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Satellite Deal Of The Day
Peribit Networks and iDirect Technologies entered into a joint technology and marketing partnership. The companies will combine Peribit’s SR-15 Sequence Reducer product with iDirect’s iNFINITI series hub and remote satellite […]
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At Press Time: EchoStar Misses Subscriber Estimate
An important avenue of new subscriber sales for EchoStar Communications [DISH] did not quite meet Wall Street expectations Friday. The satellite television service’s partnership with telecommunications services provider SBC Communications […]
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C-Com Taps Partners For Profit
Ottawa, Canada-based C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. [CMI] found in its eighth year of operation that deploying an innovative and cost-effective technology in the slowly growing satellite broadband market niche ultimately […]
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XM Takes $650 Million Swing
Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] joined the big leagues of sports-programming rights holders last week when it agreed to spend $650 million to air all the Major League Baseball […]
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Andrew Sharpens Focus With New Product Group
Orland Park, Ill.-based Andrew Corporation [ANDW], a communications systems equipment supplier, earlier this month created a product group focused exclusively on satellites and formed a second group that combines antennas […]
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Spotlight: Loral Skynet Pursues Telecommuters
Telecommuters have a new way to connect to the office through a partnership between Bedminster, N.J.-based Loral Skynet’s SkyReach Service and Remote Work Central, a provider of telecommuting and teleworking […]
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Coalition Urges SHVIA Re-Authorization
A diverse group of organizations that all benefit from the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act (SHVIA) jointly signed a letter urging all 100 U.S. senators to pass a House- approved […]
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Is Ka-Band Finally Coming to America? By Eileen McGowan
Ka-band has finally arrived. The progress has been aided with the Anik F2 deployed and ready to provide Ka-band service for Telesat Canada and WildBlue along with the successful launch […]
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Regulatory Wrap
Who’s Doing What? What To Expect Near-Term What It All Means The U.S. Defense Department (DoD) received Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved to use the 2025-2110 MHz band on a […]
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Sirius Hits Subscriber Milestone
It was an encouraging but not a completely reassuring sign that Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] hit the 700,000-subscriber mark Oct. 18. The milestone suggests that the company ended third-quarter 2004 […]
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SBC-EchoStar Alliance Pays Dividends
Prospective satellite-TV subscribers appear to be responding to the joint efforts of SBC Communications [SBC] and EchoStar Communications [DISH]. The SBC-DISH branded service is gaining new subscribers but it also […]
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Garmin Prospects Rise
Morgan Stanley raised fiscal-year 2005 estimated revenue forecast for Garmin [GRMN] to $900 million from $830 million and EPS (earnings per share) to $2.18 from $2.04 due to stronger than […]
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Orbital Sciences Beats ‘Doldrums’
Orders for commercial satellites are in the “doldrums” but Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences [ORB] still managed to post favorable results for third-quarter 2004, according to a research note from William […]
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Goumy Wins Arthur C. Clarke Award
Claude Goumy, former chief executive of Matra Marconi Space, was honored with the Arthur C. Clarke Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the development and exploitation of space in […]
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FCC Chairman Pushes Ad Limits
A consent decree issued last week by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Enforcement Bureau led FCC Chairman Michael Powell to draw attention to the responsibility of satellite-TV and cable-TV operators […]
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Ford’s Slow Start Left Sirius Smelling XM’s Fumes
Ford Motor Co. [F] was suffering through hefty losses and restructuring woes when rival General Motors [GM] initially invested in Washington-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] and pledged to fund a […]
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SEC Asks Boeing For More Accounting Information
The Boeing Company [BA] says it is complying with a request from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to provide information in connection with an inquiry about its accounting […]
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Garmin Unveils Remote Sensor For In-flight Weather Information
Olathe, Kan.-based Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. [GRMN], introduced the a new remote sensor that receives broadcast weather data from the satellite weather service of XM Satellite […]
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ONO Strengthens Competitive Position
ONO, the Spanish cable operator and one of the main competitors to DTH operator Digital+, completed the purchase of Retecal, the cable operator based in the region of Castilla y […]
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Foxtel Launches New Service
Australian DTH operator Foxtel launched a new service aimed at two million deaf and hearing-impaired Australians. These consumers will now have access to a wide range of subscription programming for […]
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Eumetsat Marks Next-Gen Satellite Launch With Contest
Eumetsat will be offering 15- and 16-year-old winners of a forthcoming contest a trip to next year’s launch of Meteosat-9, the next generation of Eumetsat’s geostationary meteorological satellite. This second-generation […]
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Satellite Deal Of The Day
Corus Entertainment Inc. inked a deal to take on an ownership interest in Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR), Satellite Today learned. Corus would provide content to CSR, assuming the satellite radio […]
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Quarterly Financials
Stratos Global Corp. reported net earnings for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 of $9.2 million, up from the net earnings of $7.1 million earned in the third quarter of […]
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Intelsat Shareholders Approve Proposed Acquisition by Zeus Holdings
Pembroke, Bermuda-based Intelsat announced that its shareholders approved the purchase of the company by Zeus Holdings Ltd. during the company’s annual general meeting held in Paris this week. Zeus Holdings […]
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Telenor Makes Profit on Intelsat Shares
Norwegian telco Telenor has announced that it will make a book profit of around $62 million from the sale of its four percent share in Intelsat. The deal will see […]
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ITV Gets Interactive
Leading UK broadcaster ITV is officially launching its ITV Interactive ITVi 24/7 service this week. While there previously have been interactive services on ITV1 and ITV2, this launch will increase […]
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Satellite Deal Of The Day
Bedminster, N.J.-based Loral Skynet signed an agreement with Hawaii Pacific Teleport (HPT), a provider of teleport services between North America and Asia, to use Loral’s recently launched Telstar 18 satellite. […]
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Quarterly Financials
Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] reported third quarter 2004 revenues to be $171.7 million, up 33 percent from the $128.6 million earned during the same period one year ago. Operating income […]
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XM Tries For Home Run With $650 Million Pact To Air Major League Baseball
XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] is taking a swing at enticing new subscribers through the American pastime by signing an 11-year, $650 million contract to air every Major League Baseball game […]
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DirecTV/News Corp. Deal Challenged
Satellite Today has learned that Darlene Investments LLC, which owns 14 percent of DirecTV‘s [DTV] Latin American operations, has filed suit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court in Florida to block the […]