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Japan’s Space Communications Corp. (SCC) purchased a satellite geolocation system from Qinetiq, which will allow SCC to identify and locate sources of interference to its satellites, Qinetiq announced Feb. 28. […]

Cisco Systems completed its acquisition of Scientific-Atlanta Feb. 27, giving the San Jose, Calif.-based Internet Protocol (IP) systems and software giant a deeper stake in emerging IPTV, video-on-demand and Internet […]

SES Astra is enhancing its digital television service offering to broadcasters, announcing plans to offer a new infrastructure service package for free-TV, pay-TV and additional interactive services. The new offer […]

Shin Satellite Plc reported sales and service revenues of 5.6 billion Thai bhat ($142.7 million) in 2005, compared to revenue of 5.1 billion ($130 million) in 2004, the company reported […]

Arianespace and Space Explorations Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) have again set dates for their oft-delayed launches. Arianespace now plans to launch its heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA with Hisdesat‘s Spainsat and Eutelsat‘s […]

Technology XM Unveils New Portable Radios XM Satellite Radio unveiled four new portable radios, including a pair of units that can receive live XM signals as well as play stored […]

By Owen D. Kurtin Last month, we discussed the dynamics underlying an acquirer’s offer of cash versus stock for a merger and acquisition target in the context of December’s announcement […]

By Peter J. Brown There is much work to be done in the multimedia world, as the owners of new fixed, portable and mobile devices that dot the landscape in […]

By Jason Bates Testing of the first Galileo satellites is underway, bringing the promise of improved and new satellite navigation services even closer. While full Galileo operations remain years away, […]

By Nick Mitsis Not too long ago, small satellites were serving a niche market, often dwarfed by the large global payloads. Today, customers are paying more attention to smaller satellites, […]

By Gerry Oberst Our previous article pointed to the opportunity costs that Russia was racking up by not adopting satellite regulatory decisions developed by the European Communications Committee (ECC) and […]

By Nick Mitsis Mobile connectivity is nothing new for the satellite communications industry, but its near-term growth with new service offerings is poised to be nothing but monumental. If you […]

SES Astra signed a second capacity agreement with Globecast, which will enable the broadcaster to enhance its operations in the United Kingdom. The new transmission capacity at 28.2 degrees and […]

Arianespace delayed the scheduled Feb. 24 launch of Hisdesat‘s Spainsat and Eutelsat‘s Hot Bird 7A aboard an Ariane 5 rocket at the request of one of the satellite manufacturers, Arianespace […]

DirecTV Group repurchased 100 million shares of its common stock from groups representing General Motors employees in a transaction valued at about $1.6 billion, DirecTV announced Feb. 27. DirecTV agreed […]

Boeing Co. received a $3.5 million follow-on task order from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to enhance radar imagery data collected during the February 2000 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. […]

East View Cartographic of Minnesota signed an agreement with Spot Image Corp. to become an authorized reseller of Spot satellite imagery products, East View announced. France’s Spot Image operates a […]

SIRI, XMSR With the Howard Stern sales blitz history and the companies reporting their 2005 performance, Wall Street is offering projections for the stock performance of Sirius Satellite Radio and […]

Zee Telefilms continues to see huge growth for its direct-to-home (DTH) platform, DishTV in India, and Chairman Subhash Chandra sees predictss another strong year in 2006. "In the last year […]

The BBC filed news reports on the mudslide in the Philippines using Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN), the first news reports filed using the mobile satellite service, Stratos Global […]

The European Space Agency will build a replacement for the environmental satellite lost in an October launch failure, ESA announced Feb. 24. CryoSat-2 will replace the CryoSat spacecraft that was […]

The launch of an Orbital Science Corp. Pegasus rocket carrying three small mircosatellites has been postponed to no earlier than March 6, NASA announced. The launch, which will carry NASA’s […]

Michel Davoudian, CEO of Ouranos Networks, is confident the operator can make satellite broadband a success in Europe. Ouranos, which acquired the assets of the defunct Aramiska, will implement a […]

Trimble has acquired the intellectual property assets of a company that produces software used to enhance the accuracy of GPS signals, Trimble announced. Trimble plans to use the assets of […]

Vietnam plans to launch its first telecom satellite in 2008, according to a Feb. 22 report from the Vietnam News Agency. The Vinasat spacecraft will be owned by the Vietnam […]

Alcatel Alenia Space received a contract from Turksat AS for the manufacture and in-orbit delivery of the Turksat 3A satellite in early 2008, Alcatel announced Feb. 23. Turksat 3A will […]

Eumetsat and the European Space Agency (ESA) updated their cooperation agreement for the Meteorological Operational (MetOp) program, clearing the way for the scheduled June launch of the MetOp-A satellite, the […]

Lockheed Martin‘s Advanced Technology Center received a contract from NASA to manufacture an instrument for the GOES-R environmental satellites, Lockheed Martin announced Feb. 22. Under the $2 million contract, Lockheed […]

International Launch Services (ILS) remains on scheduled to launch the Arabsat 4A satellite aboard a Proton M/Breeze M launce vehicle at 2:10 a.m. local time March 1 from the Baikonur […]

DirecTV will expand its high-definition of local TV stations with the addition of 24 more markets this spring, the company announced. Beginning in April, DirecTV will begin offering HD programming […]