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Week of August 20-26, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol Aug. 26 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.41 1.4 (6.6) (20.8) (40.8)...

The business prospects for a restructured Loral Space & Communications Ltd. [LRLSQ] appear “very good,” said Patrick Fuhrmann, an independent satellite analyst. Its plan to emergence from Chapter 11 protection...

Intelsat Ltd. is destined for internal change after a group of four private equity firms agreed to purchase it last week in what is the latest of a continuing series...

A recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order that allows El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV to use an orbital slot at 72.5 degrees W controlled by Telesat Canada shows that that U.S....

Last week’s announcement that Intelsat would be sold to a group of four private equity investment firms marks the third acquisition of a satellite operator by such buyers so far...

The estimated $10 billion-plus in damages caused by Hurricane Charley in Florida a little more than a week ago allowed Hauppauge, N.Y.-based Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM] to showcase the critical...

By Patrick M. French Television broadcasting is a key driver for the satellite industry, yet video sometimes is taken for granted and overlooked as a critical segment to the health...

While a number of European satellite pay-TV operators have been struggling to add subscribers, both U.S. direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service providers — DirecTV and EchoStar Communications [DISH] — have...

SES Americom’s government operation Americom Government Services (AGS) is expecting a strong performance this year, targeting 30 percent revenue growth in 2004. With demand rising from government customers, the operator...

Week of August 13-19, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol Aug. 19 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.37 (8.7) (15.4) (20.8) (42.4)...