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Sirius Satellite Radio has raised its revenue and subscriber targets for 2005 as the company reported improved revenue and customer churn in the first quarter. Revenue for New York-based Sirius […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Echostar Communications Corp. has partnered with Sound Choice to offer a karaoke channel on Dish Network’s interactive lineup, Echostar said. The Karaoke Channel, developed by Sound Choice, allows viewers to […]

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 […]

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 […]

XM Satellite Radio added a record 541,140 net subscribers in its 2005 first quarter , a 68 percent increase over the 321,675 net subscriber additions recorded in the first quarter […]

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 […]

Marathon Oil Co. has joined DigitalGlobe’s Enterprise Partner Program, DigitalGlobe announced. The program streamlines access to geospatial products and provides quick and easy data viewing and ordering in a desktop […]

Alcatel Space has appointed a seasoned French armed forces veteran as its new defence and security advisor. Rear Admiral Benoit Montanié joins Alcatel Space from the French armed forces where […]

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. […]

Weida Communications Inc. a U.S.-managed company that provides data communications services via satellite to businesses and government agencies in China said it is cooperating with a Securities and Exchange Commission […]

The satellite system operated by SES Astra now serves more than 100 million homes, according to research SES Astra commissioned. This represents an increase of 8.3 million households since SES […]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) signed a contract with ICO Satellite Management LLC for the design and construction of a geostationary Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) satellite that, along with a terrestrial ancillary […]

Hughes Network Systems introduced its DW7000 family of next generation broadband satellite routers. The family initially consists of two products: the DW7700 for high-end enterprise and government applications and the […]

XM Satellite Radio will launch a24-hour Spanish-language sports channel in partnership with Andres Cantor, the legendary soccer play-by-play announcer and chairman of Futbol de Primera, a syndicator of soccer programming […]

Com Dev International Ltd. said it received an order valued at $4.1 million to supply an unnamed customer with the company’s core switch, RF components and multiplexer products. Com Dev […]

Sea Launch LLC was in final preparations at press time for the launch of DirecTV’s Spaceway-1 satellite. The 30-minute launch window at Sea Launch’s equatorial launch site opened at 3:31:30 […]

SkyTerra Communications Inc. completed the acquisition of a 50 percent interest in Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) from The DirecTV Group for $50 million in cash and 300,000 shares of […]

Modern Times Group (MTG) subsidiary Viasat Broadcasting is launching a new sports channel in Scandinavia. The channel, Viasat Sport 24, will be available to all Viasat direct- to-home (DTH) Gold […]

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 […]

Tandberg Television will upgrade the MPEG-2 video delivery network in New Zealand for Sky Network Television Ltd. in a deal worth more than $4 million, Tandberg company executives said. Tandberg […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) acquired the patent portfolio of Celsat Inc, which includes 13 granted and two pending patents that cover a hybrid terrestrial/satellite system concept. These patents will join […]

KVH Industries Inc. has doubled the data rates for the Tracphone F77 Inmarsat-compatible marine satellite communications system to 128 kbps, KVH officials said. F77 users that use KVH’s Velocity Acceleration […]

Women In Aerospace (WIA) will host a keynote breakfast with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Michael Griffin May 3 at the Capitol Hill Club, located at 300 First […]

It has been a busy few days for U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB. Firstly, its managing director of Sky Networks, Dawn Airey gave a keynote speech at Reed Midem‘s MIPTV […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures said it selected Evercore Partners to provide financial, fundraising and strategic advisory services to the company to ensure there is the financial and partner support necessary for […]

iDirect Technologies and Helius Inc. formed a strategic technology relationship to provide what was described as “an evolutionary platform for the distribution of data, rich media and business information.” The […]