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Satellite Today has learned that India is expected to strike a deal with and invest in the European Union‘s Galileo satellite navigation project, but no amount of that investment has […]

Humax, a key consumer-electronics manufacturer, is launching a new range of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Integrated Digital Televisions (IDTVs) in the U.K. The LB26-T will be the first of the […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] said its U.S. subsidiary, Spacenet Inc., has added commercial-grade, hybrid VSAT/DSL services to its Connexstar family of broadband connectivity solutions. Spacenet’s expansion of its Connexstar […]

Cincinnati Bell and DirecTV [DTV] formed a strategic marketing alliance that will enable Cincinnati Bell to offer its residential customers DirecTV service along with its other telecom offerings. Cincinnati Bell […]

National Geographic an-nounced Friday that cutting-edge satellites and telescopes will enable contact to be made with extraterrestrial life sooner than many people expect. A television program detailing this prediction will […]

Many turnaround efforts are long on rhetoric and short on results but a little more than one year at the helm was all Norsat International [NII] CEO Cameron Hunter needed […]

The early returns from BellSouth’s [BLS] bundled service offering shows that its partnership with El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV is producing results. Creative marketing efforts by BellSouth and a new holiday […]

There have been a number of efforts undertaken to provide satellite broadband for the masses. However, many of them have fallen by the wayside due to the high capital cost […]

Vehicle-navigation and -monitoring technologies are finding an open road of opportunity. To this end, Delphi Electronics & Safety will co-develop and manufacture the next generation of transceiver modems for Dulles, […]

By Robert Bell Times in the teleport sector are changing fast. So are the companies and their owners. “There was a time when satellite carriers just leased transponders and teleport […]

As Europe gears up for a greater High-Definition Television (HDTV) future, consumer-electronics manufacturers are gearing up to provide the next generation of digital equipment in consumers’ homes. In particularly, HDTV […]

TV Cabo, the leading pay-TV provider in Portugal, is closing in on 400,000 Direct-to-Home (DTH) subscribers in that country. The operator reported 378,000 DTH subscribers at the end of the […]

U.K. telco BT is claiming a technology breakthrough in the satellite industry, which could have some serious ramifications for satellite operators. It has developed a satellite modulation technology it claims […]

Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR], the largest provider of satellite radio in the United States with more than 2.5 million subscribers, gained a boost from consumer audio products manufacturer […]

The deals between satellite-TV service providers and telephone companies just keep coming. It seems to be a natural alliance to beat back the threat of cable TV operators that offer […]

RADARSAT-1, a Canadian Earth observation satellite, is completing its ninth year of operation, and it is close to doubling its five-year design life. The spacecraft has delivered precision images and […]

The Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Space Foundation is making meaningful personnel changes. It named a new vice president and four new directors to fill newly created and expanded positions. Jim Banke […]

Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] achieved better than expected third quarter results. XM was able to hold its operating costs in check, unlike its New York City-based rival Sirius […]

Cyprus-based Columbia Shipman-agement is fitting more than 100 ships with Iridium satellite terminals in a move to comply with SSAS carriage requirements and to reduce ship communication costs. The decision […]

Concerns by pessimists that the brisk subscriber growth of U.S. satellite television services is ready to start conking out are contradicted by the continuing surge in sales. Indeed, DirecTV showed […]

A launch attempt scheduled for early this morning involving a U.S. Air Force GPS satellite aboard a Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket was scrubbed again and will be attempted […]

Princeton, N.J.-based SES Americom began offering commercial service on its recently launched AMC-11 satellite at the spacecraft’s orbital position 22,000 miles above North America. Cable programmers now will be better […]

The launch of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft aboard an Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] Pegasus XL rocket has been rescheduled for Nov. […]

Star Choice Communications Inc. said that with the July launch of the Anik F2 satellite, the company has added 17 new channels to its direct-to-home satellite television service for its […]

Inmarsat‘s regional BGAN ambitions have been given a boost, thanks to new deal with U.K. telco BT. BT and Inmarsat signed a deal that will see BT distribute Inmarsat’s Regional […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM] reported revenues of $25.5 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2005 ended Sept. 30, up 24.4 percent form the $20 million in revenues earned during […]

Satellite Today has learned the launch of the last of the Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built GPS II-R series GPS satellite aboard a Delta 2 launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] had hoped that today would have been the day to launch the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft, but lingering […]

A new satellite Internet service is to be available in Poland. SES Astra signed a deal with Go!nternet to launch a new one-way satellite Internet service across Poland. The satellite […]

A joint venture, named Asia Digital Media, was unveiled today to deliver secure technology service and to enable HDTV satellite broadcasting, high-speed Internet and on- line transaction services to meet […]