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Mark Dankberg, the entrepreneurial engineer who founded and heads Carlsbad, Calif.-based ViaSat [VSAT], offered a bold challenge for the satellite industry to double or triple its available broadband bandwidth and...

The fortunes of Dulles, Va.-based mobile data services provider Orbcomm rose last week when the company completed a $26 million equity financing that included the participation of the world’s largest...

Performance was the secret of success for Washington-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] CEO Hugh Panero and the other recipients of the inaugural Satellite News PR & Marketing Awards. Panero won...

The choice of “Satellite Executive of the Year” always is open to second-guessing. A safe choice often is the CEO of a large satellite operator that has had a special...

The Isle of Man is preparing to add space and satellite businesses to those in the shipping, insurance and fund management industries that pay no taxes on the island. The...

Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) services are dominating the development of new applications, products and alliances. That situation is occurring despite major telecom operators delivering an array of services that include...

Sogecable, the owner of Digital+, is bullish about the prospect for pay-television in Spain. Executives from Sogecable recently gave an upbeat presentation about the prospects for pay-TV in that country....

Satellite pay-TV operators around the globe saw some healthy growth in subscriber numbers during 2003. In this survey, Satellite News analyzed the performance of some key operators in Europe and...

  Week of Feb. 20 – 26, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol Feb. 26 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.35 (7.5)...

Week of Feb. 13 – 19, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol Feb. 19 Price OneWeek One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.51 (1.6) (12.5) 19.5...