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Liberty Syndicates, a subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Group, and Sciemus unveiled a new satellite insurance offering intended to save money for “good” satellite operators, the companies announced. The companies plan […]

Xtar LLC received a five-year contract from Hisdesat Servicios Estratégicos S.A. to provide the Royal Danish Navy (RDN) with X-band communications services via the Xtar-Eur satellite, Xtar announced Jan. 17. […]

Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (CSR), which offers satellite radio service under the XM Canada brand, lost Cdn. $14.6 million ($12.6 million) in its first quarter due to expenses incurred […]

According to press reports in the United Kingdom, NTL is moving closer to agreeing a deal to takeover Virgin Mobile in a 961 million British pounds ($1.7 billion) deal. The […]

The launch of NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto was delayed 24 hours due to high winds at the launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The launch […]

International Launch Services (ILS) received a contract from Telesat to launch the Nimiq 4 satellite on a Proton Breeze M vehicle, ILS announced Jan. 17. Financial terms were not disclosed. […]

The Galileo In Orbit Validation Elements-A (GIOVE-A) test satellite began transmitting signals Jan. 12, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Alcatel Alenia Space announced. GIOVE-A, launched in December, was built […]

Echostar Communications Corp. announced Jan. 16 that Oxygen Media, a U.S. woman-owned and -operated TV network, is now available on Dish Network. Dish entered into a multi-year agreement to offer […]

Mediaset SpA has agreed to sell satellite TV broadcasting rights for one of Italy’s top soccer teams to Sky Italia, according to media reports. Sky Italia, a unit of News […]

The Export and Import Bank of China announced Jan. 13 that it would provide $200 million in credit to Nigeria to support construction of the country’s first communications satellite project, […]

The board of Telenor Satellite Services AS (Telenor) appointed Morten Tengs as the company’s CEO effective Feb. 2, the company announced Jan. 12. Tengs replaces Tore Hilde who will leave […]

Orbimage finalized its acquisition of rival Space Imaging, creating an imagery satellite operator dubbed Geoeye that will operate a pair of spacecraft capable of producing high-resolution images with a third […]

Sky Italia, which is preparing to launch personal video recorder (PVR) services in Italy, selected Pace Micro Technology to provide the set-top box provider for the new MySky service. Pace […]

Dara Altman has been named executive vice president of business and legal affairs of XM Satellite Radio, the company announced Jan. 12. Altman will oversee several departments, including new business […]

16ndriving.com Inc. unveiled a specialized GPS tracking system that will be marketed to parents of teenage drives, the company announced Jan. 11. Littlebrother is a small GPS satellite tracking device […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) awarded a contract to Boeing for three satellites and related ground systems to support MSV’s planned commercial mobile satellite service, the companies announced Jan. 11. The […]

Howard Stern and his agent have made their shares in Sirius Satellite Radio available for sale, according to a Jan. 11 Sirius filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. […]

U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB stepped up its plans for providing content on alternative platforms, launching a pair of new services, the company announced Jan. 10. Sky by broadband and […]

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., announced Jan. 10 that it would immediately begin to make its line of GPS and mobile electronics devices compatible with Mac OS […]

Radyne Corp. announced that its Tiernan and Xicom Technology subsidiaries received an order valued at more than $1 million for high-definition and standard-definition TV encoders and high-power amplifiers from a […]

Tore Hilde will step down as CEO of Telenor Satellite Services at the end of January due to stated differences of opinion relating to [Telenor] operations,” the company announced Jan. […]

Intelsat Ltd., announced a series of executive appointments that will become effective following the closing of Intelsat’s planned acquisition of Panamsat Holding Corp.. James Frownfelter, currently COO of Panamsat, will […]

Wildblue Communications Inc. announced Jan. 10 that it closed a secured credit facility of more than $200 million to fund the continued growth of its high speed Internet access business. […]

Starsem signed a contract with Canada’s MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd, to launch the Radarsat-2 satellite aboard a Soyuz rocket, Starsem announced Jan. 9. The spacecraft, a replacement for Canada’s […]

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced Jan. 10 that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., received a preliminary contract valued at up to $22.6 million to provide satellite communications and network […]

Lotus Cars USA and Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. have added XM Satellite Radio as factory-installed equipment, the companies announced. Lotus will provide XM in its 2006 Lotus Elise sports […]

The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) ordered $60 million of commercial satellite imagery from three U.S. companies, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Jan. 6. The awards were made under […]

BSkyB signed a contract with Tescom Software Systems Testing to augment and enhance BSkyB’s testing services, the U.K. satellite pay-TV operator announced. Tescom, a quality assurance and software testing provider, […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., in conjunction with Embratel and subsidiary StarOne, will deploy a 2,400-site VSAT network for Brazil’s largest cosmetics chain, O Boticario Comercial Farmaceutica Ltda., Gilat announced Jan. […]

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to launch a series of dedicated small satellite scientific missions, according to Indian press reports. The Small Satellites for Atmospheric and Space Sciences […]