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Tivo Inc. looks to be riding high following it win of a patent claim against satellite TV provider Echostar, but the direct-to-home operator is not conceding defeat just yet. A […]

Intelsat Ltd. lost $325.3 million in 2005, compared to $38.7 million in 2004, due to higher operating expenses, Intelsat reported April 18. The satellite operator reported revenue growth of 12 […]

British scientists discovered rivers flowing under the Antarctica ice shelf by examining small changes in elevation using data collected by a European Space Agency (ESA) satellite. The team found anomalies […]

Intelsat has high hopes for its new satellite-based, open-architecture content delivery and management service, which the company unveiled April 12. Intelsat is targeting telcos who wish to enter the Internet […]

ORB Orbital Sciences Corp. reported a profit of $8.8 million on its 2006 first quarter on revenues of $192.1 million, the company announced April 20. In the same period in […]

The launch of Digitalglobe’s next-generation Worldview 1 commercial imagery satellite has slipped by an estimated six months to mid 2007 but is not expected to create a gap in coverage, […]

Thales‘plan to acquire Alcatel‘s 67 percent stake in satellite manufacturer Alcatel Alenia Space undoubtedly is one of the most significant deals of the year in the European satellite arena. One […]

Sometimes, the gamble pays off. That’s what Xtar’s investors must be thinking now that this commercial X-band operator has signed another distribution deal with a government satellite services provider. To […]

Polar stratospheric clouds often are referred to as mother-of-pearl clouds because of their iridescent appearance. But in recent years, the clouds have become the focus of many research projects years […]

XMSR XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Inc. completed a refinancing transaction intended to replace higher interest rate debt with new lower interest rate debt, XM announced […]

High-definition (HD) TV has more than proven itself technologically, and according to industry analyst reports, HDTV will be in 52 million households by 2009, up from the current 4 million […]

An international team of scientists are working at a rapid pace to study environmental conditions behind the fast-acting and widespread coral bleaching plaguing Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Data from NASA […]

Turksat CEO Osman Dur believes satellite communications will play a vital role on the Turkish communications landscape, and the government-owned operator is involved in many projects to bring higher quality […]

XMSR XM Satellite Radio added more than 568,000 net new subscribers during the first quarter of 2006, bringing its total number of subscribers to more than 6.5 million, the company […]

Despite the projected delay of at least several years in the first launch of the United States’ next-generation weather satellite, the availability of current environmental sensing spacecraft should prevent a […]

LEO or GEO? That’s the question being pondered by Globalstar, as its first-generation fleet of 40 low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites ages. With the fleet designed to last into 2010, "we […]

Thales agreed to acquire Alcatel‘s 67 percent stake in satellite manufacturer Alcatel Alenia Space, the companies announced April 5. Thales will issue 26.7 million shares of stock to Alcatel and […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC introduced last week its new HughesNet brand, replacing Direcway. The new brand unifies the company’s range of broadband solutions and services, going beyond Direcway’s traditional "broadband […]

Digiturk plans to launch a high capacity personal video recorder (PVR) in Turkey in 2007 as the direct-to-home operator bids to bring leading edge technologies to the Turkish digital television […]

The global melting of glaciers continues to take center stage as growing impact of greenhouse on the world’s icecaps continues to make news. In the forefront of the research rest […]

Spanish satellite operator Hispasat is targeting a strong performance in Latin America throughout the coming years, encouraged by the strong early performance of its Amazonas satellite. The spacecraft, the cornerstone […]

LORL Loral Space & Communications Inc. lost $74 million in 2005, excluding a gain related to its bankruptcy proceedings, compared to a loss of $177 million in 2004, the company […]

Wildblue Communications Inc. will offer free installation for its high-speed Internet via satellite service — except in the U.S. Midwest, where company subscriber numbers are doing quite well, Wildblue announced. […]

Technology Aeroflex Introduces Equalizer Aeroflex/Inmet indroduced an equalizer that operates within the Ka-band. This development was accelerated as a result of a funded contract for two fully adjustable 10 dB […]

With the expiration of its two-year no-compete deal with Intelsat, Loral Skynet is once again offering Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) services to customers in North America. " We have resumed […]

Ciel Satellite, which recently announced that Alcatel Alenia Space will build its Ciel-2 satellite, does not expect any further satellite initiatives until at least 2007. David Lewis, president and COO […]

WRSP Worldspace Satellite Radio‘s recent financial results and subscriber numbers have been improved, but the company’s stock price has been taken on a short roller coaster ride throughout the past […]

Satellite measurements of a steep difference in sea surface height between the western and eastern Pacific Ocean support predictions that a La Nina event that would impact global weather could […]

It has been a busy year for the major satellite pay-TV operators across Europe. All seem to have been involved in major initiatives as they bid to keep the pressure […]

PA Panamsat Holding Corp. recorded a profit of $72.7 million in 2005, rebounding from a loss of $79 million in 2004, the company announced March 9. The 2004 loss was […]