XM Adds 'Good Morning America,' Dylan
XM Satellite Radio will broadcast “The Good Morning America Radio Show” in conjunction with ABC News starting Jan. 23, XM announced Dec. 15. The four-hour show will combine news and...
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Government 2, DirecTV 0
Direct-to-home satellite television service provider DirecTV stands to pay out more than $10 million dollars in separate settlements reached with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a group of...
Echostar Adds Dominican Network To Lineup
Echostar Communications Corp. has added Television Dominicana, a 24-hour Dominican network, to its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service, Echostar announced Dec. 13. The station, which broadcasts news shows, sitcoms,...
SES Astra Signs Belgian DTH Deal
TV Vlaanderen will launch Belgium’s first dedicated satellite TV platform in January using capacity from SES Astra, TV Vlaanderen announced Dec. 15. The operator will broadcast a bouquet of Flemish...
Orbiting Wall Street
NSE The biggest news in the satellite industry last week was the Dec. 14 announcement that SES Global S.A. will acquire New Skies Satellite Holdings Ltd. for $760 million in...
ESA's Herschel And Planck To Be Launched By Arianespace
Arianespace signed a contract to launch the Herschel and Planck scientific spacecraft in late 2007 or early 2008, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced Dec. 15. The spacecraft, with a...
TU Media Confident Despite New Competition
Already disappointed in the subscriber numbers for its satellite-digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) service, TU Media now faces the end of its monopoly in the market with the launch earlier this...
Spacedev Announces Microsatellite Bus, Launch Package
Spacedev introduced Dec. 12 its new Mission Xcelerator Solution Program, a service offering that includes the building and launch of microsatellites and nanosatellites for less than $20 million. The package...
Editor's Note
In observance of the upcoming holiday season, Satellite News will not publish on Dec. 26. Your next issue will be dated Jan. 2, 2006. Have a safe and happy holiday...
Point.360 Deploys Global HD Transmission Service
Point.360 announced Dec. 12 the availability of its standard-definition and high-definition (HD) global satellite transmissions service for spot distribution, syndicated program distribution and events. The service, based on Globecast’s worldwide...