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XM Satellite Radio will broadcast “The Good Morning America Radio Show” in conjunction with ABC News starting Jan. 23, XM announced Dec. 15. The four-hour show will combine news and […]

Network Live will provide direct-to-home satellite television service provider DirecTV with entertainment programming created and distributed by Network Live, the companies announced Dec. 15. As part of the agreement, Network […]

Integral Systems Inc. announced Dec. 15 that the U.S. Air Force has begun Milstar satellite operations using the new CCS-C (Command and Control System-Consolidated) satellite control system. The system, based […]

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. said Dec. 13 that its Comtech EF Data Corp. subsidiary secured a $1.5 million order to provide satellite communications equipment to an unnamed telecommunications provider in Latin […]

Celtron International Inc. announced Dec. 13 it signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Satellite Security Systems (S3). Under the terms of the agreement, […]

The Swe-Dish Suitcase has been awarded a new license by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to operate at increased power, Swe-Dish Satellite Systems announced Dec. 13. The modified license grants […]

Viewcast said Dec. 13 that the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) would use its Osprey-230 video cards as part of an interactive distance learning and streaming video program through ISRO’s […]

Globalstar LLC announced Dec. 15 that independent gateway operator Globalstar Australia Pty Ltd. plans to offer simplex, or one-way, data services to customers throughout Australia and New Zealand following an […]

The Russian Satellite Communica-tions Co. (RSCC) and Indonesian national telecommunications operator PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk agreed to study the possibility of jointly developing a telecommunications satellite as well as a […]

Germany’s MT Aerospace, a subsidiary of OHB Technology AG, received a contract from the French space agency, CNES, to help build the Soyuz ground facilities in Kourou, French Guiana, OHB […]

Iridium Satellite LLC signed an agreement for China Space Mobile Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (China Spacecom) to be an Iridium service provider. China Spacecom will be responsible for the establishment, […]

Point.360 announced Dec. 12 the availability of its standard-definition and high-definition (HD) global satellite transmissions service for spot distribution, syndicated program distribution and events. The service, based on Globecast’s worldwide […]

Spacedev introduced Dec. 12 its new Mission Xcelerator Solution Program, a service offering that includes the building and launch of microsatellites and nanosatellites for less than $20 million. The package […]

Arianespace signed a contract to launch the Herschel and Planck scientific spacecraft in late 2007 or early 2008, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced Dec. 15. The spacecraft, with a […]

TV Vlaanderen will launch Belgium’s first dedicated satellite TV platform in January using capacity from SES Astra, TV Vlaanderen announced Dec. 15. The operator will broadcast a bouquet of Flemish […]

Direct-to-home satellite television service provider DirecTV stands to pay out more than $10 million dollars in separate settlements reached with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a group of […]

Satellite will play an important role as the United Kingdom moves from analog to all-digital transmissions by 2012, according to Digital U.K., the organization responsible for overseeing the switch. “I […]

The owners of the two French direct-to-home satellite television platforms, Canalsat and TPS, are on the verge of combining their efforts in the increasingly competitive pay-TV market in France. Vivendi […]

In an effort to thwart robbery of merchandise and break up the crime rings behind the thefts, police forces are turning to satellite technology. The New Jersey State Police recently […]

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Dec. 9 issued an order assigning unused spectrum in the 2-GHz Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) bands to TMI/Terrestar Networks Inc. and ICO Satellite Services […]

SES Global S.A.‘s announced acquisition of New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. will keep SES solidly at the top of the Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) industry along with the merged Intelsat-Panamsat, […]

Satellite broadband service provider Wildblue expects to have more than 25,000 subscribers by the end of the year, according to a letter from company CEO Dave Leonard that appeared on […]

BSkyB announced that COO Richard Freudenstein will leave the company in mid 2006. Freudenstein is returning to Australia after spending more than seven years with Sky, six of those as […]

Ocean Equipment, a mounting solutions provider for marine electronics, introduced Dec. 15 a new range of Scanstrut mounts for use with KVH‘s Tracvision M3 satellite television antenna. Options for both […]

The Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications and Industrial Scientists Consortium SDN BHD of Malaysia announced Dec. 16 they would establish a working group aimed at procuring and launching a […]

Satellite broadband service provider Wildblue expects to have more than 25,000 subscribers by the end of the year, according to a letter from company CEO Dave Leonard that appeared on […]

XM Satellite Radio will broadcast “The Good Morning America Radio Show” in conjunction with ABC News starting Jan. 23, XM announced Dec. 15. The four-hour show will combine news and […]

Network Live will provide direct-to-home satellite television service provider DirecTV with entertainment programming created and distributed by Network Live, the companies announced Dec. 15. As part of the agreement, Network […]

Integral Systems Inc. announced Dec. 15 that the U.S. Air Force has begun Milstar satellite operations using the new CCS-C (Command and Control System- Consolidated) satellite control system. The system, […]

Globalstar LLC announced Dec. 15 that independent gateway operator Globalstar Australia Pty Ltd. plans to offer simplex, or one-way, data services to customers throughout Australia and New Zealand following an […]