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DirecTV will pay more than it originally planned for its DirecTV 7S satellite, but it successfully used creative deal-making skills and legal arguments to thwart archrival EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH]...

Sea Launch, an international joint venture led by Boeing [NYSE: BA], is tapping an additional revenue source by offering launches for medium-sized commercial satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan....

Week of Oct. 10 – 16, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Oct. 16 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.16 3.3 (7.3)...

NEW YORK — Rainbow DBS faces numerous obstacles in its attempt to become the third high-powered satellite TV services provider in the United States. But that has not stopped it...

Bankruptcy court proceedings seldom involve as much intrigue as those of Loral Space and Communications. The big winner so far seems to be Loral Chairman and CEO Bernard Schwartz, whose...

PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] boosted its third-quarter revenues and profits despite a lingering industry-wide transponder glut in many regions of the world. The satellite operator generated revenues of $210.1 million in...

An adventurous rower who plans to travel across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans in a 7.8-meter-long boat will be tracked the entire way using the Global Positioning System (GPS). Satamatics...

By Jimmy Schaeffler Although much was said about the U.S. direct broadcast satellite (DBS) industry reaching 20 million subscribers last month, no attention was given when the satellite radio industry...

XM has been working for months on its marketing and promotional materials to ensure maximum benefit when it notches 1 million subscribers on its own. As of early October, the...

SES Astra hopes to become a major broadband player in Africa. The European satellite operator has teamed up with two partners, Industrial Development Corp. (IDC) and Africa Venture Partners (AVP),...