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US DBS GROWTH CONTINUES

The two US DTH platforms continue to show healthy growth. Latest figures from Bank of America (BoA) securities suggest that DirecTV and Echostar’s DiSH system will be touching a combined...

SATMEX SATELLITE "IRRETRIEVABLY LOST"

Satelites Mexicanos SA de CV’s (Satmex) Solidaridad 1 satellite has ceased operation and is now considered “irretrievably lost” by the company. The loss was caused by the failure of the...

SAT 2000 PLANS SYNDICATION AND EUROPEAN EXPANSION

Two years after the Italian Bishops Conference (CEI) launched its own free-to-air satellite TV channel Sat 2000, the Catholic broadcaster is planning to branch out terrestrially with multilingual syndicated programming....

GLOBALSTAR "NOT VIABLE"

Few at the Euroconsult Financing Summit had kind words for LEO constellation Globalstar. Stephane Chenard, Euroconsult’s executive vice president and chief analyst, said there was still far too much bad...

KINGSTON REBRANDS AND SEEKS GROWTH

The initiative comes along with a new managing director, Nick Thompson, who recently joined UK-based Kingston from Loral Cyberstar. This week the company has also signed new uplink contracts. One...