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Satellite service provider SpaceConnection has signed an exclusive marketing agreement with PanAmSat [SPOT] that will provide the satellite news gathering (SNG) market with an access facility. Under the terms of […]

Stratos, a provider of remote communications solutions and services, agreed to provide Shell UK Exploration and Production with a satellite communications network for its Goldeneye Platform, due to be deployed […]

Week of March 6 – 13, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol March 13 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.43 (10.6) (19.7) […]

ISecureTrac [OTC: ISRE], a developer of Global Positioning Systems for tracking and monitoring, has signed a common stock purchase agreement with Fusion Capital Fund II, an institutional investor. The agreement […]

Motorola [NYSE: MOT] and IBM Microelectronics are teaming to develop Motorola Instant GPS, a single-chip, assisted Global Positioning System (A-GPS) receiver. Due to its small stature, the device can add […]

DirecTV has lost a marketing advantage it held in 2002 in many parts of New York when a major cable TV operator could not reach an agreement with the Yes […]

Leaders from the satellite, telecommunications, Internet service and cable industries are considering ways to safeguard services in the event of an attack on the U.S. communications infrastructure. Recommendations were offered […]

Intelsat has formed three business units that report to President and COO Ramu Potarazu. A new business unit, Data, Carrier & Internet, will be led by John Stanton and concentrate […]

Nordic pay-TV operator Canal Digital expects to derive further revenues from interactive services in 2003 through a range of new service offerings. Canal Digital ended the year with just over […]

U.K. antenna supplier Sarantel announced a surface mount version of its GeoHelix miniature Global Positioning System antenna. Sarantel’s (Wellingborough, England) GeoHelix-S can be mounted directly onto GPS circuit boards, simplifying […]

The Canadian government is investing $75 million over five years that will allow the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) to improve the quality of its forecasts and its service to […]

InterWAVE Communications International [Nasdaq:IWAV] has received a $1.6 million agreement with Vodacom Congo for a GSM network with an advanced satellite compression capabilities. InterWAVE said the network expects to provide […]

Canada’s CLC-Camint is using DigitalGlobe’s (Longmont, Colo.) QuickBird satellite imagery to identify individual tree crowns in forest areas. With the ability to delineate and classify tree crowns, forestry professionals will […]

Hughes Network Systems Europe (HNSE) has signed a multi-year contract with Virtual Music Stores (VMS) for DirecWay broadband satellite services. VMS will use DirecWay to distribute music content to its […]

GlobeCast, the satellite services unit of France Telecom [NYSE: FTE], said China’s national broadcaster CCTV-9 is available on its digital DTH Hot Bird platform as part of French satellite bouquet […]

Satellite service provider SpaceConnection has signed an exclusive marketing agreement with PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] that will provide the satellite news gathering (SNG) market with an access facility. Under the terms […]

The BBC announced that it would, for the first time, broadcast its eight TV channels unencrypted by satellite. This decision will enable viewers in the United Kingdom to receive BBC […]

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] plans to launch the EchoStar IX satellite in May. The satellite will launch from a floating platform at the equator aboard a Sea Launch rocket. Built […]

PanAmSat’s [Nasdaq: SPOT] newly acquired G2 Satellite Solutions Company (G2) plans to offer satellite and value-added services to the government. To facilitate that work, the new business unit (formerly Hughes […]

Weakness in the share price of Orbital Sciences [Nasdaq: ORB] is unwarranted and stems from “general confusion” around the company’s plan to increase its outstanding shares from 80 million to […]

WASHINGTON, DC — Launch industry officials and analysts offered little hope for a quick turnaround in the beleaguered launch sector due to drastically curtailed demand, according to a panel discussion […]

A = Analogue D = Digital 105.5 degreesE: Asiasat 3S D Sahara Rajasthan and Sahara Madhya have joined the Mumbai/Delhi-based Sahara Television Network package on 4020 MHz vertical, SR 27250, […]

Alcatel Space CEO Pascale Sourisse told journalists at Satellite 2003 that there could be as few as 12 commercial satellite orders this year. Sourisse gave an estimate of 12-15 commercial […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Despite an oversupply of capacity in the market, many operators still are convinced that the Asian market offers rich pickings. This was one of the main conclusions […]

Both Sogecable and Telefonica have announced its full year results for 2002, which again showed how tough it is to operate in the Spanish pay-TV market, with subscribers for Sogecable’s […]

By Maury Mechanick In January, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled on one of the major satellite-related matters on its docket, the ability of licensed mobile satellite service (MSS) operators […]

WASHINGTON, DC — The success of XM Radio in the United States indicates that satellite radio is here to stay. But Global Radio in Europe has a long way to […]

Stratos, a provider of remote communications solutions and services, agreed to provide Shell UK Exploration and Production with a satellite communications network for its Goldeneye Platform, due to be deployed […]

The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. is eliminating 1,700 jobs at its Space Division. The division reported a loss of 268 million euros ($296 million) in 2002 because of […]

Gilat Satellite Networks has announced the resignations of its co-founders, Chairman and CEO Yoel Gat and President Amiram Levinberg. The resignations will take effect at the April meeting of a […]