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Turkish Company Launches DirecWay Broadband Satellite Service
Dexar Multimedia ve Telecommunications, a Turkish satellite broadband networking supplier, has begun to offer Hughes Network Systems‘ [NYSE: GMH] DirecWay broadband satellite services from its teleport in Istanbul. Dexar is […]
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FiberSat To Uplink Services For LA-Based TV Stations
FiberSat Global Services will provide satellite distribution of Los Angeles-based TV stations KJLA TV, LATV Network, KXLA TV, and KVMD TV using PanAmSat‘s [Nasdaq: SPOT] Galaxy 11 satellite. FiberSat Global […]
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Correction
In the Nov. 3 issue, we incorrectly identified the company that is supplying MaxView software to DirecTV for its new local channels uplink facilities. The company is Atlanta, Ga.-based ILC. […]
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Satellite Opportunities with the Government Abound
Curious about the business opportunities for satellite companies with the U.S. government? Check out the inaugural issue of Satellite News’ Government Procurement Report at SATELLITE TODAY ( https://www.satellitetoday.com ). We […]
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Call For Entries – Deadline Dec. 10
2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group SN’s PR & Marketing Awards are among the industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best satellite PR […]
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Call For Entries – Late Deadline – November 7, 2003
2003 Telecom Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group The Telecom Marketing Awards recognizes the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs. Choose from 17 categories to enter including advertising/creative […]
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ILS Gets Go Ahead For Launch of Military’s WGS-3 Satellite
The U.S. Air Force has authorized International Launch Services (ILS) to begin integrating the Wideband Gapfiller Satellite #3 (WGS-3) with the Atlas V rocket, as the second mission ordered from […]
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S3 Shuts Down Tanker Truck Using Satellite Communications
Satellite Security Systems (S3), a San Diego, Calif.-based provider of asset security and logistics control, in cooperation with the California Highway Patrol and InterState Oil, has demonstrated the first wireless […]
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DirecTV Buys ILS Software To Monitor Local Channel Uplink Facility
DirecTV, the satellite TV unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has purchased ILS‘ MaxView network control software for use in monitoring equipment at DirecTV’s new local channels uplink facilities. DirecTV […]
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Digital Angel to Acquire OuterLink
Digital Angel [Amex: DOC], a South St. Paul, Minn.-based supplier of GPS-based and wireless tracking devices, has acquired OuterLink, a Concord, Mass.-based producer of satellite data systems, in a stock […]
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Court Approves ORBIMAGE Final Plan of Chapter 11 Reorganization
The Bankruptcy Court of Eastern Virginia has approved the Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan of Orbital Imaging (ORBIMAGE),a Dulles, Va.-based provider of satellite imagery. With the court’s approval, ORBIMAGE will […]
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DigitalGlobe Acquires eMap
DigitalGlobe, a Longmont Colo.-based satellite imagery provider, has finalized negotiations to acquire eMap. EMap, a Reddick, Fla.-based geo-spatial consulting company, will become a wholly owned subsidiary of DigitalGlobe, with David […]
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Satellite Opportunities with the Government Abound
Curious about the business opportunities for satellite companies with the U.S. government? Check out the inaugural issue of Satellite News’ Government Procurement Report at SATELLITE TODAY (https://www.satellitetoday.com) We are excited […]
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Call For Entries – Late Deadline – November 7, 2003
2003 Telecom Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group The Telecom Marketing Awards are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs […]
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Take Our Survey and Get A 7-day Pass To Satellite Today’s Premium Content!
All you need to do is answer a few questions and we’ll get you started on your free trial to the proprietary materials on the Satellite Today Web site. Your […]
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Cablevision’s Changes Add Intrigue
The recently unveiled changes in how Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC] plans to spin-off its fledgling Rainbow DBS satellite TV service could become a prelude to future bold moves in the […]
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Industry Executives Eye Niches
NEW YORK– Business conditions for the satellite industry are improving slowly, but the go-go times of the late 1990s will not return in the foreseeable future. This was the consensus […]
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Intelsat Gains Ground In Buying Loral Assets
Intelsat appears to have fended off EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] by winning approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to buy the North American […]
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Spotlight: Norsat Aids California’s Telemedicine Thrust
British Columbia, Canada-based Norsat International [Toronto: NII] found a willing partner in the Center for Health and Technology of the University of California, Davis Health System to deploy a new […]
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Satellite-WiFi – A New Revenue Stream?
By Christopher Baugh Broadband access has been a primary target of satellite companies for many years. Unfortunately, the satellite market has not fared well in its efforts to supply low […]
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Digital+ Keeps Above the 1.8 Million Subscriber Mark
Despite a huge marketing campaign, the newly formed Spanish satellite pay-TV operator Digital+ has gotten off to a relatively slow start. Sogecable, the owners of the new platform, announced that […]
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BSkyB Ready To Go To Next Interactive Level
UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB is looking to significantly ramp up its interactive service offerings for its seven million subscribers. “We have a portfolio of interactive services, which are very popular. […]
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Satellites Can Play Vital Roles In Homeland Security
By D.K.Sachdev Modern satellite systems stand out among technologies that can serve the needs of homeland security by offering unmatched capabilities for wide-area communications coverage. If appropriate redundancy and hardening […]
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Tip of the Iceberg
The half-dozen applications listed above are only the tip of the iceberg. Much more can be done with existing operational systems. Some of the ideas and concepts still on the […]
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The Satellite News Financial Ticker
Week of Oct. 24 – 30, 2003 Percentage Change Operators Symbol Oct. 30 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.21 (1.3) 6.3 […]
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Connectivity
Regulatory Review: Future Mobile Satellite Spectrum Needs
by Gerry Oberst The original glowing predictions for Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) are tempered by reality, but pushing and shoving continues regarding future MSS spectrum requirements. European spectrum managers met […]
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Connectivity
Distance Education: Satellite Delivers A+ Service To Universities
By James Careless In regions as different as Africa and the United States, universities and colleges rely on satellites to deliver distance education to remotely-located students, some of them hundreds, […]
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Connectivity
The North American Satellite Market: What Lies Ahead
The year 2003 has left the North American satellite industry with a bit of uncertainty as the Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) arena adjusts to a swirl of activity surrounding Loral […]
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Government/Military
Dollars And Sense: Military Space Control–Get Involved
by Carissa Bryce Christensen Space control–assuring that friendly forces can use the space environment while denying its use to the enemy–is perhaps the highest priority space mission of the United […]
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Connectivity
FCC Focus: Voom: A New Player Enters the DTH Market
By John Quale and Brian Weimer On October 15th, Rainbow DBS, the satellite division of Cablevision Systems Corp., unveiled its new direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service called "Voom." Voom will […]