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New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK], the Netherlands-based satellite communications company, has established an additional IP transmission platform dedicated to Internet services providers, telecommunications carriers, government agencies and businesses throughout West […]

German broadcasters ARD and ZDF have signed new long-term contracts to continue their partnership with SES Astra, a unit of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG]. The new contracts allow for a […]

Connexion by Boeing, a business unit of Chicago-based Boeing [NYSE: BA], has signed a contract with Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat for satellite transponder capacity for Connexion by Boeing’s mobile broadband […]

The battle for video and high-speed Internet access is here. Find out who’s likely to win, who has the greatest challenges, and what opportunities that knowledge will open up for […]

by Gerry Oberst This past July, the European Commission (EC) sponsored a plenary meeting in Brussels regarding the longstanding EC Satellite Action Plan (SAP). The EC initiated the SAP in […]

Like their North American counterparts, European satellite news gathering (SNG) crews are furiously busy these days. Whether it is covering breaking news such as the recent Iraq War, political events […]

By Mark Holmes Industry executives increasing their portfolios with Euros and British Pounds witnessed dramatic changes in the European broadcasting arena, a phenomenon that may result in major ramifications for […]

By Peter J. Brown The data broadcasting market is no easy thing to define these days. Can you blame it on the growing number of Gigabit Ethernet routers? Not exactly, […]

by Carissa Bryce Christensen The U.S. Defense Department (DoD) continues to become a bigger customer for commercial satellite communication services. Since September 11, 2001, DoD has increased its use of […]

People GILAT: Names New Spacenet CEO Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. named Bill Gerety as the new CEO of its Spacenet subsidiary. Prior to joining Spacenet, Gerety served as acting CEO […]

By John Quale, Brian Weimer and John Beahn Seeking to further expedite the review of satellite and earth station applications, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in July 2003 released yet […]

Harrah’s Creates Customer Excitement by James Careless When it comes to attracting and keeping customers, Harrah’s Entertainment does not rely on casinos disguised as theme parks. Instead, this veteran of […]

Premiere, the German satellite pay-TV operator, added less than 100,000 net subscribers in the first six months of 2003. The operator continues to make slow progress towards profitability. By June […]

New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK] continues to show healthy revenue numbers, which are above most analysts’ expectations. In its second quarter results announced on Aug. 12, the operator announced quarterly […]

By Thomas Watts EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] continues to outpace the competition, as shown by its second quarter results. EchoStar’s DISH network added 270,000 net new subscribers in the quarter, […]

By Keith Bernard Last month, two officials representing the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) held a press conference in Washington, D.C., outlining developments and upcoming activities for the […]

The North American satellite landscape has dramatically changed with Intelsat securing a deal to acquire some of the Loral Space & Communications satellite assets. But, Loral has now confirmed that […]

110.5ºE: Sinosat 1 D Followers of the banned Falun Gong cult are being blamed for another satellite jamming incident in China. On 12 and 13 August programmes from the state […]

AsiaSat, the leading Asian satellite operator, has seen its revenues and profits drop in the first six months of 2003. Its revenues in the first half of 2003 were HK$456 […]

Norsat International [Nasdaq: NSAT], a provider of satellite products for high-speed data transmission, faces the same financial challenges that many satellite companies confront. One difference, however, is that the company […]

McLean, Va.-based StarBand Communications, a high-speed, two-way satellite Internet provider, has undergone a revamping as it prepares to emerge from Chapter 11-bankruptcy court protection by year-end. The company recently filed […]

The average price difference between cable and satellite TV service has narrowed significantly over the past five years, with the average monthly expenditure for satellite service falling below cable for […]

Canada’s MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [Toronto: MDA] is finding increased interest in environmental and agricultural data supplied by its RADARSAT-1 satellite. Richmond, B.C.-based MDA’s Geographic Information Products Group recently was […]

By Leslie A. Taylor The 2003 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-03), concluded on July 4, reached a number of important decisions in the area of satellite communications, benefiting the industry as […]

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] is livening up the bankruptcy court auction for Loral’s North American satellite assets by making an informal proposal to top Intelsat’s $1 billion offer. Loral entered […]

New York-based Loral Space and Communications’ financial performance slipped during the second quarter, reflecting a continuing deterioration of the company’s condition that led it to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy court […]

DirecTV and EchoStar Communications [NYSE: DISH] have filed a lawsuit against Tennessee’s Commissioner of Revenue that challenges the sales tax imposed on direct broadcast satellite (DBS) customers. The sales tax […]

The Optus C1 communications satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for SingTel Optus and the Australian Department of Defence under a contract with Mitsubishi Electric, has successfully completed a complex […]

Star Choice Communications has unveiled a high-definition (HD) satellite receiver, the Motorola DSR500 HD, to serve the Canadian satellite TV market. Star Choice will be adding three new high-definition channels […]

Frequency Electronics [AMEX: FEI] has been awarded a contract to develop a new family of frequency reference sources for multiple on-board satellite applications. Under the development contract, FEI will adapt […]