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Advantech Satellite Networks has promoted Michael Pollack to vice president, government sales. Pollack will lead all aspects of Advantech’s government business from the company’s office in Rockville, Md. Pollack joined […]

After placing the largest deposit among the 168 qualified bidders and leading after the early rounds, DirecTV Group Inc. and Echostar Communications Corp. have dropped out of an auction of […]

General Motors (GM) cut the option price of factory-installed XM Satellite Radio by nearly 40 percent for most of its 2007 model year cars, the automaker announced Aug. 16. The […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC and Helius Inc. announced an agreement that allow Helius technologies to be incorporated into Hughes’ new Digital Media suite of services, the companies announced. The service […]

Six TV network groups representing 10 East and West Coast feeds have signed up for network transport aboard the Comcast Media Center (CMC)-SES Americom Total Digital Solution, the companies announced. […]

Satcon Technology Corp. has received contracts valued at more than $1 million to provide electronic components to a pair of North American-based satellite subcontractors, Satcon announced. The custom signal-processing devices, […]

Rockwell Collins has unveiled Tailwind 300, its latest satellite TV offering for business jets. First delivery of the system is expected by mid 2007. Rockwell Collins has partnered with DirecTV […]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), announced that it won a contract to build the Terrestar-2 Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) spacecraft for Terrestar Networks Inc. Terrestar’s two-satellite system, which includes the TerreStar-1 satellite […]

Harris Corp. has secured a five-year supplier agreement to supply digital microwave radios for backhaul and access applications in Africa for mobile phone operator MTN Group Harris announced Aug. 15. […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. posted a profit of $2.1 million in the 2006 second quarter, rebounding from a loss of $1.1 million in the same period a year ago, the […]

Aircell Inc., an Iridium service provider will launch a new service in conjunction with Medaire Inc. that offers in-flight, on-demand medical assistance from ground-based health experts through the Iridium satellite […]

Pace Micro Technology appointed Ian Sharp as its president for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and Asia-Pacific region. Sharp has been with the company since 2005. He initially […]

Intelsat Ltd. reported revenues of $310.5 million in the 2006 second quarter, an increase of 7 percent from revenues of $289.8 million in the same period a year ago, the […]

Hughes Communications Inc. lost $4.4 million in its 2006 second quarter after taking a charge for the write-off of equipment related to its June decision to shift its primary business […]

Arianespace placed a commercial communications satellite and a French military communications satellite into orbit Aug. 11, the launch provider announced. The Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, […]

BSkyB announced its latest plans in the interactive advertising arena, signing an agreement with Emuse Absolutely, a U.K. independent, cross-platform interactive advertising operator. Under the agreement between Emuse and Sky […]

A proposed U.S. system to protect satellites from solar storms or high-altitude nuclear detonations could cause worldwide radio communications blackouts, according to a group of scientists from New Zealand, Finland […]

Worldspace Satellite Radio posted higher revenues in its 2006 second quarter, but the company’s subscriber additions plummeted in comparison to the first three months of the year, the company announced […]

Shin Satellite PCL lost 34 million Thai baht ($907,000) in the 2006 second quarter, as revenues slipped nearly 10 percent from the first three months of the year due to […]

Andrew Corp. and ADC Telecommunications Inc. agreed to terminate their May merger agreement, and Andrew’s board also rejected an unsolicited takeover proposal from Commscope Inc., Andrew announced Aug. 9. Andrew […]

Sea Launch‘s Odyssey platform and Commander have departed the company’s home port to prepare for the launch of the Koreasat 5 communications satellite, Sea Launch announced. The mission, which will […]

Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network, the Middle Eastern direct-to-home operator, could soon be looking to launch high-definition (HD) TV services in the region. “HDTV requires a lot of bandwidth, […]

The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is committed to the commercial imagery sector and sees the opportunity to leverage that industry in the future, said the agency’s new director. “We […]

By Peter Brown The satellite transponder market has consolidated considerably since the London Satellite Exchange (LSE) was created more than five years ago to serve as a marketplace where companies […]

Andrew Corp. and ADC Telecommunications Inc. agreed to end their May merger agreement, and Andrew’s board rejected an unsolicited takeover bid from Commscope Inc., Andrew announced Aug. 9. Andrew will […]

NASA’s two Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites offer a possible new approach to understanding how earthquakes work. Research recently conducted paints a clearer picture of how the Earth […]

The Middle East potentially is one of the must lucrative markets in the world for satellite TV. With television being one of the main forms of entertainment, the opportunities for […]

WRSP Worldspace Satellite Radio posted higher revenues in its 2006 second quarter, but the company’s subscriber additions plummeted in comparison to the first three months of the year, the company […]

A joint venture between DirecTV Group and Echostar Communications Inc. held the early lead in an auction of public wireless spectrum being conducted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) […]

Space Shuttle Discovery sustained “an average amount of tile damage,” Wayne Hale, the NASA space shuttle program manager, said. NASA was watching closely during and after the July 4 launch […]