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SES Astra, AVC Team To Offer Satellite Internet In UK
SES Astra, [Luxembourg: SESG] a Luxembourg based- SES Global subsidiary, has teamed up with AVC, a UK-based network and communications company, to launch broadband satellite Internet service in the UK. […]
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Microspace Joins International Theater Equipment Association
Microspace Communications, a Raleigh, N.C.-based operator of a business satellite broadcast network, has joined the International Theatre Equipment Association (ITEA). Microspace is a provider of digital cinema content via satellite […]
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AGCO Selects Spacenet Service for Broadband Satellite Network
AGCO, an agricultural equipment dealer, has selected Spacenet, a U.S. subsidiary of Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF], to provide VSATs and satellite networking services for AGCO 1,500 stores in […]
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Digital Angel Awarded USDA GPS Tag Contract
Digital Angel [Nasdaq: DOC], of South St. Paul, Minn., has received orders from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for 300,000 RFID animal tags and implantable microchips for use in […]
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Correction
In the Oct. 28 story “AsiaSat To Provide Satellite Capacity for Connexion by Boeing,”we gave the incorrect full name of AsiaSat. It should be Asia Satellite Telecommunications. We regret the […]
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Call For Entries – Late Deadline – November 7, 2003
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Space Imaging Angles For NextView Award
Denver-based Space Imaging and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) have held recent discussions about forging a multi-million dollar agreement for Space Imaging to provide imagery to the agency […]
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Satellite Antenna Supplier To Be Acquired
Channel Master, a Smithfield. N.C. based- manufacturer of satellite antennas in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has signed an agreement to be acquired by a large buyer whose identity was not […]
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CNBC Buys ATCi’s Simulsat C/KU Antenna For Headquarters
CNBC has ordered a satellite antenna produced by Antenna Technology Communications, a Chandler, Ariz.-based satellite communications company, for its new headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. CNBC […]
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AsiaSat To Provide Satellite Capacity for Connexion by Boeing
Asia Satellite Communications (AsiaSat)and Connexion by Boeing, a unit of Boeing [NYSE: BA], have signed a lease agreement for Connexion by Boeing to use the Ku-band capacity on the AsiaSat […]
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Australian Farmers Use Satellites To Manage Pastures
Australian farmers are trying out a satellite-based pasture monitoring system designed to improve their ability to make informed farm management decisions. Using the MODIS sensor onboard the Terra satellite, Australia’s […]
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Stratos Launches StratosNet 2.0 Satellite Internet and E-Mail Services
Stratos, a Bethesda, Md.-based provider of satellite communication solutions and services, has launched StratosNet 2.0, the latest version of its Internet connectivity and e-mail access via satellite. StratosNet 1.0 provides […]
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Call For Entries – Late Deadline – November 7, 2003
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EADS Gets GBP2.5B Skynet 5 Contract from UK
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co.‘s(EADS)subsidiary Paradigm Secure Communications has signed a GBP2.5 billion ($4.24 billion) contract for the Skynet 5 satellite communication system for the UK Ministry of […]
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Intelsat Wins Court Approval To Buy Loral’s North American Assets
Intelsat announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has approved its $1.1 billion offer to buy the North American satellite assets of Loral Space […]
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Cablevision Amends Plan To Spin-off Rainbow DBS
Cablevision Systems’ [NYSE: CVC] board of directors approved an amended plan to spin off Cablevision’s recently launched satellite service, Rainbow DBS. The spin-off of Rainbow DBS also will include three […]
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Gilat Gets Israeli Government OK for Exchange Offer
Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF], an Israeli satellite networking technology provider, has received approval from the Israel Securities Authority allowing Israeli residents to participate in a notes for shares exchange […]
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Marlink To Supply Satellite Communications To Cruise Ship
Marlink, an Oslo, Norway-based maritime satellite company, has signed a five-year agreement with Kyma Ship Management Co., a Miami, Fla.-based cruise ship company, to supply satellite communications for its MV […]
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Chinese Satellite, Cable Operators Discuss Program Piracy
Chinese satellite and cable TV operators recently participated in the first Chinese usergroup sponsored by Irdeto Access, a subsidiary of MIH, to discuss program piracy. Irdeto Access supplies conditional access […]
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Call For Entries – Late Deadline – November 7, 2003
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DirecTV Outmaneuvers EchoStar
DirecTV will pay more than it originally planned for its DirecTV 7S satellite, but it successfully used creative deal-making skills and legal arguments to thwart archrival EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] […]
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Sea Launch Eyes Land Missions
Sea Launch, an international joint venture led by Boeing [NYSE: BA], is tapping an additional revenue source by offering launches for medium-sized commercial satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. […]
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Intelsat Gains Ground In Buying Loral Assets
The process has been slow but Hamilton, Bermuda-based Intelsat Ltd. moved another step closer to buying Loral’s North American assets last week. The satellite services operator also showed why it […]
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Spotlight: Telesat Establishes U.S. Hub Near Detroit
Telesat, an Ottawa, Canada-based satellite services subsidiary of BCE [NYSE: BCE], is expanding its operations in the United States, choosing metropolitan Detroit as its new U.S. hub. The company is […]
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Three Key DBS Events Define October
By Jimmy Schaeffler Three developments in the U.S. satellite TV arena are especially worth highlighting this month. First, there was an impressive rollout by Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC] of its […]
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BSkyB Ready For DVR Blast Off In Britain
British satellite TV provider BSkyB is entering a critical few months for its Sky+ DVR (digital video recorder) offering. The News Corp [NYSE: NWS] subsidiary aims to triple the number […]
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Aramiska Gets Ready For Italian Broadband Job
Aramiska, the pan-European satellite broadband provider, aims to enter the Italian broadband market in the second half of next year. The operator currently provides satellite broadband services in the UK, […]