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With ethnic populations in the United States growing, the need for television programming that addresses these markets also is on the rise. While the major cable and satellite providers offer […]

Loral Skynet completed the sale of its business television product line to dbsXmedia, part of the Ariel Way Inc. group of companies, for a combination of cash, stock in Ariel […]

Royal Philips Electronics has unveiled its Nexperia One Chip Set-Top Box (STB) Engine for satellite STBs, the company announced. The single chip combines MPEG-2 video decoding, satellite channel decoding, a […]

ZTE Corp. has become the first Chinese company to receive a license to distribute Qualcomm Inc.‘s gpsOne positioning system, ZTE said. Under the licensing and distribution agreement, ZTE can sell […]

The Safety-Star system developed by Premier GPS has been approved for use on the Globalstar satellite telephone network, Globalstar said. Adding Safety-Star–which is used to monitor the status of workers–to […]

Loral Skynet has teamed with Global Crossing to provide a communications network to the British Council, a not-for-profit organization sponsored by the British government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Loral Skynet […]

Panamsat de México received a contract from TV Azteca to distribute the company’s international channel to cable operators in Latin America and Europe, Panamsat said. Panamsat de México, a joint […]

WildBlue Communications Inc. will introduce its satellite Internet service in June, providing high-speed connections to homes and small businesses in the continental United States, the company said. Initially, the service […]

Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. (B-Sat) of Japan has authorized Lockheed Martin to begin construction of B-Sat’s next geostationary telecommunications satellite, Lockheed Martin said The satellite, designated BSAT-3a, is based on […]

Sea Launch LLC delivered DirecTV‘s Spaceway F1 satellite to orbit April 26, Sea Launch said. A Zenit-3SL delivered the satellite, the heaviest commercial satellite launched to date at 6,080 kg. […]

Panamsat Holdings Corp. capped off the two-week period leading up to press time for this issue of Satellite News closing at a two-week high of $17.50 per share. The stock […]

Spanish satellite pay-TV platform Digital+ is on course to have two million subscribers by the end of the year after closing the 2005 first quarter with 1.7 million subscribers, Digital+ […]

A shift is emerging in the teleport business as operators are moving from just offering uplink services to offering more complete solutions to their customers. The shift is highlighted in […]

Following a 68-year stay in Italy, the Axum Obelisk, a national treasure of Ethiopia, was returned to its homeland with the help of Inmarsat‘s Regional Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) […]

(Editor’s note: This is the first article in a two-part series that examines the satellite broadband market in Europe. Part two of this feature will appear in the May 11 […]

While Globalstar and Iridium have managed to re-emerge from previous high-profile bankruptcies and build successful niche market-focused business, the Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) sector may be on the verge of […]

Rainbow Media Holdings LLC launched the Voom 21 HD Originals, a suite of 21 high-definition channels. Rainbow Media named EchoStar Communications Corp. as the first company that will carry the […]

Rainbow Media Holdings LLC launched the Voom 21 HD Originals, a suite of 21 high-definition channels May 1. EchoStar Communications Corp. is the first company to offer the suite. Joshua […]

Aramiska CEO Philippe Bodart told Satellite Today that he is unsure whether a consumer satellite broadband play will work in Europe. “I have my serious doubts as to whether a […]

The Federal Communications Commission April 29 adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that initiates new satellite broadcast carriage requirements to the noncontiguous United States. The NPRM requests comment on […]

WiFi Wireless Inc. and Planetel signed a multiyear agreement with an unnamed international satellite operator under which the technologies of the three companies will be merged to offer high-speed data […]

Norsat International President and CEO Cameron Hunter has resigned, effective immediately. Hunter had been the CEO of Norsat since August 2003 and an officer of the company since 2002. No […]

PolarSat Inc. named Regional Director Li Jiang head of the company’s Beijing Representative Office. “Mr. Jiang’s appointment, following so closely the award of a major VSAT contract to PolarSat by […]

by Owen D. Kurtin Last time out, we started off looking at the series of upcoming initial public offerings (IPOs) by which last year’s private equity purchasers of Fixed Satellite […]

People Convergent Media Systems Names CEO Convergent Media Systems, a provider of digital media platforms, announced that President and Chief Operating Officer Bryan Allen has been promoted to the position […]

By James Careless Even though the global satellite industry is performing stronger today than in recent years, the numbers for 1Q 2005 were not as robust as executives would have […]

by Peter J. Brown The satellite broadband sector is poised for a burst of new energy as the launch looms for Ka-band projects in North America like CO-based Wildblue Communications, […]

By James Careless There was a time when satellite and terrestrial networks were viewed as incompatible enemies, constant competitors eager to steal each other’s traffic and garner the most marketshare. […]

By Gerry Oberst The U.K. Office of Communications, known as Ofcom, conducted a speedy consultation in February and March this year to examine its procedures for submitting satellite filings to […]

IPTV, or the distribution of a television service over broadband access lines, is slated to take a turn toward full commercial deployment in 2005, and according to "The Business of […]