentagon Weapons Buyer Krieg Resigns Effective July 20 By Dave Ahearn and Michael Sirak The Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) program, beset by cost overruns that could terminate it […]
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Czech, Polish Leaders Favor BMD System, But Russia Offers Joint System
Bush Terms Putin Offer ‘Interesting;’ Czechs To Get Technology Russian President Vladimir Putin, after using nuclear threats to challenge plans for a European ballistic missile defense (BMD) shield in the […]
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TMOS Completes System Design Review, Lockheed Announces
The TSAT Mission Operations System (TMOS) led by Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] completed its system design review for the Air Force, Lockheed announced. Lasting two days, that concluded the system […]
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Europeans Mull Funding Options For Lagging Galileo, Tiefensee Says
European leaders are weighing an overhaul of financing and other matters for the lagging Galileo, a European version of the U.S.-led global positioning system, according to E.U. Transport Council chair […]
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Sen. Sessions: Some Lawmakers Use Anti-BMD Arguments Of Rival Nations
Some members of Congress are using arguments against U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs similar to assertions of opponent countries, according to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.). “We ought not to […]
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Sensors Lost From NPOESS Could Go On Other Satellites
While the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) weather and climate system may no longer suffer enormous soaring costs and lengthy program delays, thanks to abandoning plans for placing […]
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Launches
Soyuz Launches Satellite From Plesetsk Cosmodrome A Soyuz spacecraft launched a government satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, Starsem reported. It was the 1,722nd flight of a Soyuz launch […]
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Japan May Buy Up To $475 Million Of Standard Missile-3 Systems
Japan may buy up to $475 million of Standard Missile-3 assets, a move coming as a belligerent North Korea increasingly demonstrates missile technology. The deal isn’t yet final. The Defense […]
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Eurocopter Gives Lockheed A Contract To Place Hellfire II On Helo
Eurocopter, a unit of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co., gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a contract to help integrate the Hellfire II missile on the Hélicoptre d’Appui Destruction (HAD) […]
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Lockheed Gains U.K. Contracts For Guided Multiple Rocket System
The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence gave a Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] unit an award of GBP250 million (US$125 million) in three contracts for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System […]
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NASA Selects IBM for Next-Generation Supercomputer Applications
NASA selected an IBM supercomputer called the IBM System p575+ supercomputer for evaluating next-generation technology to meet future NASA supercomputing requirements. The IBM system is being installed at the NASA […]
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Eutelsat Submits Bid For SatMex
Eutelsat Communications has submitted an offer with two Mexican partners (Miguel Aleman Group and Clemente Serna Group) for 100 percent ownership of the Mexican satellite operator Satelites Mexicanos (SatMex), Eutelsat […]
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FTMSC Becomes Vizada
France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications (FTMSC) has renamed itself Vizada as it aims for sharpened performance in the mobile satellite services market. Apax Partners acquired the erstwhile FTMSC in October […]