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Eutelsat Communications has announced revenues of 395 million euros ($470.5 million) for the six months ended Dec. 31. This represents an increase of about 6.5 percent compared to the same […]

Satellite broadband house Aramiska, which shut down operations in January after giving customers less than seven hours notice, has flickered back to life with new owners, new management and a […]

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. posted a larger loss as higher programming and marketing cost offset revenue gains, the company said Feb. 16. XM posted a loss of $666.7 million […]

EMS Satcom appointed Peter Zalizniak account manager of military, government and maritime sales, the company announced Feb. 14. Zalizniak will focus on the company’s government and military businesses, particularly on […]

Emercomsat, a civil protection satellite network built by Telespazio, began operations with the opening of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Telespazio announced. The system provides secure broadband communications and […]

Intelsat has been granted rights by the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency to operate the Intelsat Americas-8 (IA-8) satellite in the Brazilian market, the company announced Feb. 15. IA-8, launched in […]

Euronews is available to mobile phone users in Spain after being added to the 3G television service of Amena, Euronews announced. Euronews‚ Live TV service also is available in Austria, […]

Global Marine Networks LLC unveiled an automatic vessel tracking service that uses the Iridium satellite system to transmit location reports from ship to shore, Iridium announced Feb. 14. The XGate […]

Herb Satterlee, the former CEO and chairman of Digitalglobe, has been named CEO of Novariant, which supplies GPS-based positioning products for industrial users, Novariant announced Feb. 14. “It is an […]

Stratos Global Corp. closed its $191.3 million acquisition of rival satellite communications company Xantic B.V. Feb. 14, creating a half billion dollar company with a 44 percent market share of […]

German pay-TV operator Premiere ended 2005 with nearly 3.6 million subscribers, up nearly 10 percent compared to the 3.3 million subscribers reported at the end of 2004. The operator also […]

Bellsouth extended its marketing alliance with DirecTV Inc. another five years and also created a new sales channel, Bellsouth announced Feb. 14. Under the marketing agreement, Bellsouth is able to […]

BTV+ received a multiyear contract valued at more than $40 million to supply and operate a digital signage network that will serve more than 3,600 sporting and retail locations, BTV+ […]

Jean-Yves Le Gall, CEO of Arianespace, and Anatoly Perminov, director general of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, signed the supply contract Feb. 14 for the first four Soyuz vehicles that […]

Michael Neuman resigned as president and COO of Echostar Communications Corp. effective Feb. 13, the company said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Vice Chairman Carl […]

If money were no object, Africa would be among the world’s hottest satellite services markets. With the exception of some major cities, the continent’s terrestrial communications infrastructure is not as […]

It now is widely recognized that access to information and knowledge through affordable communications provides a significant opportunity for social and economic development, regional cooperation and integration, and increased participation […]

For government operations, satellite technology has empowered local and multinational African organizations to establish a significant foothold in today’s communication’s arena. Moving forward, expanding applications will predominantly drive Africa’s satellite-enabled […]

Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) communications systems are cost-saving additions to most enterprise businesses. Throughout recent years, communication systems via satellite have come down in price. But size of network […]

Subaru of America will offer both U.S.-based satellite radio services as options in some of its 2007 models, the companies announced Feb. 9. Subaru will offer XM Satellite Radio on […]

Radyne Corp. reported record sales for the year and the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2005 of $103.3 million and $36.8 million respectively. Sales for the full year of 2005 […]

Shareholders of New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. approved the acquisition of the company by SES Holdings Ltd., New Skies announced Feb. 10. Antitrust reviews in the United States and Germany […]

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) released a solicitation for proposals to provide commercial satellite communications solutions to the U.S. government, the agency announced Feb. 10. The GSA will award […]

Sea Launch delayed the Feb. 12 launch of a direct broadcast satellite for Echostar Communications Corp. for undisclosed reasons. This was the second launch delay for Echostar 10, which originally […]

Arabsat has teamed up with Cetel Germany, a provider of teleport and satellite services, to launch a satellite broadband initiative in the Middle East and Africa. The new service, which […]

Eutelsat subsidiary Skylogic Italia won a contract to provide satellite broadband access to public administrators in Tuscany, Italy. Under the contract awarded by the region of Tuscany, Skylogic will provide […]

Alcatel Alenia Space will provide the Defense User Ground Segment for the Cosmo-Skymed earth observation program to the French Ministry of Defense, Alcatel announced. The 32 million Euro ($38.3 million) […]

Telenor Satellite Services and Addvalue Technologies announced that the two companies have entered into a strategic business agreement to provide satellite communications services for the terrestrial, maritime and aeronautical markets. […]

IMS Research estimates that by the end of 2005, more than 2.6 million households in Europe were using a digital video recorder (DVR). By 2010, this market is forecast to […]

XM Satellite Radio signed an three-year, $55 million agreement to carry content provided by Oprah Winfrey’s radio company, XM announced Feb. 9. Under the agreement with Harpo Radio Inc., XM […]