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By Jimmy Schaeffler, The Carmel Group The North American multichannel market place has been a remarkably different place since DirecTV launched its first satellite on Dec. 17, 1993, and when...

New Skies Satellites [NSK] CEO Dan Goldberg was named chairman of the European Satellite Operators Association (ESOA) earlier this month, and soon thereafter he gave an exclusive interview to Satellite...

Week of April 16 – 22, 2004 Percentage Change   Symbol April 22 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year toDate Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.67 (13.5) (20.5)...

NEW YORK–The top executives at Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] and Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] verbally sparred with each other last week about which company is pursuing the best...

By Paul Dykewicz, PBI Media LLC The inimitable Aretha Franklin used her booming and soulful voice to turn the song “Respect” into a huge hit. Respect is exactly what satellite...

Houston-based CapRock Communications and Carlsbad, Calif.-based ViaSat [VSAT] combined their respective marketplace and technical strengths to form a global VSAT (very small aperture terminal) alliance to serve the oil and...

By Maria Velez de Berliner It is useful to remember that Brazil was the country most responsible last year for the belief that Latin America was recovering economically. Cautious optimism...

BT Broadcast Services (BTBS) achieved a measure of success by meeting its financial targets for its fiscal year ended March 31, said its Managing Director Mark Smith. The company, however,...

OpenTV [OPTV] CEO James Ackerman believes News Corp’s [NWS] entrance into the United States could usher in a new era of interactive television. Ackerman told Satellite News, “I think DirecTV...

Week of April 9 – 15, 2004 Percentage Change   Symbol April 15 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.94 (1.0)...