ICO-Teledesic Global Ltd, the new holding company that controls Craig McCaw’s satellite assets, has announced that Greg Clarke has joined the company as chief executive officer. Clarke was CEO of...
Austrian public broadcaster ORF has delayed the launch of its marketing campaign for the digital satellite feed of its domestic TV channels ORF1 and ORF2 on Astra (19.2 degrees East)...
Bavarian media authority Bayerische Landeszentrale fur neue Medien (BLM) has licenced a range of thematic pay-TV channels for nationwide satellite transmission over a period of eight years. Fox Kids will...
Italian pay-TV platform Stream has fired director general Giovanni Minoli after only six months. Stream’s recently appointed CEO, Lucia Morselli, said three grave errors had contributed to Minoli’s downfall –...
PanAmSat Corp is reporting earnings of about $59.23 million (E55.47m) or 39 cents per share on revenues of $322.25 million during the second quarter of this year. This compares with...
Earlier this year the so-called Saudi Arabian ‘dish ban’ was widely reported to have been lifted, with key regional broadcasters like ART and Orbit publicly welcoming the relaxation of rules....
Zygmunt Solorz, owner of the Polsat network is talking to News Corporation about the possible sale of a 33 per cent interest in the company. Before such a deal can...
A Delta 2 rocket, built by The Boeing Co. [BA] blasted off space launch complex 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., July 16, carrying a Global Positioning System...
Shares in the world’s third-largest aerospace company had a turbulent start in the first day of trading July 10, opening up almost 6 percent at $17.86 but quickly plummeting below...
The first of the Sea Launch vessels has departed from its home port in Long Beach, Calif., in preparation for the launch of the PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] PAS 9 satellite...