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Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (Asiasat) launched a new Kashmiri channel aboard Asiasat 2 in conjunction with Azad Jammu and Kashmir Television Station, Asiasat announced Aug. 4. AJK TV is […]

The total number of leased C- and Ku-band transponders should exceed 4,950 in 2010, up from 4,125 at the end of 2004, according to Northern Sky Research. While demand for […]

The launch of Russia’s latest remote Earth-sensing satellite, Monitor-E, was postponed until Aug. 26 due to a problem with the satellite’s navigation system, according to reports from Itar-Tass. The launch […]

The New York Times Co. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. said Aug. 3 they signed an agreement for the satellite radio company to carry content from the recently created […]

The demand for satellite-enabled hardware for automotive manufacturers continues to grow. Sirius Satellite Radio announced that its hardware is available as both a dealer and post-production option for the 2005 […]

Hughes Network Systems Europe (HNS Europe) received a contract to be the sole supplier of satellite broadband services to Provident International, a personal credit company. Provident required broadband connectivity from […]

U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB is closing in on its target of 8 million subscribers by the end of 2005. The operator announced Aug. 3 that it added 83,000 subscribers […]

Telesat Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of BCE Inc., set quarterly records for revenue and earnings, the company reported. Operating revenues for the second quarter 2005 were Cdn. $137.3 million […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. lost $500,000 on revenue of $51.4 million in its second quarter 2005, the company reported Aug. 3. In the same period a year ago, Gilat lost […]

Boeing Co. completed the sale of its Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power business to United Technologies Corp., effective Aug. 2. Rocketdyne builds engines for the space shuttle and Boeing’s Delta family […]

With many mobile telecom operators having begun trials (or in the case of TU Media in Korea, launched commercial service), SES Global subsidiaries SES Americom and SES Astra entered the […]

Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG), which provides premium movie content to cable and satellite television service providers across the United States, announced Aug. 2 that it would cease transmission of […]

Optus has pushed back until 2006 the launch of two satellites – D1 and D2 – which would have replaced its aging B Series satellites, according to an Aug. 2 […]

Glowlink Communications Technology Inc. said it received an order for additional Glowlink Model 1000 Satellite Monitoring Systems to be used in three Intelsat teleports. The Model 1000 monitoring product is […]

ITT Industries said it received a one-year base contract from Telos Corp. to provide operations and maintenance support for the AN/GSC-39D Standardized Tactical Entry Point (STEP) facility at Al Udeid […]

Spacenet Inc. earlier this week said it extended its services portfolio with the new Connexstar Enterprise Partition (EP) service, which provides a partitioned central hub infrastructure and dedicated network bandwidth […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC will use Intelsat‘s newly launched IA-8 satellite to support HNS’ Direcway broadband satellite service. HNS will use an undisclosed number of Ku-band transponders on IA-8, launched […]

The first satellite that will be part of Europe’s Galileo global satellite navigation system has been transferred to the Netherlands for testing. The European Space Agency announced that one of […]

Sirius Satellite Radio reported record revenues for its second quarter 2005, driven by increased subscriber numbers and low churn. However, the company also reported a widening net loss due to […]

Connexion By Boeing said Aug. 1 its in-flight wireless Internet service became the first to be verified through Intel Corp.‘s Wireless Verification Program, which measures the compatibility of Connexion by […]

XM Satellite Radio and the United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced Aug. 1 a new broadcasting and marketing partnership under which XM will broadcast live the 2005 U.S. Open men’s […]

Ford Motor Co. and Sirius Satellite Radio jointly announced Aug. 1 that Ford and Lincoln Mercury will begin offering Sirius satellite radio receivers as a factory-installed option on four 2006 […]

Satelinx International Inc. and Virtual Wave Inc., both providers of GPS tracking and location-based services, announced Aug. 1 they signed a letter of intent to merge in an all-stock transaction. […]

Nera Satcom announced its second order for broadband satellite terminals for Inmarsat’s BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) service in a matter of days. The MVS Group ordered 1,000 broadband satellite […]

Iridium Satellite LLC had about 127,000 voice and data subscribers as of June 30, a 20 percent increase compared to its number of subscribers at the same time last year […]

Certain creditors seeking to force Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (Satmex) to file for bankruptcy in the United States have agreed to withdraw their petition for an involuntary Chapter 11 […]

Even though business opportunities are increasing throughout the Asia-Pacific region, regional directors and general managers of some of the leading satellite companies in Asia are moving forward cautiously with their […]

By Gerald E. Oberst Jr Providing capacity to broadcasters is a core business for most satellite operators, especially in Europe. Thus, a recent decision by European courts on whether a […]

By Peter J. Brown By the time this goes to print, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff should have the results of his comprehensive departmental review in […]

By Jason Bates Signal interference is a costly and growing problem for the satellite industry, but companies have had difficulties in collecting concrete numbers that portray the scope of the […]