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Subsidizing its personal video recorder offering could help BSkyB blunt a potential threat in the pay-TV market created by the merger of the United Kingdom’s two cable operators. NTL agreed […]

For most people who live in areas susceptible to frequent tornado strikes, information provided by The Weather Channel can be invaluable when deciding whether or not to run for cover. […]

After nearly six years of operations, Worldspace Inc. became the fourth satellite operator to go public in 2005 and perform an initial public offering on the NASDAQ market in August. […]

The Senate approved a $445 billion military spending bill Oct. 7 that cuts the funding request for several major space-related programs. Senate appropriators cut $7 billion in defense discretionary spending […]

Starsem announces Oct. 5 it received a contract from Globalstar LLC to launch a replacement spacecraft for the global satellite telephone operator. The contract call for Starsem to launch a […]

Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems received a contract from JSAT Corp. to build JCSAT-11, Lockheed Martin announced Oct. 3. The hybrid spacecraft will be based on Lockheed Martin’s A2100AX platform […]

Telesat announced Oct. 3 that is began commercial service on its Anik F1R satellite. The satellite, which carries 32 Ku-band transponders, 24 C-band transponders and two navigation transponders, provides broadcasting […]

Digitalglobe announced Oct. 4 that it is planning to launch a second next-generation imagery satellite that will be paired with the first Worldview satellite, being developed under a U.S. government […]

Americom Government Services (AGS), a subsidiary of SES Americom, announced Oct. 5 it received a five-year contract to support the Center For Disease Control and Prevention‘s (CDC) Global Disease Detection […]

Talkswitch, a company specializing in the design and manufacture of telephone systems for small and multi-location businesses, announced Oct. 5 that it has teamed with Ramtelecom to provide a satellite-based […]

Caprock Communications announced Oct. 4 it opened of a new operations center in Ciudad Del Carmen, Mexico. The facility will serve as a regional sales office and technical support center […]

Shipping company Maersk Sealand completed a field evaluation of Inmarsat‘s Fleet F77 128 kilobits per second services, Inmarsat announced. “Throughout the trial we found the 128 kbps Fleet F77 service […]

Thrane & Thrane said Oct. 5 the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded the company a five-year schedule contract through which government agencies can procure and deploy Thrane & Thrane’s […]

Spectrum Signal Processing (USA) Inc. announced Oct. 5 it received a $1 million contract from Globalstar LLC to provide the Mobile Satellite Services provider with enhanced asset tracking functionality. The […]

Saft announced Oct. 4 that Orbital Sciences Corp. ordered lithium-ion batteries for the Panamsat PAS-11 satellite, and the Horizons-2 satellite being built for the Panamsat/JSAT Corp. joint venture. The rechargeable […]

L-3 Communications captured a pair of contracts to provide components for military satellite communications programs, the company announced. L-3 Communication Systems-East received a contract from Lockheed Martin to design and […]

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) signed a contract to support research at the Canadian Department of National Defence intended to derive military information from Radarsat-1 imagery, MDA announced Oct. […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced Oct. 3 it received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office relevant to future multi-spotbeam satellite systems, particularly broadband multi-spotbeam satellite systems supporting […]

African DTH operator Multichoice expects its DStv personal video recorder (PVR) to be available in retail stores in the fourth quarter, the company announced. The PVR decoder is the latest […]

Echostar Communications Corp. and its Dish Network satellite TV service announced Oct. 4 an agreement to gain access to data provided by Nielsen Media Research. Nielsen, a provider of television […]

SIRI Sirius Satellite Radio announced Oct. 4 it added more than 359,000 new net subscribers to its subscription satellite radio service in the third quarter 2005, bringing its total subscribers […]

Inmarsat’s September filing with the U.S. government seeking authorization to provide mobile satellite services (MSS) in the 2-gigahertz (GHz) band has brought accusations that the satellite operator is looking to […]

Mexico’s Communications Ministry has appointed a mediator in the restructuring of satellite operator Satmex, White & Case announced Oct. 6. White & Case partner Thomas Heather has been appointed by […]

Starsem announces Oct. 5 it received a contract from Globalstar LLC to launch a replacement spacecraft for the global satellite telephone operator. The contract call for Starsem to launch a […]

Iridium Satellite announced Oct. 6 it will provide satellite links for a new mobile system that uses radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology to track the movement of military supplies in forward […]

Vista Satellite Communications Inc. and Winnercomm Inc. signed a multi-year contract for Vista to provide satellite telecasts of sporting events produced by Winnercomm. Vista will uplink in Ku-band from venues […]

Near Earth LLC. named Dan Ramsden to build the company’s growth-oriented investment banking practice. Previously, Ramsden was a managing director at Bentley Associates, where he was involved in sourcing, banking […]

Sirius Satellite Radio announced Oct. 4 it added more than 359,000 new net subscribers to its subscription satellite radio service in the third quarter 2005, bringing its total subscribers to […]

Americom Government Services (AGS), a subsidiary of SES Americom, announced Oct. 5 it received a five-year contract to support the Center For Disease Control and Prevention‘s (CDC) Global Disease Detection […]

Talkswitch, a company specializing in the design and manufacture of telephone systems for small and multi-location businesses, announced Oct. 5 that it has teamed with Ramtelecom to provide a satellite-based […]