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A joint venture between DirecTV Group and Echostar Communications Inc. held the early lead in an auction of public wireless spectrum being conducted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...

BSkyB has seen an impressive increase in its number of subscribers. In its latest results, the operator announced it added close to 80,000 subscribers to the end of June. In...

Romania Cable Systems (RCS), the media company which launched direct-to-home (DTH) services in Romania in 2005, is looking to launch new DTH platforms in other countries and build an Eastern-European...

The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to continue work on a nanosatellite development program, the company announced Aug. 2. Under the contract from the Air Force Research...

After a few challenging years, satellite-enabled business initiatives have begun to rebound fueled by new technologies and applications. Many industry observers believe that the notion of a "killer app" that...

The largest maize maze in the world has opened in York, England, and fittingly, the maze design was created using space age technology. Pioneering GPS equipment was employed to plot...

With civil space initiatives being pushed with significant momentum, many projects have passed milestones that are making some industry executives re-evaluate this sector. Recently, Boeing Co. successfully tested a key...

Congress should consider limiting NASA spending on the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) program to nothing beyond the preliminary design review, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) stated. NASA shouldn’t enter...

ISAT.L Inmarsat PLC reported a profit of $31.3 million in the first half of 2006, down from a profit of $42.8 in the first half of 2005, The company reported...

XMSR Revenues for XM Satellite Radio jumped 82 percent to $227.9 million in the 2006 second quarter, but the satellite operator’s loss increased to $231.7 million, XM Satellite Radio Holdings...