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A new company for the new commercial era the satellite industry is entering has come into being in the form of ManSat. Encouraged by the fact that commercial investment in...

Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity, compiled by Mike Fallon Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 80 degreesE: Express-6A D – The Russian channel, TV Tsentr, appears to...

Tandberg Television said it has won contracts worth a total of more than $23 million from Australian broadcasting networks that have bought Tandberg’s digital TV equipment for terrestrial broadcasting. Network...

Internet via satellite providers are hoping to mimic the direct-to-home success and some industry annalists agree that such mirroring will occur if the natural obstacles of capacity and growth are...

Eutelsat, one of the world’s largest satellite operators, has signed a contract with the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) for the purchase of 12 transponders on a new satellite (Express...

Cidera Inc., a supplier of Internet broadcast backbone and broadband content to the edge of the Internet, said its European operation recently achieved the milestones of having customers and points...

After an initial delay, Sea Launch successfully launched the Thuraya 1 mobile communications satellite late last Friday night from its Odyssey launch platform. At 5,108kg, Sea Launch said the satellite...

Final Analysis Inc., which is building the Faisat low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite system for global mobile data services, has named Karl Olsoni Jr. as its chief financial officer. He will be...

Inmarsat has confirmed long-running rumours by announcing it has signed contracts valued at $220 million (E255.53m) with Thuraya Satellite Communications of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and with Hughes Network...

Get Global Electronic Transfer AG, a multimedia company based in Oberhaching near Munich, intends to set up an interactive TV portal on the Astra satellite system (19.2 degrees East). According...