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Andrew Corp. will move assets acquired from Channel Master LLC into a new facility in Wayne County, N.C., in 2006 and expand the company’s workforce, North Carolina Governor Mike Easley […]

New Skies Satellites B.V. donated satellite transmission services for a Dec. 19 TV broadcast by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for an anti-malaria campaign. The […]

Arianespace launched two satellites into geostationary transfer orbit – the Insat 4a communication satellite for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the MSG-2 weather satellite for Eumetsat – aboard […]

EMS Technologies Inc. signed a definitive agreement for the sale of its Satellite Networks division to Advantech Advanced Microwave Technologies Inc., EMS announced Dec. 22. Advantech, based in Montreal, manufactures […]

Sirius Satellite Radio will provide live broadcasts of the Christmas Midnight Mass and the Christmas Day Mass Dec. 25 from St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. The Midnight Mass […]

The Russian Space Agency postponed the launch of the Kazsat satellite until the first half of 2006 due to unspecified technical problems, according to a Dec. 21 report by the […]

The Allied Defense Group Inc. announced Dec. 21 David Collins has been named president of Seaspace Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary that manufactures Terascan hardware and software products that provide […]

Broadcast International said Dec. 20 it signed an agreement with Producers Management Television (PMTV) to provide satellite network equipment, installation, integration, service, maintenance and help desk support for Harrah’s Entertainment […]

Wildblue Communications announced Dec. 21 its intentions to “aggressively” enter the enterprise VSAT market in the first quarter of 2006 with its high-speed Internet access via satellite. Wildblue will offer […]

SES Astra selected International Launch Services (ILS) to launch the Astra 1KR satellite, SES announced Dec. 21. The satellite, the first SES Astra mission for ILS, will be launched from […]

Westar Satellite Services said Dec. 19 it is offering broadcasters free digital MPEG transmissions between its Dallas and New York facilities to celebrate the opening of its New York location. […]

XM Satellite Radio said Dec. 20 that former National Hockey League (NHL) superstar Mark Messier signed a marketing agreement to promote XM’s broadcasts of NHL games and NHL talk radio […]

Sirius Satellite Radio will provide live broadcasts of the Christmas Midnight Mass and the Christmas Day Mass Dec. 25 from St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. The Midnight Mass […]

The Russian Space Agency postponed the launch of the Kazsat satellite until the first half of 2006 due to unspecified technical problems, according to a Dec. 21 report by the […]

The Allied Defense Group Inc. announced Dec. 21 David Collins has been named president of Seaspace Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary that manufactures Terascan hardware and software products that provide […]

Broadcast International said Dec. 20 it signed an agreement with Producers Management Television (PMTV) to provide satellite network equipment, installation, integration, service, maintenance and help desk support for Harrah’s Entertainment […]

Wildblue Communications announced Dec. 21 its intentions to “aggressively” enter the enterprise VSAT market in the first quarter of 2006 with its high-speed Internet access via satellite. Wildblue will offer […]

SES Astra selected International Launch Services (ILS) to launch the Astra 1KR satellite, SES announced Dec. 21. The satellite, the first SES Astra mission for ILS, will be launched from […]

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is testing a maritime safety system for automatic vessel monitoring and emergency alert at sea using the Iridium satellite network. “The Iridium-based vessel tracking […]

Alcatel Alenia Space said Dec. 19 it received the acceptance by the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) of the Syracuse 3 military communications satellite system. Alcatel qualified the Syracuse 3 […]

New Skies Satellite Holdings Ltd. announced Dec. 19 that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of 46.3125 cent per share for the period from Oct. 1 to […]

A joint U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team announced Dec. 19 that the first modernized GPS satellite has been declared fully operational. GPS 2R-14, launched in September, features a modernized antenna […]

BSkyB surpassed its target of 8 million subscribers in the United Kingdom and Ireland by the end of 2006, the company’s announced. The next set of operational goals for BSkyB […]

The European Space Agency said Dec. 16 that a ground station network anomaly will delay the launch of the Galileo In Orbit Validation Elements-A (GIOVE-A) test satellite scheduled for Dec. […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) scrubbed the inaugural launch of its Falcon 1 rocket Dec. 19 due to a structural issue with the first stage fuel tank and does not […]

Vivendi Universal, TF1 and M6 signed a draft agreement to combine the pay-TV businesses of the Canal Plus Group and TPS. Vivendi will be the majority owner of the new […]

In observance of the upcoming holiday season, Satellite News will not publish on Dec. 26. Your next issue will be dated Jan. 2, 2006. Have a safe and happy holiday […]

Already disappointed in the subscriber numbers for its satellite-digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) service, TU Media now faces the end of its monopoly in the market with the launch earlier this […]

NSE The biggest news in the satellite industry last week was the Dec. 14 announcement that SES Global S.A. will acquire New Skies Satellite Holdings Ltd. for $760 million in […]

Echostar Communications Corp. has added Television Dominicana, a 24-hour Dominican network, to its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service, Echostar announced Dec. 13. The station, which broadcasts news shows, sitcoms, […]