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News Corp's Carey Offers Vision

NEW YORK–Chase Carey, named by News Corp [NYSE: NWS] Chairman Rupert Murdoch in April to head Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] should News Corp’s acquisition of Hughes succeed, has upbeat view...

Satellite Operators Want New U.S. Policy

The U.S. government’s procurement process for commercial satellite communications is badly in need of reform. This was the consensus of panelists at an event last week sponsored by the Society...

Spotlight: SatLynx Assists Fellow Luxembourg Firm

Betzdorf, Luxembourg-based SatLynx, a two-way broadband satellite services provider, is expanding its reach through a partnership with another Luxembourg company, Infotechnique, a subsidiary of Getronics Group. SatLynx, a joint venture...

Is EchoStar On The Rise?

By Jimmy Schaeffler EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] is riding stellar subscriber growth and strong financial metrics to increase support for the stock among investors. For any multichannel provider, long-term growth...

Satellite Broadband Execs Hold Onto Hope

NEW YORK–Satellite broadband service providers and hopefuls see a rosy broadband future, but that can only be realized by sidestepping stiff competition in urban areas from for lower-priced terrestrial alternatives....

Transponder Monitor

89.8 degreesE: Yamal 102 D Avtoradio has returned to the NetService package on 3565 MHz RHCP, SR 2000, FEC 3/4, APID 4200 after a short break. 80 degreesE: Express 6A...

BSkyB's Pace Of Subscriber Growth Slows

UK pay-TV operator BSkyB [London: BSY.L] is within 300,000 subscribers of the magic 7 million subscriber figure. In its first quarter results, the operator said it added 150,000 net new...