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Viasat Broadcasting hopes its personal video recorder (PVR) offering in the Nordic region will help it compete more effectively in the direct-to-home market. But the company admits it may take […]

The SSETI Express, the first spacecraft to be designed and built solely by European students, has been shipped to Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced July […]

When one thinks about a satellite’s role in this year’s Tour de France, one likely will think about how satellites are doing their part to provide broadcasters around the globe […]

NSE & PA Wall Street analysts have launched coverage of New Skies Satellites. The first investment house to offer coverage of the stock was Lehman Brothers, which gave New Skies […]

Pace Micro Technology reported profits before tax of 8.1 million pounds ($14.2 million) for the year ended June 4. At the same stage last year, the profit number was 5.9 […]

Mainstream Data signed an agreement with Thompson and its Technicolor Digital Cinema business to provide an end-to-end high-speed digital satellite network for the distribution of pre-show content to movie theaters […]

Terrestrial subscription radio service provider Chum Ltd. filed a petition with the Canadian government challenging the licenses awarded to Sirius Canada and Canadian Satellite Radio, the Canadian partners of Sirius […]

Back in the days of World War II, it was pretty much unheard of for a U.S. soldier to phone home. The Korean War wasn’t much different, and Vietnam was […]

Panamsat, Kencast Inc. and Trinity Workplace Learning took part in a demonstration of what Panamsat called “the first satellite-delivered live streaming video to handheld devices” using a WiMAX terrestrial wireless […]

Globalstar LLC, opened a gateway in Sebring, Fla., designed to enhance its coverage in Florida, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, the company announced July 14. The Sebring Gateway […]

Tandberg Television, a supplier of technology to satellite pay-TV operators, reported strong revenue growth in its 2005 second quarter. Revenue for the quarter, which ended June 30, was 457 million […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) said July 12 that the consumer and small business user base for its Direcway satellite broadband service reached 253,000 subscribers at the close of the […]

Spacenet Inc. announced July 13 that Globalsat, a Mexican satellite services provider, joined Spacenet’s global services alliance. The agreement between Spacenet and Globalsat enables Spacenet to extend its global broadband […]

Globetel Communications Corp. announced July 13 that its wholly owned subsidiary Sanswire Networks LLC signed a cooperative research and development agreement with Proton Energy Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Distributed […]

Intelsat and Globecast announced July 13 they are expanding the reach of international broadcasters across Europe through the joint launch of a new Ku-band direct-to-home (DTH) television platform on the […]

SES Astra reached an agreement with eTel Polska to provide Internet access services to small and medium enterprises, large corporations and public institutions throughout Poland. The service will be delivered […]

Call it a potential case of sibling rivalry. In this case, the rivalry could occur in what is opening up to be a potentially lucrative market: data connectivity for in-flight […]

Arianespace announced July 6 that workers discovered an anomaly with the ground equipment used to prepare the Ariane 5 launcher, resulting in an additional delay of the launch of Shin […]

Mobile television is a hot topic in Europe and is gathering significant momentum. Mobile operators across Europe are testing technologies which could ultimately shape a new wave of video services […]

With efforts to increase the use of commercial satellite imagery by U.S. government civil agencies moving slowly, the U.S. military has now taken the lead. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) […]

While major operators are starting to take a closer look at deploying hybrid networks that combine wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi and WiMAX, the Canadian government has already deployed a […]

New Skies Satellite became the second private equity-owned satellite operator this year to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of common stock. And given the stock’s rise on its first […]

ISAT.L Inmarsat Plc has been trading publicly for a little more than two weeks and its share price on the London Stock Exchange has recovered from drops suffered during its […]

Intelsat Ltd. announced that RR Satellite Communications Ltd. (RR Sat), an Israeli broadcast service provider, selected the operator to provide content distribution services in the United States and Asia. In […]

U.K. satellite pay-television operator BSkyB stepped up its interactive plans in the country, naming technical partners for its interactive portal slated for launch before the end of 2005. The portal […]

A Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman team announced July 6 that it completed a major system design review of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSat) space segment program. The system will provide […]

The Women in Aerospace (WIA) association announced that its 5th Annual Women in Aerospace Golf Tournament will be held Monday, Aug. 8 at 8 a.m. at the East Course at […]

Eutelsat signed a contract with Algerie Telecom, a telecommunications provider in Algeria, to support a satellite broadband program that will service public administrations and enterprises throughout the country. Algerie Telecom […]

Panamsat announced July 5 that Panglobal TV, a joint marketing alliance between Panamsat and Globecast Australia, signed a multi-year agreement with TV Oceania to bring Japan Broadcasting Corp.‘s NHK World […]

With Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (Satmex) filing last month in Mexico a voluntary concurso mercantil, which is similar to a bankruptcy filing in the United States, the future of […]