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By Bertold Heil In the autumn of 2002, our analysis came to the conclusion that the German pay-TV market’s potential can only be harvested by an investor with deep pockets […]

SES Global, the world’s largest satellite operator, had disappointing profits for 2002. Its profits declined by over 27 per cent to 204.5 million euros ($216.0 million) in 2002, compared to […]

In 2002, AsiaSat saw its revenues decline slightly to HK$951 million ($122 million) from HK$969 million ($124.3 million) in 2001. Profits also dipped to HK$555 million ($71.2 million) from HK$563 […]

The British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) is unlikely to reverse its decision to broadcast its eight TV channels unencrypted on BSkyB, a UK satellite broadcasting affiliate of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. […]

April 29 12:00 – 1:30 PM EST “From Broadcast to Broadband: Seizing The Next Satellite Business Opportunity?” A Webinar presented by Interspace Register at http://www.telecomweb.com/satellite/webinar.htm

A = Analogue D = Digital 78.5 degreesE: Thaicom 2&3 D Yes TV has returned to 3475 MHz vertical, SR 3298, FEC 3/4, VPID 4132, APID 4133 in free-to-air MPEG-2 […]

For MTV Networks Europe, the French market could be a key barometer of its success in 2003. The channel provider, one of the largest in Europe, increased advertising revenues by […]

International Launch Services (ILS) is turning up the heat on launch service powerhouse Arianespace this year. The provider, which usually secures around 40 to 50 per cent of satellite launch […]

French satellite operator Eutelsat estimates that its new multimedia satellite platform in Turin, Italy, will generate 10 million euros ($10.63 million) in revenue over the next two years. The platform, […]

Malaysia’s Binariang Satellite Systems and Boeing Satellite Systems, a unit of Boeing, have signed a contract for the procurement of a high-power communications satellite. The new Boeing 601HP satellite, designated […]

Dutch satellite communications company New Skies Satellites has named Jurandir M. Pitsch as sales director for its commercial activities in Brazil and the Mercosur region of Latin America. Pitsch will […]

John Scelfo, Sirius Satellite Radio’s chief financial officer, is leaving the U.S.-based satellite radio provider April 6 to join a company outside the satellite industry. Scelfo played a key role […]

Gilat Satellite Networks [GILTF] has deployed a fixed rural satellite telephony network for Empresa Nicaraguense de Telecomunicaciones (Enitel) to serve 170 communities throughout Nicaragua. The new network, based on Gilat’s […]

Sea Launch said March 20 that it is ready to resume satellite launches following completion of the Sea Launch Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) investigation into the failure of the […]

Mars Express, the European Space Agency’s first spacecraft developed for a mission to the planet Mars, has completed its tests at Toulouse, France. After six months of extensive thermal environmental, […]

The U. S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a patent for a ceramic rocket nozzle throat for solid rocket motors. The new ceramic material promises […]

EMS Technologies [ELMG] has signed an agreement that makes Stratos a principal reseller to the trucking industry of EMS’ suite of satellite communications terminals. With the partnership, Stratos can offer […]

El Segundo, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), founded by Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk, has successfully test fired the company’s Falcon rocket main engine. “Satellites and spacecraft urgently need a more […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has purchased Integral’s [ISYS] SKYLIGHT ground terminal system for receiving and processing satellite Earth science data. The system includes a receiver and data processing, […]

Week of March 14 – 20, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol March 20 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.41 0.7 (10.8) […]

Programmers that were unable to re-negotiate contract terms with money-losing DirecTV Latin America may have lost leverage last week after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The question […]

The soaring cost of space insurance has convinced EchoStar Communications [SPOT] that buying coverage for its eight in-orbit satellites is not worth the price. According to documents filed with the […]

By Roger Rusch Although there is great concern about weak demand within the launch services industry, there are brighter prospects ahead. In a few years, a new cycle of satellite […]

Inmarsat is moving one of its five in-orbit spare satellites over the Middle East to meet rising demand for military and media communications in that region. The London-based provider of […]

By Jimmy Schaeffler The spotlight for satellite radio now is shining on original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The reasoning is that satellite radio’s prime success will come from units that are […]

Inmarsat, a London-based provider of global mobile communications via satellite, reported increases in revenues, profits and earnings per share last year compared with 2001. Revenues rose 5 percent to $463 […]

Responding to complaints of favoritism in the Department of Defense’s (DoD) commercial satellite service procurement process, Intelsat told the General Accounting Office that a contract it received to provide satellite […]

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

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

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 […]