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CHICAGO–Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service providers are looking to add sports programming to their lineups in an effort to entice subscribers away from cable TV. Both Hughes Electronics’ [NYSE: GMH] […]

CHICAGO–Bundled product offerings that feature video, broadband, data and new interactive services will help cable TV operators gain a significant competitive advantage over the satellite TV industry, cable industry leaders […]

By Roger Rusch Early this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the use by mobile satellite service (MSS) operators of terrestrial repeaters, known as ancillary terrestrial components (ATC). The […]

Subscriber feedback has spurred Canadian satellite TV services provider Bell ExpressVu to carry U.S.-based Catholic channel ETWN, said Tom Wenzel, EWTN’s director of marketing. Viewers of cable and satellite systems […]

By Jimmy Schaeffler DirecTV and EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] have enjoyed rising stock prices, despite intense competition from cable TV. Just prior to last week’s National Cable & Telecommunications Association […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] launched two spacecraft June 10 within hours of each other from different vantage points on the globe. In an early morning launch (6:56 a.m. PDT) from the […]

Denver-based Space Imaging has won a contract from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) to evaluate a new technology enabling the search of large satellite imagery databases for specific […]

The High Court in Hong Kong ruled June 11 found five defendants guilty of importing and trading in unauthorized satellite TV signal decoding equipment. In the ruling, a judge granted […]

Paris-based Alcatel Space has signed a 148 million euro ($173 million) contract with KT Corp. [NYSE: KTC] and the Korean Agency for Defense Development to build Koreasat 5 – a […]

Canada’s MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [TSX: MDA] has been awarded the first phase of a multi-million dollar contract by an unidentified prime contractor in the United States to work on […]

Marcelo Sant’Anna has been named general manager of Loral Skynet do Brasil, the Brazilian subsidiary of New York-based satellite communications firm Loral Space & Communications [NYSE: LOR]. Sant’Anna will be […]

On June 7, a Proton K rocket successfully placed SES Americom’s AMC-9 satellite into geostationary orbit at 85 degrees West Longitude. The launch occurred at 4:15 a.m. local time (6:15 […]

General Technologies has launched satellite broadband services in the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe following a six-month pilot phase. General Technologies aims to provide services to all types […]

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded more than C$3 million (US$2.2 million) in contracts to nine Canadian companies to develop uses for satellite-based Earth Observation data and applications. The […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS), a Germantown, Md.-based satellite broadband unit of Hughes Electronics Corp. [NYSE: GMH], has launched a new satellite broadband program that will enable tenants of shopping centers […]

Mexican carrier Aero Mexico has ordered avionics and in-flight entertainment systems from Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell Collins [NYSE: COL] for 11 new Boeing 737-700 aircraft. The avionics package includes a […]

The Federal Aviation Administration – along with other aviation agencies around the world – is moving ahead with implementation of the Future Air Navigation System (FANS), which uses satellite communication […]

Washington, D.C.-based WorldSpace Corp. is looking to the U.S. government in an effort to kick start its sagging satellite radio service to developing nations. WorldSpace launched its government sales unit […]

Week of June 6 – 12, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol June 12 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.80 (13.5) 19.2 […]

Stratos, a Bethesda, Md.-based provider of satellite communications, has formed a partnership with Satcom Direct to provide Inmarsat Swift64 to the U.S. and Canadian governments and the business aviation market. […]

XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] has priced a $175 million high-yield offering of 12 percent senior secured notes due 2010 guaranteed by the parent company, XM Satellite Radio Holdings. The […]

Following two eight-month investigations, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Greater Toronto Area Federal Enforcement Section this week charged 23 persons and eight business locations of Huworks TV with conspiracy charges […]

The Ariane 5 rocket lifted the Optus and Defence C1 communications satellite into orbit at 6:38 p.m. EDT June 11 from Arianespace‘s spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana. The combination civilian […]

Struggling with flat demand, intense competition and uncertainty due to industry consolidation, fixed satellite service (FSS) operators can expect growth and expansion beyond 2004 as the market restructures itself through […]

ARINC has set up a business unit to pursue opportunities in providing aeronautical satellite voice, narrowband and broadband data services for the commercial airline, government/military and business aviation markets. The […]

Intelsat believes its relationship with Hong Kong-based Television Broadcasts Ltd (TVB) is a key one for the company on a number of levels. In February this year, Intelsat announced a […]

The International Telecommunication Union‘s World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) wrapped up its first week in Geneva with an ambitious agenda of spectrum-related initiatives. Among the list of 48 agenda items is […]

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded more than C$3 million (US$2.2 million) in contracts to nine Canadian companies to develop uses for satellite-based Earth Observation data and applications. The […]

General Technologies has launched satellite broadband services in the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe following a six-month pilot phase. General Technologies aims to provide services to all types […]

Two executives have been appointed to positions with MCI IDB Satellite Systems Group. Jack Walters, senior vice president in operations and technology at MCI, now is responsible for MCI IDB. […]