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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 […]

Officials from Hughes Network Systems yesterday said the company’s European unit, HNS Europe, has supplied Telespazio S.p.A. with a DirecWay network operations center (NOC) and remote satellite terminals. Telespazio will […]

Officials from point-to-multipoint satellite service provider Microspace Communications yesterday said the first phase of its pilot digital cinema program with DreamWorks LLC was completed successfully with the delivery of the […]

XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] subscribers will be able to get expanded traffic reports during weekends this summer for select coastal areas, including Cape Cod; Long Island/North Jersey Shore; South Jersey […]

Officials from New Skies Satellites N.V. late yesterday said the company is “engaged in advanced negotiations with a leading private equity firm” that soon could lead to The Netherlands-based satellite […]

Cynthia Dinkins, vice president of program and business developmentat the Alexandria, Va.-based T. Howard Foundation, today was named as one of the “Fifty Most Influential Minorities in Business for 2004” […]

Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [DISH] announced today its DISH Network would offer local TV channels through its satellite television service to viewers in Rockford, Ill., and to those in Medford, […]

ViaSat [VSAT], based in Carlsbad, Calif., was the provider of a general aviation Internet modem deployed in the launch of the new Connexion by Boeing airborne broadband service. The Boeing […]

El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV trumpeted a legal award it won yesterday by issuing a press release calling attention to a federal judge ruling in a courtroom clash with Pegasus Satellite […]

Intelsat‘s John Stanton said at Mediacast today the operator is set to announce a deal with a service provider to launch a nationally available satellite broadband service in the United […]

McLean, Va.-based International Launch Services is leaving no doubt that it is blame-free in any post-launch problems currently occurring with Japan’s Superbird-6 communications satellite. The unqualified denial from ILS was […]

Delphi Corp. [DPH] will provide the three finalists of the “American Idol” pop star talent search with an “all-in-one” CD audio system that integrates a XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] receiver […]

Microspace Communications Corp. revealed that StagePost, a new-age media and marketing company, will use Microspace’s Velocity satellite service in its new Excelevision program. Excelevision delivers real-time marketing, training and corporate […]

Garmin International, a unit of Garmin Ltd. [GRMN], today unveiled a GPS sensor bundle with nRoute software that allows users to turn their laptop PCs into street navigation tools. Garmin’s […]