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EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] added ET News, ET Drama, YOYO TV, ET China and JET TV International to its Chinese programming lineup in a complete package called The Chinese Super […]

Eumetsat, the intergovernmental organization that establishes and maintains operational meteorological satellites for 18 European states, has announced that the Czech Republic will become a Eumetsat cooperating state. The agreement gives […]

Officials from the BMW WilliamsF1 racing team tapped Intelsat to transmit mission-critical information during all European Grand Prix racing and testing days. Beginning this year, Intelsat’s 905 satellite, located at […]

Globecomm Systems [GCOM] has entered the ethnic-programming video business by launching a direct-to-home video platform into Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The platform offers a full range of […]

Sprint [FON] officials today said that customers in its 18-state local telephone operating territory now can subscribe to Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service directly through Sprint. The deal makes […]

The Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) is a worldwide partnership of public, private and non-governmental organizations enabling knowledge sharing, dialogue training and consultations on development topics to the developing world. […]

How does a company streamline its administrative duties, increase its efficiency for financial transactions and keep the workforce trained throughout its remote locations with a minimal investment in an infrastructure […]

Strategic partnerships are key in today’s business world. In cases regarding upgrades to a company’s infrastructure, solid partnerships are vital. Having spoken to many end users who have incorporated satellite, […]

An announcement about the sale of global satellite operator New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK] to a private- equity firm appears to be only weeks away, and it could be followed […]

Officials at The Boeing Co. [BA] acknowledge the Superbird-6 satellite, built by its El Segundo, Calif.-based satellite-manufacturing team for Tokyo-based Space Communications Corp., may have lost at least a full […]

By Paul Dykewicz, Senior Analyst/Senior Editor The U.S. government could be in the unusual position of picking which American-based, remote-sensing company vying for the second — and apparently last — […]

Al and Ed’s Autosound, a mobile electronics and communications retailer with 29 stores in Southern California, has included two new satellite products in its “hot items” list for consumers to […]

By Mark R. Chartrand The quip “it is hard to predict, especially the future” has been attributed to baseball great Yogi Berra, movie kingpin Samuel Goldwyn and Danish physicist Niels […]

AsiaSat is a major player in the Asian satellite and communications landscape. The operator plays a key role in developing the growing broadcast and broadband markets in the region. It […]

Week of May 21-27, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol May 27 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.85 3.4 (10.2) (26.6) (22.3) […]

Quantum Connections launched its satellite-based, high-speed Internet access to customers in southern Michigan and in northern Indiana. Subscribers to the product, Q- Sat, can surf the net at speeds as […]

Officials from M/A-Com, a business unit of Tyco Electronics Ltd. [TYC], said Ford Motor Co. [F] selected M/A-Com to provide satellite radio antennas for a variety of Ford’s vehicle lines. […]

PreCash Inc. formed a partnership with EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] that will enable participating PreCash locations to begin processing Dish Network payments using the Viewer’s Instant Payment (VIP) Card from […]

BrightStar Internet Inc. is offering one-way satellite Internet services to the outlying areas of Central Florida. Residents may use their telephone connections to send requests for data from the Internet, […]

AsiaSat CEO Peter Jackson believes market conditions are likely to remain difficult for satellite operators in Asia, and an upsurge in fortunes could be more than a year away. He […]

Armand Mancini, executive vice president and CFO at ORBIMAGE,left the company to “pursue other interests.” The company is conducting an executive search to find his replacement. Mancini was a co-founder […]

Officials from Comtech EF Data Corp., a subsidiary of Comtech Communications Corp. [CMTL], today said the company received a $1.2 million order from an unnamed cellular service provider in Southeast […]

EchoStar Communications [DISH] CEO Charles Ergen is asking Congress to rethink provisions in the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 (SHVERA) aimed at its Dish Network direct-to-home […]

Starting today, Verizon Communications [VZ] customers will have the option to drop their local cable television service in favor of DirecTV direct-to- home satellite television service. Verizon said customers choosing […]

EchoStar Communications [DISH] officials today said the Dish network direct-to-home satellite television service now will offer local channels to subscribers in Sioux City, Iowa, and in Wausau-Rhinelander, Wis. The channels […]

XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] signed a deal that calls for Antex Electronics to develop and to market high-end satellite radio products. The first product developed under the agreement is the […]

Officials from Alcatel Space today said Marc Pircher will join the company as vice president and chief technical officer (CTO) on July 1. Pircher currently is the director of launchers […]

L-3 ESSCO announced that it would supply the University of Miami with a 57-foot-diameter radome to be used for its Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing (CSTARS) facility. The […]

DirecTV [DTV] officials said the company would open two new owned-and-operated customer call centers in Tulsa, Okla., and Huntsville, Ala. The centers will employ up to 2,000 customer service representatives […]

Comtech Telecommunications [CMTL] officials today said the company’s Comtech PST Corp. subsidiary received a $1.3 million order for high power amplifiers from Rockwell Collins. The amplifiers are used as part […]