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Multiband Corp. and DirecTV. Inc. announced Sept. 6 a new, exclusive multiyear agreement under which Multiband will offer multi-dwelling unit residents a bundle of services that include voice, data and...

A roundup of what some of satellite companies are doing to help in the disaster recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Telenor Satellite Services Telenor Satellite Services and...

Vista Satellite Communications Inc. named Jason Land the company’s new vice president of global services. He comes to Vista with more than 10 years of experience in global satellite communications,...

While set-top box manufacturers such as Pace Micro Technology, Thomson and Philips are looking to gain business by expanding into new areas such as Internet protocol TV (ITV), satellite will...

Echostar Communications Corp. said Sept. 6 it is launching a service that will allow viewers of certain college football games on its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service to choose...

PARIS–Loral Space and Communications expects to emerge from bankruptcy Oct. 1, Bernard Schwartz, the company’s chairman and CEO, said Sept. 7. The last remaining hurdle for Loral is to file...

PA & NSE Intelsat threw the satellite industry a curveball when it announced that it agreed to acquire Panamsat for $3.2 billion to create the world’s largest Fixed Satellite Services...

Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR) has signed up more than 3,000 customers during pre-service registration efforts, the company announced Aug. 24. Street teams conducted the pre-registration during the Toronto Molson Indy...

XM Satellite Radio said Aug. 23 its satellite radio receivers will make their debut in Suzuki automobiles in a pair of 2006 models. The Grand Vitara and the XL-7 sport...

ISC Kosmotras launched Japan’s Optical Inter-orbit Communication Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) Aug. 24. The satellite, which will test inter-orbit communications between satellites, was placed into low earth orbit via a...