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The high-stakes battles that pit price-gouging television programmers against increasingly resistant satellite and cable TV service providers are becoming more frequent than ever, and Congress is taking notice. Consumers are...

Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems (HNS), a provider of satellite broadband services through its DirecWay brand, has introduced a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) access service aimed at such consumer-oriented businesses as...

By Maury Mechanick, White & Case LLP For awhile, it was beginning to appear as though the former intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) in the satellite industry never were going to go...

Nebozzo, a 50/50 joint venture between U.S. investment companies TPG and Spectrum has in the last few days has taken a 9-percent+ stake in Eutelsat. This includes the stake previously...

Globecast is aiming to boost its revenues from Asia, the goal being to eventually grow its Asian segment to 20 percent of the company’s total. Indeed, an intensified focus on...

Week of March 19 – 25, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol March 25 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.07 (6.3) (11.9)...

In a first for the U.S. wireless industry, AT&T Wireless [AWE] and Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) plan to give cruise-ship passengers the convenience of using their wireless phones while at...

By Howard Horowitz, Horowitz Associates When we think of the competitive market for multichannel services in the United States, we usually think in terms of satellite versus cable. Indeed, cable...

Pace Micro Technology [PACE.L] is on an upward curve. The company, which is one of the leading suppliers of digital STBs to satellite, cable and terrestrial operators around the world,...

Eutelsat’s half-year results ended Dec. 31 last year showed a double-digit percentage increase in revenues, compared with the same six months of 2002. During the first six months of the...