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Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] topped Wall Street forecasts by boosting its subscriber total to more than 1.68 million at the end of the first quarter. XM netted more […]

by Gerry Oberst Policymakers in Brussels and elsewhere in Europe are focusing on spectrum trading as a way to make more efficient and flexible use of radio frequencies. European satellite […]

by Peter J. Brown Given what is at stake and the magnitude of what is unfolding at the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) with respect to the […]

Benjamin Franklin once said, in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. If he were alive today, he may have added that nothing is certain but death, taxes […]

A migration to advanced encoding solutions looms. To what solution and exactly when this might happen are the questions of the moment. Stunning results at lower bit rates have started […]

By Kelly Holder Back in the 1990s money, along with champagne, was flowing through the halls of launch vehicle companies and the global satellite industry at large. Times were good. […]

by Owen D. Kurtin In the resurgent economy, the satellite sector has a chance to take off as never before, as investment capital that has stayed on the sidelines for […]

People ALCATEL: Appoints Vice President Nicolas de Ledinghen was named vice president of the Navigation and Aeronautical Communications Business Unit of Alcatel Space. He is in charge of all activities […]

New York City-based technology firm On2 Technologies [ONT] signed a contract with China Netcom Communication International Corporation (CNC) to use On2’s VP6.2 video codec and TrueCast servers to broadcast video […]

Petah Tikvah, Israel-based Gilat Satellite‘s [GILTF] Spacenet subsidiary in McLean, Va., was chosen by the American Municipal Power Ohio (AMP-Ohio) to provide a high-speed VSAT network. Spacenet Connextar service will […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] executives said the company’s Dish Network direct-to- home satellite service would begin offering local television channels to subscribers in Green Bay, Wis., and in Lincoln, Hastings […]

DirecTV [DTV] and SatMex Maximo jointly announced that Canal 22, a Mexico-based network for news, movies and documentaries, would be added to the DirecTV Para Todos platform this month. Para […]

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] said the company raised $50 million from the sale of 2.5-percent convertible notes to Morgan Stanley & Co. Each $1,000 note will be convertible, at the […]

XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] officials today said that the company is launching a 24-hour channel dedicated to Boston traffic and weather. The station (Channel 210) will provide a continuous stream […]

BT Broadcast Services (BTBS) was selected by ITV to modernise its broadcast network. BTBS has signed a six-year contract to create a new multimedia network for ITV, exploiting advances in […]

The European Satellite Operators’ Association (ESOA) General Assembly elected New Skies Satellites CEO Dan Goldberg as its chairman for a one-year term. He succeeds Eutelsat CEO Giuliano Berretta. Telespazio CEO […]

Miramar, Fla.-based Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) has recapitalized barely more than a year after it was acquired for $30 million by New York-based investment firm Falconhead Capital during February last […]

Richard Halka, the executive vice president and CFO of Stratos Global Corp. [SGB], is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. In his absence, Paula Sturge, the company’s vice president […]

NDS said it successfully completed the first phase of systems integration for Foxtel Digital in Australia. Foxtel launched its new digital TV service — Foxtel Digital — March 14, and […]

The European Union reached an agreement for Israel to participate in building the Galileo global navigation system to rival the U.S.-based Global Positioning System (GPS). Financial terms were not disclosed. […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] said the U.S. Navy Space and Warfare Command exercised a production option on its contract with Raytheon. The pact calls for Raytheon to produce 41 extra-high-frequency satellite […]

Integral Systems Inc. [ISYS] executives said today the company signed a contract with PanAmSat to migrate PanAmSat’s three Boeing Satellite System 702 birds from their current ground control software system […]

New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK] officials said today the company has signed an agreement with Microspace Communications to broadcast video, audio and data content throughout Latin America from its NSS-806 […]

The World Broadcasting Unions International Satellite Operations Group (WBU-ISOG) unanimously approved a set of Universal Access Procedures (UAP) for all satellite uplinks, aimed at significantly reducing satellite interference. The WBU-ISOG […]

The Boeing Company [BA] announced the sale of Boeing Digital Cinema assets to Access Integrated Technologies [AIX] of Morristown, N.J. Boeing Integrated Defense Systems sold the digital cinema equipment assets, […]

San Jose, Calif.-based semiconductor manufacturer Atmel [ATML] and Paris-based Parrot, a voice technologies company released the Parrot4 chipset to support in-vehicle Global Positioning System (GPS) and GSM/GPRS services. The new […]

WorldSpace Satellite Radio officials named Hamza Farooqui as managing director of WorldSpace South Africa. He will be responsible for driving the growth of WorldSpace Satellite Radio service in the African […]

Northern Sky, an Orlando-based satellite consulting and research firm, released a new report that predicts a receptive market response to DVB-S2, the satellite broadcast and communication industry’s second-generation digital modulation […]

Arianespace, CNES (French National Space Agency) and the European Space Agency (ESA) combined to share the 2004 Space Achievement Award given by the Colo.- based Space Foundation. The ceremony, held […]

PBI Media’s Satellite and Defense Groups invite you and your team to a 90-minute Teleconference on April 20 that will feature key developments, such as those in the news items […]