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By Jimmy Schaeffler There’s another battle brewing in the seven-year-old U.S. satellite TV war between Direct TV and EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH]. That battle is the threatened U.S. invasion by...

The Spanish pay-TV merger between rival satellite platforms Via Digital and Canal Satelite Digital (CSD) is expected to finally be completed this month. Via Digital will be integrated into Sogecable...

Tiscali’s [Nuovo Mercato: TIS] and Eutelsat’s partnership to provide one-way broadband services across Europe is likely to extend into the areas of content related services in the future. The deal...

Pace Micro Technology [London: PIC: L] has signed a trio of deals with satellite pay-TV operators that could signal a reversal of fortunes for the UK set-top box (STB) manufacturer....

Galileo will be a complementary global satellite navigation system, rather than a competitor to the American Global Positioning System (GPS) system, said Antonio Rodota, the director general of the European...

Princeton, N.J.-based SES Americom is among the global satellite operators that are looking to get a share of the homeland security market. David Helfgott, president and CEO of Americom Government...

NEW YORK–Technological advances such as personal video recorders (PVRs) and high-definition television (HDTV) programming will help to drive the growth of satellite television in the United States. That is the...

The European Commission has authorized European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co.’s (EADS) acquisition of BAE Systems’ stake in Astrium, a European manufacturer of satellites. The deal gives EADS sole control...

Having been delayed due to problems with the Ariane 5 rocket, the launch of the Rosetta comet exploration spacecraft is back on track. The spacecraft will be launched in February...

InterWAVE Communications International [Nasdaq: IWAV], a Menlo Park, Calif.-based provider of compact wireless communications systems, has received a $1.8 million contract from Mauritel Mobiles to provide a terrestrial wireless/satellite communications...