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DigitalGlobe Goes To The Olympics
DigitalGlobe officials today highlighted several satellite image-based products that will be available to government and private-sector users during the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Athens this August. DigitalGlobe is offering […]
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U.S., EU Reach Satellite-Navigation Agreement
The United States and the European Union (EU) have, according to wire reports, struck a deal that will make the U.S. GPS navigation system compatible with the EU’s planned Galileo […]
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DirecTV Sues EchoStar Over Ad Campaign
DirecTV, the largest satellite TV service in the United States, filed suit against rival EchoStar Communications [DISH], claiming its competitor created “false and misleading” advertisements to distribute to customers in […]
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Weida Communications Formed In Wake Of Stock Swap
Officials from Laser Recording Systems Inc. and SCL Ventures Ltd. recently said the companies have completed a share exchange and the combined companies now are operating under the name Weida […]
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LG Electronics, LodgeNet Develop HDTV Satellite Programming Solution For Hotels
Officials from LG Electronics Inc. and LodgeNet Entertainment Corp. [LNET] today said they will be offering an end-to-end solution to deliver high-definition digital video to guest room television sets from […]
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WildBlue Taps KoSpace To Produce Consumer Broadband Satellite Equipment
Officials from WildBlue Communications Inc. and KoSpace today said that the companies have signed an agreement under which KoSpace will produce Ka-band transceivers for WildBlue’s consumer and small office/home office […]
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DirecTV, KVH Ink Multiyear Marketing Deal
Officials from DirecTV Inc. [DTV] and KVH Industries Inc. [KVH] said today that the companies have signed a multi-year agreement that allows customers to receive DirecTV satellite television services in […]
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DirecTV Won’t Contest FCC Fine
A DirecTV Inc. [DTV] spokesman told Satellite Today today that the company will not challenge a recently proposed $87,500 fine by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The federal agency levied […]
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DirecTV And NRTC Claim Another Legal Win Against Pegasus
Officials with DirecTV and the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) praised a federal judge’s ruling Monday that denied a request from Pegasus Satellite Television for a temporary restraining order that […]
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Helius, PIT Form Strategic Alliance
Officials from Helius Inc. today said Pittsburgh International Telecommunications (PIT) has joined the Helius strategic alliance program. PIT’s teleport provides telecom transport, switching and satellite transmission technology with full-fiber connectivity […]
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Motia Secures $12 Million In Third-Round Financing
Motia Inc., a semiconductor company that has applied its smart-antenna technology to the mobile in-vehicle satellite television market, closed a third round of funding. The round, led by Prism Venture […]
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Frisch’s Restaurants Deploys Gilat Broadband Satellite Service
According to Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF], Frisch’s Restaurants Inc. tapped Gilat’s U.S.-subsidiary Spacenet to provide a Connexstar broadband satellite network to 120 “Big Boy” and “Golden Corral” restaurants in […]
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NCTA’s Sachs To Step Down
President and CEO Robert Sachs has advised the National Cable and Telecommunications Association that he will not seek to renew his contract, which ends in December. He did say in […]
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Stratos Launches Packet Data Service For Smaller Maritime Vessels
Stratos Global Corp. [SGB] launched Mobile Packet Data Service (MPDS) For Fleet F33 as part of the Fleet brand of solutions it offers that use the Inmarsat satellite network for […]
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SES Astra Sets HDTV Specs, Timetable For Launch
Officials from SES Astra, an SES Global company, said the company, together with more than 60 of its European broadcast customers, hardware manufacturers and other industry partners, agreed on the […]
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Orbimage’s Upbeat Growth Strategy
Dulles, Va.-based Orbimage assembled its top officials last week for a quarterly conference call that gave the clear impression they are looking toward the future with a bold sense of […]
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EchoStar’s 10M-Sub Milestone Masks Competitive Threats
Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [DISH] achieved an enormous milestone last week when it reached the 10-million subscriber mark. However, the company’s praiseworthy accomplishment is clouded by rising competition that most […]
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Congress: ‘One Launcher Only’
A report released at our deadline by the House Appropriations Committee challenges the government to choose just one U.S. company to service federal launch contracts, partly due to financial considerations […]
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Savvy Team Takes Satellite-TV Startup To School
Startups offer special challenges that include developing a workable and practical business plan, installing a management team with the right skills and obtaining sufficient financing. All those ingredients are needed […]
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Spotlight: Tahoe Uses Imagery For Wildfire Prevention
Longmont, Colo.-based DigitalGlobe’s high-resolution QuickBird satellite images and Native Communities Development Corporation’s (NCDC) proprietary remote-sensing technology will be combined to aid with wildfire risk-assessment and emergency-response planning in California. The […]
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Teleports: A Business Of Niches
By Robert Bell, World Teleport Association There is an old joke in Washington, D.C., about the Department of Defense. The good news is that by 2010 (or another suitably distant […]
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Chandra Plots Stunning Satellite TV Growth In India
There is little doubt India has the potential to be a huge market for satellite services — a major growth opportunity for numerous operators looking to boost their positions in […]
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BSkyB Ready To Fight At The Low End
BSkyB [BSY] has signaled its intention to be much more of a player in the lower-end segment of the U.K. digital television market. It will launch a Free-To-Air (FTA) satellite […]
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The Satellite News Financial Ticker
Week of June 11 – 17, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol June 17 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.82 7.1 6.4 […]
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iDirect Appoints Chan Asia/Pacific VP/Sales
KW Chan is the new vice president of sales for the Asia/Pacific Rim region of iDirect Technologies. He brings to the company more than 23 years of experience in the […]
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U.S. Navy Buys More Raytheon Sub Communication Links
Raytheon Co. [RTN] received a $33 million order to produce submarine high-data-rate (Sub HDR) multi-band satellite communication systems for the U.S. Navy, which has the option to up the order […]
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iSECUREtrac Lands 10 New GPS Deals
iSECUREtrac (ISRE) is on a roll, recently signing contracts with law-enforcement agencies in California, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Kansas, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia and Virginia, bringing the total number of states […]
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ViaSat Wins $47 Million U.S. Military Order
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in San Diego tapped ViaSat Inc. [VSAT] for a $47 million delivery order involving multifunctional information distribution system terminals. The order includes an […]
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Zee Networks Chairman Expects Rapid Digital Growth
Zee Networks Chairman Subhash Chandra believes the digital television market in India will experience significant growth during the next few years. He told Satellite Today, “In the next two years, […]
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Telstar 18 Sets Sail For Launch Site
Loral Space & Communications officials said its Space Systems/Loral-built Telstar 18 satellite has begun its journey to an equatorial launch site in preparation for a June 28 launch. The satellite […]