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Globecomm Systems, a U.S.-based provider of satellite-based communications, received a $15 million contract to provide satellite infrastructure to a European customer. Under the terms of the contract, Globecomm will modernize...

A Boeing Delta II rocket successfully launched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s ICESat (ice, cloud and elevation satellite) and CHIPSat (cosmic hot interstellar plasma spectrometer satellite) Jan. 12 from...

DirecTV Latin America (DLA) is to undergo a financial restructuring that could have serious consequences for fixed satellite service (FSS) operator PanAmSat. DirecTV is coming to grips with mounting losses...

By Maury Mechanick Juxtaposition of the words “spectrum” and “war” is nothing new. Battles over who gets what spectrum have been waged since the time of Marconi. What is different...

In the end 2002 proved to be a quiet year. Despite endless talk, there was little consolidation, and certainly not any major groundbreaking deals that could be described as a...

With BSkyB doing so well in the United Kingdom, its Irish arm is sometimes overlooked. But, the Irish satellite broadcaster is putting pressure on cable TV players and is showing...

TPS, the number two French satellite pay-TV platform, faces a critical couple of weeks as it hopes to stop Canal+ from being awarded the full football rights packages that were...

The Carmel Group has compiled data for five straight years about the fierce competition between cable and satellite TV services. This article offers highlights from our study of the battle...

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] was the second U.S. satellite radio to enter commercial service but it aims to be the first to add a video component to its existing slate...

A second review panel is assessing the Ariane 5 rocket before it is cleared to launch the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta scientific satellite. That mission needs to occur by...