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Nera Satcom announced its second order for broadband satellite terminals for Inmarsat’s BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) service in a matter of days. The MVS Group ordered 1,000 broadband satellite […]

Satelinx International Inc. and Virtual Wave Inc., both providers of GPS tracking and location-based services, announced Aug. 1 they signed a letter of intent to merge in an all-stock transaction. […]

Ford Motor Co. and Sirius Satellite Radio jointly announced Aug. 1 that Ford and Lincoln Mercury will begin offering Sirius satellite radio receivers as a factory-installed option on four 2006 […]

XM Satellite Radio and the United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced Aug. 1 a new broadcasting and marketing partnership under which XM will broadcast live the 2005 U.S. Open men’s […]

Connexion By Boeing said Aug. 1 its in-flight wireless Internet service became the first to be verified through Intel Corp.‘s Wireless Verification Program, which measures the compatibility of Connexion by […]

TU Media, currently Korea’s only mobile television service provider, is not meeting subscriber expectations, a company official said. But an industry analyst added that the company is on firm footing […]

(Editor’s Note: For this expanded edition of Orbiting Wall Street, in addition to our examination of key satellite stocks, we will be providing an expanded analysis of some of the […]

A U.S. District Court judge in the Southern District of Florida ordered O.J. Simpson to pay DirecTV $25,000 in damages, plus attorneys’ fees and cost for stealing DirecTV direct-to-home satellite […]

EMS Satcom, a division of EMS Technologies Inc., announced July 26 it appointed Tony Caruso as account manager of EMS Satcom’s Commercial and Corporate Aviation Sales division. Caruso will be […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) said July 26 it selected Covad Communications Group Inc. as a primary DSL broadband supplier for HNS’ Direcway Unified Broadband service offering. Through this relationship, […]

Interactive TV solutions provider Two Way TV signed a two-year deal with Sky News, which will enable Sky News to boost its interactive capabilities in Australia and New Zealand. Two […]

Viasat Broadcasting reached the 700,000 mark for direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television customers in the Nordic and Baltic regions, the company announced. Viasat added 16,000 new subscribers during the second quarter, […]

Space Imaging received a $5.9 million Clearview mid-year supplemental satellite imagery capacity contract from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This contract enables NGA to acquire additional commercial imagery from […]

The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) established a new office to coordinate the integration of imagery collected by commercial and classified imagery satellites, NGA announced July 28. The Joint Operations […]

EDO Corp. received a contract to build the microwave receiver subsystem for NASA‘s Global Precipitation Measurement satellite system, EDO announced July 27. Under the $15.6 million contract from satellite prime […]

Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR) signed a deal to market its satellite radio service and hardware through London Drug stores, CSR announced July 28. CSR, which will use XM Satellite Radio […]

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) said it is providing the initial study for an information solution to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for use on NASA‘s 2009 Mars Science […]

Echostar Communications Corp. announced July 25 two additions to the international programming lineup of its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service: a French music video channel and a Punjab-language Indian […]

XM Satellite Radio said July 25 that Harley Davidson‘s 2006 FLHTCUSE Screamin’ Eagle Ultra Classic Electra will be the first motorcycle equipped with an XM receiver as a standard feature. […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. said July 25 it executed an international distributor agreement that will enable Globecomm to continue working with Scientific-Atlanta Inc. to bring new technology to video, data and […]

Digital+, the Spanish direct-to-home (DTH) platform reported one of its strongest quarters in recent years, adding nearly 76,000 subscribers in the second quarter 2005. The DTH provider reported 1.8 million […]

Panamsat announced July 25 it signed an extension to provide satellite delivery of HDNet programming networks to U.S. cable and direct broadcast satellite providers. The multi-transponder agreement now runs through […]

The launching of Panamsat‘s Galaxy 14 satellite has been delayed, Kathryn Lancioni, vice president of corporate communications and investor relations at Panamsat, told Satellite Today July 27. The satellite had […]

Arianespace set Aug. 11 as the new launch date for Shin Satellite Plc‘s IPStar satellite, Arianespace announced July 25. The satellite originally has been scheduled to launch July 8 and […]

Direct-to-home satellite television operator Canal Digital is getting set to launch a number of high-profile business efforts as it bids to maintain its position as the leading pay-TV operator in […]

In the days and months following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., much discussion has occurred regarding the safeguarding of nuclear materials. In […]

Nearly two years after announcing it would launch rockets from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sea Launch LLC unveiled July 26 that Panamsat Corp. would be the first to use the […]

XM Satellite Radio and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced July 26 a partnership to develop the first MP3 player with satellite radio capabilities, but it is the potential for accessing […]

Loral Space and Communica-tions Ltd. announced July 25 that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York confirmed the company’s reorganization plan, opening the door for Loral […]

The launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-N (GOES-N) has been delayed indefinitely due to an unnamed issue with the satellite, NASA announced July 28. When rescheduled, the satellite will […]