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Sirius Makes Progress In XM's Shadow

By Paul Dykewicz Sirius Satellite Radio is the Rodney Dangerfield of satellite broadcasting. The company gets little or no respect, just as the famous American comedian humorously laments about himself...

Caught Between A Milestone and A Hard Place

By Maury Mechanick, White & Chase On June 24, the Federal Communications Commission released two orders dealing with the consequences of failure to comply with milestone requirements contained in licenses...

Wall Street Analysis

By Paul Dykewicz, Antitrust regulators and a top Wall Street analyst made good calls last week regarding New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK]. The Blackstone Group, a private investment firm, received...

Loral Escapes Launch Fallout

The availability of substantial additional fuel onboard Loral Space and Communications’ Telstar 18 satellite allowed the spacecraft to be maneuvered into its proper orbital position, and it may even allow...

Russians Probe Rocket Malfunction

The investigation into what caused the Zenit-3SL upper stage to halt its second burn almost a full minute earlier than scheduled currently centers around a Russia commission that was formed...

À La Carte Pricing Poses Risks

Congressional interest in pursuing legislation to let U.S. television viewers pick and choose the individual channels they want to buy each month from their satellite and cable TV providers is...

Iridium Adds Key Executive

Patrick Brant, former president and COO of Loral CyberStar, is joining satellite phone service Iridium Satellite LLC as its newest executive-team member. Brant will serve in a multi-dimensional role as...