DirecTV Group Inc. reported Nov. 8 that its third quarter revenues increased 13 percent to $3.7 billion in the 2006 third quarter, while net income more than tripled to $370...
Paris, Lux:SESG SES Global posted revenues of 481.18 million euros in its 2006 third quarter, a 54 percent increase from revenues of 313 million euros in the same period a...
Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio both posted smaller third-quarter net losses as subscriber growth helped boost revenue gains for both companies. Sirius posted revenue of $167.1 million in...
As part of his stand-up act, comedian Steven Wright used to say that he had "a map of the United States, actual size." To see and peruse some of Microsoft’s...
The Wildblue-1 satellite has been delivered to the Arianespace spaceport in French Guiana in advanced of its scheduled launch in early December, a move that Wildblue Communications Inc. hopes will...
Experts from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Federation of American Scientists (FAS) used Google Earth satellite imagery technology to release Nov. 9 an interactive, 3-dimensional map to track...
While providing services for operators across all platforms, interactive TV software company Ensequence hopes to strengthen its role in the satellite pay-TV industry by helping operators deploy the latest advanced...
The "back-to-basics" reforms adopted by the U.S. Air Force within the past year to overhaul how it develops satellite systems are starting to show positive results, the service’s program executive...
Giving a whole new meaning to the phrase "beer tabs," an intelligent wireless project jointly sponsored by IBM, Heineken, international shipping company Safmarine and the University of Amsterdam is tracking...
In one of the most significant announcements of the year in the European satellite industry, traditional rivals SES Global and Eutelsat will team up to launch a satellite-based mobile broadcasting...