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  • BANKRUPTCY COURT LEAVES BIDDING FOR IRIDIUM ASSETS OPEN

    Gene Curcio, a California-based telecommunications entrepreneur who is leading the $50 million (52.47) bid of Venture Partners. to acquire the assets of the failed Iridium LLC satellite constellation, said he […]

  • 15 CHANNELS FOR ZEE TV

    Zee TV will launch a bouquet of 15 television channels in C-Band later in June, Zee Telefilms chairman Subash Chandra said last Tuesday (June 6). The 15 channels would include […]

  • VIVA OUTLINES EXPANSION STRATEGY

    German music channel Viva is planning a major expansion into new business areas. The ambitious plans include a broadband Internet and e-commerce platform for young people, TV- over-the-Internet services and […]

  • L’ESPRESSO AND DE BENEDETTI TO LAUNCH NEW CHANNELS

    Italian publisher L’Espresso, industrial group De Benedetti and rock star Vasco Rossi are contemplating the launch of new thematic digital TV channels for the Italian TV market. The administrative council […]

  • STREAM GETS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

    Stream has reached an agreement with leading Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset for the digital TV platform to acquire key Italian pay-TV rights to next season’s Champions League football tournament. The […]

  • SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

    The ITU did its best to please every last delegate at its World Radiocommunication Conference, writes Chris Bulloch The International Telecommunication Union held its first-ever World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) outside […]

  • TRANSPONDER MONITOR

    Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity, compiled by Mike Fallon Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 145 degreesE: Gorizont-21 & 33 D – The last of the Gorizont […]

  • ARD GOES INTERACTIVE FOR EURO 2000

    German public broadcaster ARD is to extend the interactive content on its free-to-air digital package. The Euro 2000 football competition will allow the approximate 70,000 households equipped with OpenTV digital […]

  • TV CELEBRITY PLANS NEW CHANNEL

    British TV personality Noel Edmonds has revealed plans to launch a series of new channels kicking of with a business-to-business channel Biz4BizTV.com‚ that will launch in about a year. Edmonds […]

  • RAI SETS UP NEW MEDIA UNIT

    Italian public broadcaster RAI has established a holding company that will combine its Internet and satellite TV units (Interspace 694). Announcing the initiative on May 8, RAI president Roberto Zaccaria […]

  • NEWS BYTES…

    RTL Television continued to be Germany’s most watched television channel in May. According to the latest GfK figures, the Cologne-based channel reached an average audience market share among viewers of […]

  • One Moment Please: The Internet is Calling–by Satellite

    By Peter Brown At the Internet Protocol (IP) via satellite cafe, voice over IP (VoIP) has slipped quite quietly onto the menu. Is VoIP via satellite ready for the main […]

  • Regultory Review: No Satellite Auctions

    by Gerry Oberst A small provision in the recent Intelsat privatization law adopted by the United States in mid-March this year could have large implications for the international satellite field. […]

  • Satellites and Distance Education: Teaching’s Final Frontier?

    By Katie McConnell Halfway through the first year of the 21st century (or halfway through the last year of the 20th century, depending on which philosophy you subscribe to), the […]

  • Dollars and Sense: SPOT Goes On Line

    By Mark Crossman and Anh Steininger Panamsat has finally outlined its long-awaited Internet strategy, Net/36, and this will be very positive for the company’s growth prospects going forward. Unfortunately, investors […]

  • Latin America: Satellites Add Spice to an Already Hot Market

    By Theresa Foley The face of competition for satellite services in Latin America is changing. Restructurings at Satmex and Embratel are transforming those companies into more effective players. At the […]

  • Protocol Standards: Enhancing Internet Protocols for Space Communications

    by David Hahn, Thomas T. Griffith and Stefan J. Van Rafelghem Imagine having the ability to upload instructions to a satellite or other space system via electronic mail. Or retrieving […]

  • Multimedia Monitor: Streaming Media: The Wave of the Future?

    by Theresa Foley If you’ve ever tried watching live video on your Internet terminal at home, chances are that unless you are one of the lucky two million U.S. broadband […]

  • Global VSAT Review: Deregulation as a Second Language

    by David Hartshorn Those not already fluent in Spanish and Portuguese would be well advised to invest in a crash course. While Latin America has traditionally comprised less than 15 […]

  • Latin America: Learning the Tricks of the Trade

    By Rob Fernandez For the satellite industry, the developing regions of the world offer a particularly fertile market for its unique telecommunications services. Latin America is one region that is […]

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    The Atlas 3A rocket, powered by new Russian-built RD-180 engine, successfully completed its maiden flight May 24 by carrying the Eutelsat W4 satellite into the proper orbit after liftoff from […]

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    Spot Image Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of Spot Image system, has licensed the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), formerly the Defense Mapping Agency, to release Spot Image’s older images […]

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    A combined “national team” has been established by three major satellite manufacturers–the Lockheed Martin Space Systems subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT], the Hughes Space and Communications subsidiary of Hughes […]

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    High-resolution satellite imagery could pose a realistic threat to U.S. national security. Industry companies currently commercializing these pixels claim no long-term adverse effects will occur. “After seven months of operations, […]

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    Arianespace’s sales and net income for 1999 slipped slightly from 1998 levels, the France-led launch organization reported at its annual meeting May 30. Sales for 1999 fell to about $908.5 […]

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    Ames Research Center–Information technology development, flight research, experimental aircraft development, early aircraft design; Dryden Flight Research Center–X-plane flight tests, early Space Shuttle tests, early Space Shuttle landings, current X-craft flight […]

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    Astrium recently inked a significant deal with Arianespace to provide 20 Ariane 5 vehicle equipment bays (VEBs). The contract is worth more than 150 million euros or US$140 million. Under […]

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    A flair of entrepreneurial spirit rocked the aerospace industry May 17 when the five-member Web start-up company Dreamtime Holdings Inc. snagged a NASA contract to commercialize the agency’s 85-year-old film […]

  • $16 Million Contract Fails To Spark Interest In NetSat, Globecomm Systems

    With all the buzz swirling around the Internet via satellite sector, one would think contracts totaling approximately $16 million won by NetSat Express Inc. would spark an interest in its […]

  • Akamai Technologies Announces Deals With Loral CyberStar, Cidera

    Akamai Technologies Inc. [AKAM] of Cambridge, Mass., has announced two major programs to deliver Internet content by satellite – one with Loral Corp. [LOR], the other with Cidera Inc. Loral […]