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Pegasus Buyout, Sub Gains Buoy DirecTV

The DirecTV Group, the El Segundo, Calif.-based parent company of DirecTV, the largest U.S. satellite television operator, showed its zest for taking bold action to shape the company for future...

Spotlight: Iridium Phones Assist Guardsmen

“Good samaritans” appear to be the latest marketing focus for Iridium Satellite LLC. The Bethesda, Md.-based satellite voice services company signed an agreement with Stratos Global to provide 80 phones...

The Future Of Mission-Driven Technology

By D.K. Sachdev As the satellite industry works its way out of the recent downturn, the entire community watches with legitimate interest and some trepidation about any news of industry...

Hispasat CEO Confident About Amazonas

With the launch of its Amazonas satellite last week, Hispasat is entering a key period in its history. The Amazonas satellite could change the face of digital television in Latin...

DBS Focuses On Washington

Congress is giving significant attention to multichannel video services, and its actions have the potential to affect the competitive balance between satellite and cable TV operators. Bills to reauthorize the...

Mobile Market Spurs Entrepreneurs

A positive sign for any industry is when entrepreneurial ventures with promise attract strong management teams and financing. That combination of factors is in place at McLean, Va.-based Raysat, a...

At Press Time: New China Spy Charges

At deadline, Satellite News learned a grand jury in Camden, N.J., indicted the president of Universal Technologies Inc. and his wife, charging them with 46 counts, including an allegation that...

Congress Short-Changes Space-Based Systems

By Paul Dykewicz, Access Intelligence LLC The whopping federal budget deficits that the U.S. government has been compiling in large part to fund major military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan...