XM Inks Broadcasting Deal With New York Times
The New York Times Co. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. said Aug. 3 they signed an agreement for the satellite radio company to carry content from the recently created...
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Starz To End C-Band Analog Satellite Feed By Dec. 31
Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG), which provides premium movie content to cable and satellite television service providers across the United States, announced Aug. 2 that it would cease transmission of...
First Galileo Satellite Shipped To Test Site In Netherlands
The first satellite that will be part of Europe’s Galileo global satellite navigation system has been transferred to the Netherlands for testing. The European Space Agency announced that one of...
Spacenet Unveils New Connexstar EP Service
Spacenet Inc. earlier this week said it extended its services portfolio with the new Connexstar Enterprise Partition (EP) service, which provides a partitioned central hub infrastructure and dedicated network bandwidth...
ITT Nabs ContractFor Satellite Support For U.S. Air Base
ITT Industries said it received a one-year base contract from Telos Corp. to provide operations and maintenance support for the AN/GSC-39D Standardized Tactical Entry Point (STEP) facility at Al Udeid...
Orbiting Wall Street
WRSP Worldspace Inc., a provider of subscription satellite radio services to subscribers outside the United States, joined the satellite operator IPO Class of 2005 Aug. 4 when it’s the company’s...
HNS Purchases Capacity To Meet Subscriber Growth
Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) has leased “multiple” transponders aboard the Intelsat Americas-8 (IA-8) satellite, capacity that was purchased prior to the satellite’s June launch, in order to meet expected...
Globecomm Executes Distributor Agreement With Scientific-Atlanta
Globecomm Systems Inc. said July 25 it executed an international distributor agreement that will enable Globecomm to continue working with Scientific-Atlanta Inc. to bring new technology to video, data and...
XM Goes Hoggin'
XM Satellite Radio said July 25 that Harley Davidson‘s 2006 FLHTCUSE Screamin’ Eagle Ultra Classic Electra will be the first motorcycle equipped with an XM receiver as a standard feature....
Echostar Adds New Programming To Dish Network's International Lineup
Echostar Communications Corp. announced July 25 two additions to the international programming lineup of its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service: a French music video channel and a Punjab-language Indian...