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The Swe-Dish Suitcase has been awarded a new license by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to operate at increased power, Swe-Dish Satellite Systems announced Dec. 13. The modified license grants […]

Echostar Communications Corp. has added Television Dominicana, a 24-hour Dominican network, to its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service, Echostar announced Dec. 13. The station, which broadcasts news shows, sitcoms, […]

Sirius Satellite Radio and the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced Dec. 13 a multi-year agreement which expands the current relationship between the two organizations and makes Sirius an official NBA […]

XM Satellite Radio announced Dec. 13 that Bob Dylan would host a new music show exclusively for the satellite radio service provider beginning in March. The weekly hour- long music […]

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission awarded TMI Communications and Co. LP (Terrestar) and ICO Satellite Services S-Band Spectrumunder an order adopted Dec. 9, the FCC announced. The two companies have […]

Vivendi Universal, TF1 and M6 have begun negotiations to merge French satellite pay-TV operators TPS and Canal+ Group, the company announced Dec. 11. Vivendi’s wholly owned subsidiary Canal+ holds a […]

Spacedev introduced Dec. 12 its new Mission Xcelerator Solution Program, a service offering that includes the building and launch of microsatellites and nanosatellites for less than $20 million. The package […]

Point.360 announced Dec. 12 the availability of its standard-definition and high-definition (HD) global satellite transmissions service for spot distribution, syndicated program distribution and events. The service, based on Globecast’s worldwide […]

Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (CSR), which offers satellite radio service in Canada under the XM Canada brand, said Dec. 12 it completed its Cdn. $55 million ($47.7 million) initial […]

Iridium Satellite LLC signed an agreement for China Space Mobile Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (China Spacecom) to be an Iridium service provider. China Spacecom will be responsible for the establishment, […]

Sirius Satellite Radio and Familynet announced Dec. 12 they have launched Christian Talk exclusively on Sirius. The channel airs programming provided by Familynet, which is the broadcast arm of the […]

SES Sirius CEO Per Norman expects Eastern Europe and high-definition television (HDTV) to be two of the strong growth drivers for the direct-to-home satellite operator in 2006. “I think we […]

Galileo program officials announced Dec. 9 the opening of the Galileo Information Center for Latin America in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil. The center will provide a focal point for […]

Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. said Dec. 9 its Flexcomm Pro-3500 baseband processing engine will be used for the development of a software communications architecture (SCA)-compliant waveform intended for use in […]

Echostar Communications Corp. announced that new subscribers to its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service will be eligible to receice a free Sirius One satellite radio when they agree to […]

DirecTV Inc. said Dec. 9 it has begun offering local high-definition (HD) channels to subscribers of its direct-to-home satellite television service in Boston, Dallas, Houston, Tampa, and Washington, D.C. DirecTV […]

Ukraine direct-to-home satellite television operator Poverkhnost added three new high-definition channels produced by Euro1080 to its platform. Euro1080 is delivering its HD1, HD2 and HD5 channels to Poverkhnost’s studios in […]

RIA Novosti reported Dec. 9 that a Soyuz rocket that will carry the first Galileo test satellite is scheduled to be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Kazakhstan Dec. 26. The […]

International Launch Services (ILS) has delayed the launch of a Proton rocket that will carry the AMC-23 satellite into orbit for SES Americom. Liftoff had been scheduled for Dec. 5. […]

The members of the concessionaire for the Galileo program, the Galileo Operating Co., reached an agreement on the location of the various facilities that will be involved in the operation […]

U.K. cable operator NTL‘s move last week to acquire Virgin Mobile seems to be response to BSkyB’s move to acquire a terrestrial broadband service provider and certainly will put even […]

With the winter season arriving, the city of Cincinnati, will be looking to GPS technology to help in the snow removal efforts. The city’s Department of Public Services currently is […]

When the Connexion by Boeing service is mentioned, it likely brings up images of airline passengers using the satellite broadband service to surf the Internet during flight. Now Boeing is […]

Penny Glover, managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa for EMS Technologies Inc.‘s Satellite Networks Division, and her diving partner were reported missing following a Nov. 21 deep-sea dive […]

Sea Launch received a firm contract award from Hughes Network Systems LLC to launch the Spaceway 3 satellite in early 2007 aboard a Zenit 3SL rocket, the companies announced Dec. […]

Alcatel Alenia Space signed a deal with China Satellite Communication Corp. to design and manufacture the Chinasat 6B satellite, Alcatel announced Dec. 5. Chinasat 6B will be based on the […]

The major Inmarsat service providers – France Telecom Mobile Satellite Telecommunications, Stratos Global Corp., Telenor Satellite Services and Xantic – announced separately Dec. 7 the commercial availability of Inmarsat’s Broadband […]

Globalstar said Dec. 7 it received approval from the U.S. State Department to proceed with plans to launch up to eight spare satellites, with the first launch expected to occur […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Rocket System Corp. plan to launch the Multi-functional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSat-2) Feb. 15. The satellite will be lofted into orbit aboard an […]

Members of the European Space Agency (ESA) approved a budget for 2006 through 2008 that includes a new earth observation program, ESA announced Dec. 6. The Global Monitoring for Environment […]