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BSkyB Launches New Entertainment Channel
BSkyB is launching a new entertainment channel, Sky Three, which will reach about 13 million households in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Sky Three will be available to Sky satellite […]
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Dish Adds ESPNU To Its Lineup
Echostar Communications Corp. announced Sept. 22 an agreement with Disney and ESPN Media Networks to add ESPNU, a 24-hour channel dedicated to college sports, to the America’s Top 180 programming […]
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Boeing, Lockheed Martin Plan ULA Refiling
Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. announced Sept. 21 they withdrew their filing with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding the formation of the United Launch Alliance. The companies […]
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Orbimage Boosts International Presence With Acquisition
When the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded contracts to build next-generation imagery satellites to Digitalglobe and Orbimage, many industry observers thought it was a foregone conclusion that Space Imaging, […]
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Canal Digitaal Has Modest Expectations for Internet Service
Canal Digitaal, a satellite pay-TV operator in the Netherlands, is looking to make broadband market inroads but has modest initial expectations for its satellite broadband Internet service, a company official […]
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Spotlight: Katrina Aftermath Creates Field Testing Opportunity
Nera‘s DVB-RCS Satlink System is undergoing an unexpected field test in Mississippi, helping provide satellite communications for relief operations related to Hurricane Katrina. Engineers from Telenor Satellite Service‘s teleport in […]
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Optus Enjoying Success In Australian Satellite Broadband Market
While many countries around the world discuss the best way to bridge the so-called digital divide, the Australian government has taken the steps to subsidize the rollout of satellite broadband […]
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Telenor Taps Orbital For Thor 2-R Satellite
Telenor ASA and Orbital Sciences Corp. announced Sept. 20 that they signed a satellite manufacturing contract for a satellite that will replace Telenor’s Thor 2 spacecraft. It is the third […]
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Polish TV Broadcaster Signs Deal With SES Astra
SES Global will broadcast five digital TV channels provided by Polish public broadcaster TVP (Telewizja Polska SA), SES announced Sept. 22. TVP is one of the biggest public television broadcasters […]
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Navy Orders Additional Terminals From Viasat
Viasat Inc. received an add-on order from the U.S. Navy for the company’s Multifunctional Information Distribution System terminals. The $5.2 million order from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command […]
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Globalstar Breaks Ground On Alaska Gateway
Globalstar LLC has begun construction of a satellite gateway in Wasilla, Alaska, the company announced. The gateway, which is scheduled to become fully operational in mid 2006, is intended to […]
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Satellite Lynx Expands Presence With SES Americom
Satellite Lynx added another radio network broadcast by SES Americom‘s AMC-1 satellite, SES Americom announced. Satellite Lynx delivers transmitter-ready programming to FM radio stations throughout America. The company provides content […]
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Noorsat CEO Bullish Over Satellite Prospects
Noorsat, a new entrant on the Middle East satellite communications landscape, is expecting strong growth in the satellite broadcast market. The company predicts the number of television channels broadcasting to […]
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EMS Delivers DVB-RCS System For Analyzing Surveillance Data
EMS Technologies Inc. said Sept. 21 that the U.S. Department of Defense is equipping ground operators of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Southeastern Asia with video capabilities from EMS DVB-RCS […]
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Israel Aircraft Industries To Build Amos 3
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) received a $170 million contract from Spacecom to build the Amos 3 communications satellite, IAI announced. The satellite will be manufactured at IAI’s Systems Missiles & […]
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Glowlink Unveils Web-Based Spectrum Monitoring System
Glowlink introduced its Webaccess product, which uses Internet browser technology to provide a web-based access overlay to the company’s spectrum monitoring system, the company announced. Customers using Webaccess will have […]
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Tachyon Helps In Katrina Relief
Tachyon Networks Inc. said Sept. 21 it is donating secure, carrier-grade broadband satellite services system to the Naval Postgraduate School arm of Joint Task Force Katrina. The system will help […]
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Airwaves Media Inks Lease Deal With Asiasat
Asia Satellite Telecommunicat-ions Co. Ltd. (Asiasat) announced Sept. 20 that it signed an agreement with Airwaves Media (Pvt) Ltd. of Pakistan for the lease of C-band capacity on the Asiasat […]
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Finnair, SAS Taps Arinc For Satcom Services
Arinc Inc. announced Sept. 20 that Finnair, the national carrier of Finland, has selected Arinc to provide a full suite of satellite communications services. Arinc will provide passenger and cockpit […]
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Globecomm Nabs Digicel Contracts
Globecomm Systems Inc. announced Sept. 20 it won multiple contracts from Digicel Group (Digicel), a mobile telecommunications company in the Caribbean. Globecomm will design and install satellite infrastructure in Trinidad […]
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Orbiting Wall Street
DISH The big news coming from the direct-to-home sector that sent Wall Street analysts buzzing was the announced restructuring of the deal between Echostar Communications Corp. and SBC Communications. SBC […]
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HNS Boosts Direcway Performance, Pushes For Increased Recognition
Hughes Network Systems (HNS) recently boosted the performance of its Direcway satellite broadband service as part in the company’s efforts to bring more recognition to satellite technology’s role as a […]
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Polish TV Broadcaster Signs Deal With SES Astra
SES Global will broadcast five digital TV channels provided by Polish public broadcaster TVP (Telewizja Polska SA), SES announced Sept. 22. TVP is one of the biggest public television broadcasters […]
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Navy Orders Additional Terminals From Viasat
Viasat Inc. received an add-on order from the U.S. Navy for the company’s Multifunctional Information Distribution System terminals. The $5.2 million order from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command […]
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France Telecom Mobile Preparing For BGAN Launch
France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications is set for a busy year with the launch of BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) services, Erik Ceuppens, the company’s CEO, said. Inmarsat selected the […]
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Globalstar Breaks Ground On Alaska Gateway
Globalstar LLC has begun construction of a satellite gateway in Wasilla, Alaska, the company announced. The gateway, which is scheduled to become fully operational in mid 2006, is intended to […]
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Satellite Lynx Expands Presence With SES Americom
Satellite Lynx added another radio network broadcast by SES Americom‘s AMC-1 satellite, SES Americom announced. Satellite Lynx delivers transmitter-ready programming to FM radio stations throughout America. The company provides content […]
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DirecTV Appoints Chief Marketing Officer
Paul Guyardo has been named executive vice president and chief marketing officer of DirecTV effective Oct. 17, the company announced Sept. 22. Guyardo will be responsible for all aspects of […]
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Boeing, Lockheed Martin To Resubmit Filing For United Launch Alliance
Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. announced Sept. 21 they withdrew their filing with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding the formation of the United Launch Alliance. The companies […]
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SBC, Echostar Reach New Deal
SBC Communications and Echostar Communications Corp. agreed to continue marketing co-branded SBC/Dish Network direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television services but modified the original agreement signed in July 2003. Under the new […]