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The Indian Space Research Organization placed its latest remote sensing satellite into orbit May 5 aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, the agency announced. The Cartosat-1 spacecraft as well as […]

ZTE Corp. has become the first Chinese company to receive a license to distribute Qualcomm Inc.‘s gpsOne positioning system, ZTE said. Under the licensing and distribution agreement, ZTE can sell […]

Royal Philips Electronics has unveiled its Nexperia One Chip Set-Top Box (STB) Engine for satellite STBs, the company announced. The single chip combines MPEG-2 video decoding, satellite channel decoding, a […]

People Convergent Media Systems Names CEO Convergent Media Systems, a provider of digital media platforms, announced that President and Chief Operating Officer Bryan Allen has been promoted to the position […]

Loral Skynet completed the sale of its business television product line to dbsXmedia, part of the Ariel Way Inc. group of companies, for a combination of cash, stock in Ariel […]

Rainbow Media Holdings LLC launched the Voom 21 HD Originals, a suite of 21 high-definition channels. Rainbow Media named EchoStar Communications Corp. as the first company that will carry the […]

With ethnic populations in the United States growing, the need for television programming that addresses these markets also is on the rise. While the major cable and satellite providers offer […]

While Globalstar and Iridium have managed to re-emerge from previous high-profile bankruptcies and build successful niche market-focused business, the Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) sector may be on the verge of […]

(Editor’s note: This is the first article in a two-part series that examines the satellite broadband market in Europe. Part two of this feature will appear in the May 11 […]

Following a 68-year stay in Italy, the Axum Obelisk, a national treasure of Ethiopia, was returned to its homeland with the help of Inmarsat‘s Regional Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) […]

A shift is emerging in the teleport business as operators are moving from just offering uplink services to offering more complete solutions to their customers. The shift is highlighted in […]

Spanish satellite pay-TV platform Digital+ is on course to have two million subscribers by the end of the year after closing the 2005 first quarter with 1.7 million subscribers, Digital+ […]

Panamsat Holdings Corp. capped off the two-week period leading up to press time for this issue of Satellite News closing at a two-week high of $17.50 per share. The stock […]

Sea Launch LLC delivered DirecTV‘s Spaceway F1 satellite to orbit April 26, Sea Launch said. A Zenit-3SL delivered the satellite, the heaviest commercial satellite launched to date at 6,080 kg. […]

Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. (B-Sat) of Japan has authorized Lockheed Martin to begin construction of B-Sat’s next geostationary telecommunications satellite, Lockheed Martin said The satellite, designated BSAT-3a, is based on […]

WildBlue Communications Inc. will introduce its satellite Internet service in June, providing high-speed connections to homes and small businesses in the continental United States, the company said. Initially, the service […]

Panamsat de México received a contract from TV Azteca to distribute the company’s international channel to cable operators in Latin America and Europe, Panamsat said. Panamsat de México, a joint […]

Loral Skynet has teamed with Global Crossing to provide a communications network to the British Council, a not-for-profit organization sponsored by the British government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Loral Skynet […]

The Safety-Star system developed by Premier GPS has been approved for use on the Globalstar satellite telephone network, Globalstar said. Adding Safety-Star–which is used to monitor the status of workers–to […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures said it selected Evercore Partners to provide financial, fundraising and strategic advisory services to the company to ensure there is the financial and partner support necessary for […]

It has been a busy few days for U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB. Firstly, its managing director of Sky Networks, Dawn Airey gave a keynote speech at Reed Midem‘s MIPTV […]

Arrowhead Global Solutions said that former SES Americom President and CEO Dean Olmstead will succeed Mary Ann Elliot as the company’s president. Elliot will continue on as Arrowhead chairman. “The […]

LAS VEGAS–A quick tour of the exhibit halls at this year’s National Association of Broadcasters annual trade show held last week, revealed that high-definition TV (HDTV) and IPTV (television over […]

Russia is one of the largest potential markets for pay-TV worldwide. It has a population in excess of 140 million people and with still very low digital television penetration; the […]

For Southern California, which has been plagued in recently years with wildfires, earthquakes, flooding and other disasters, having a satellite-based emergency response system is crucial for keeping its emergency services […]

LAS VEGAS–With the company’s initial public offering (IPO) on the market for about a month and its quiet period officially over, Panamsat Corp. CEO Joseph Wright sat down with Satellite […]

With much of the talk on Panamsat‘s IPO last month focused on the dividends that were paid out from the proceeds and from a dividend declaration that took place only […]

Telenor Satellite Services said it was selected as a premier service provider of Inmarsat‘s forthcoming Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) satellite broadband service. The service, which is expected to launch […]

Stratos Global Corp. said it signed an agreement with Hughes Network Systems to be the first distributor of the HNS 9201 broadband satellite IP modem and Wi-Fi access point for […]

Intelsat said the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) found the company to be in compliance with the privatization requirements of the ORBIT Act. The FCC found that Intelsat has substantially diluted […]