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Viasat Broadcasting ended 2004 with 680,000 digital pay-TV subscribers across Scandinavia and the Baltics. This is compared to 629,000 at the end of 2003. This was one of the highlights […]

El Al Israel Airlines signed a definitive agreement to receive Connexion by Boeing‘s in-flight high-speed Internet access service for its passengers, the two companies said. The agreement calls for the […]

Raymarine is launching a satellite television system designed for marine users to allow them to access satellite television while at sea. According to Raymarine, the new system, named 45 STV, […]

Inmarsat said it would apply for authorization to operate ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) facilities in the United States to provide voice and data communications using L-band frequencies. The announcement comes […]

Sky Television New Zealand an-nounced two new additions to its programming line-up to boost its content production in the areas of sports and current affairs. It announced that it intends […]

EMS Technologies said its satellite network division signed a contract with Morsviazsputnik for a DVB-RCS system to be installed in Russia. The DVB-RCS product and technology solutions enable two-way broadband […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced the appointment of Jennifer Manner as the company’s new vice president of regulatory affairs. She comes to MSV after most recently serving as senior counsel […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. said its U.S.-based subsidiary, Spacenet Inc., was selected by Wendy’s Restaurants of Rochester Inc. to provide a Connexstar broadband satellite network to link 123 Wendy’s Old […]

The Global VSAT Forum (GVF) said the international satellite sector has launched an initiative seeking to streamline earth station-type approvals procedures through the endorsement of a global standard and the […]

Cablevision Systems Corp. said it signed a letter of intent under which Voom HD LLC, a new private company formed by certain Cablevision Class B Common Stock holders, including Cablevision […]

Star One CEO Edson Soffiatti expects the operator’s broadband revenues to increase by more than 20 percent in 2005, with overall revenues of around $20 million. The operator is a […]

The Air Force‘s budget request for military space activities has increased again for FY ’06 and beyond by nearly $2 billion, and it includes a new path ahead for the […]

Many people look at cruise ships as the ultimate escape from the rigors of day-to-day life. But just because a passenger is isolated at sea does not mean they want […]

The satellite broadband market, while not showing significant adoption in either the enterprise or the consumer/SoHo (small office/home office) space, is showing signs of life and incremental growth, and the […]

The Federal Communications Commission Feb. 10 reaffirmed its decision to allow satellite operators to integrate ancillary terrestrial components (ATC) to existing Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) systems and modified the rules […]

Nordic satellite pay-TV operator Viasat Broadcasting believes TeliaSonera‘s entrance into the digital television market in Sweden announced earlier this year, is a positive development. “We would expect Telia to invest […]

XM Satellite Radio reported a net loss of $642.4 million for 2004, compared to a net loss of $584.5 million in 2003, in spite of growth in revenues to $244.4 […]

International Launch Services (ILS) said it signed a contract with Eutelsat SA for the launch of Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite in the first quarter of 2006. The contract was negotiated […]

United Kingdom television news supplier ITN has selected the Norsat Newslink terminal to enable live and timely news broadcasts of breaking news stories from around the world. The Newslink terminal […]

GlobeCast added an interactive dating channel, Look4Love TV to its global distribution network. The channel will be available on BSkyB‘s platform, uplinked via Eurobird 28.5 degreesE from GlobeCast’s Brookman’s Park […]

Motient Corp. said it has closed a series of transactions with Telecom Satellite Ventures, Columbia Space Partners and Spectrum Space Equity Investors, the result of which increases Motient’s ownership stake […]

Alcatel has been tagged to lead a new $16 million European R&D effort to establish standards for providing broadband to ships, trains and planes. The European consortium, called MOWGLY (MObile […]

Lockheed Martin said it delivered the first modernized GPS satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and the spacecraft is undergoing final preparations for its May launch. The […]

Satamatics Inc., operator of Inmarsat‘s D+ satellite-based micro telemetry service, last week said it eclipsed the 50,000 terminals-in-use milestone and is adding new terminals to its asset tracking and monitoring […]

While interactive television is fairly common in the European television markets, it hasn’t yet caught on in a significant way in the United States, but EchoStar Communications Corp. is hoping […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures last week announced that it is offering a new handset and new rate plans to respond to the needs of a growing public safety/emergency response market. The […]

Foxtel Digital, the Australian cable and satellite pay-TV operator, has been a success story for digital television services in Asia. It is one of the fastest growing digital pay-TV operators […]

International Launch Services (ILS) oversaw the launch of two rockets on Feb. 3, originating on both sides of the Atlantic. A Proton/Breeze M rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. reported an increase in revenues for 2004, but the revenues boost came coupled with a reported net loss for the year. For the year ended Dec. […]

UK satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB added almost 200,000 subscribers in the second quarter ended Dec. 31, 2004. This was one of the highlights as the operator announced its six month […]