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Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] is following the marketing game plan of DirecTV by signing a seven-year, $220 million contract with the National Football League for the rights to air...

The General Accounting Office issued a new report recommending that the Department of Defense (DoD) focus on developing and implementing a strategic approach to procuring commercial satellite bandwidth services. The...

Broadcasters seeking to show scenes of New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve will have free access to two satellite feeds on the 100th anniversary of the celebration. The...

By Sean Badding The 36th and last Western Cable Show, held Dec. 2-5 in Anaheim, Calif., included the usual general sessions featuring CEOs talking about competition in cable and telecommunications,...

Alcatel Space, the satellite manufacturing arm of Paris-based Alcatel [NYSE: ALA], outperformed its expectations in 2003. It has signed a number of key contracts with operators such as XM Satellite...

Week of Dec. 11 – 18, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Dec. 18 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.33 (12.1) 0.4...

London-based Inmarsat Ventures, one of the oldest European satellite companies, is showing that it also is one of the most progressive by adopting a new ownership structure, pursuing a contract...

A rapier-sharp focus on providing broadband networking equipment has turned Reston, Va.-based iDirect from a money-loser into a high-growth, profitable company. John Kealey, who became iDirect’s CEO in late 2001,...

Consumer use of Global Positioning System (GPS) services has grown considerably during the past five years and now is almost “omnipresent” in the daily lives of Americans, said Ron Stearns,...

U.S. broadcasting pioneers Walter Cronkite and Jim McKay were joined last week by veteran TV news host David Hartman in a 40th anniversary celebration of the launch of Syncom, the...