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The two leading direct broadcast satellite (DBS) providers in the United States are responding to competition from cable TV by aligning themselves with the Bell phone companies to provide bundled...

The Rainbow 1 satellite recently launched by International Launch Services for New York-based Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC] poses a legitimate threat to existing satellite TV service providers Hughes Electronics’ [NYSE:...

Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] realignment of its launch and satellite businesses last week is another sign of how the industry’s downturn is causing even one of the largest, most diversified companies...

Iridium Satellite, an Arlington, Va.-based provider of global satellite voice and data communications, now can offer communication services in post-war Iraq. Permission was granted by the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority...

By Jimmy Schaeffler The overall U.S. satellite radio industry had an estimated 802,000 subscribers by the end of the second quarter. The sector’s rate of growth leaves it within weeks...

Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] and its satellite TV subsidiary, DirecTV, last week bucked the industry-downturn trend by revealing strong financial results for the second quarter ended June 30. Hughes reported...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Not content with its position in the New York cable TV market, Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC] plans to take on the two direct broadcast satellite (DBS)...

Week of July 11 – 17, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol July 17 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 3.25 (3.0) 55.5...

Loral Space and Communications [NYSE: LOR] agreed last week to sell arguably its most precious assets and to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy-court protection for the chance of emerging from the...

Intelsat Ltd., of Hamilton, Bermuda, is addressing one of its most glaring weaknesses by signing a definitive asset purchase agreement to acquire six Loral Skynet satellites and orbital slots over...