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WorldSpace Inc., a satellite radio provider that serves subscribers in Asia, Western Europe, Africa and the Middle East, filed a Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the […]

Stratos Global Corp. said it signed an agreement with Hughes Network Systems to be the first distributor of the HNS 9201 broadband satellite IP modem and Wi-Fi access point for […]

Kazakhstan and Russia have agreed to develop a new civil satellite launching system using the Mig-31 fighter and the Ishim missile as the platform from which to launch payloads up […]

EMS Technologies Inc. said it signed an agreement with Globecomm Systems Inc., under which Globecomm will resell EMS’s DVB-RCS hubs and terminals worldwide. Additionally, Globecomm will offer managed network services […]

Sirius Satellite Radio signed an exclusive four-year agreement with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. under which Sirius will launch a Martha Steward-branded channel named Martha Stewart Living Radio. The channel […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. said Gregory Jones joined the company, assuming the newly created position of vice president of corporate strategy and business development. In this role, Jones is responsible for […]

LAS VEGAS–With a two-year non-compete clauses following the sale of certain satellites to Intelsat set to expire in March 2006, Loral Skynet is preparing to come back into the U.S. […]

Sea Launch LLC said DirecTV Inc.‘s Spaceway F1 satellite is on its way to the company’s equatorial launch site location in preparation for a scheduled April 26 launch on board […]

SES Americom said its occasional use satellite services will be used to deliver network and affiliate television coverage of the forthcoming Space Shuttle launch later this spring. It is the […]

Australian DTH operator, Foxtel has teamed up with OpenTV to attack the interactive advertising market in Australia. Foxtel is launching an end-to-end two-way interactive advertising (i-Ad) solution based on OpenTV […]

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 […]

Boeing said it recently delivered 16 airborne satellite communications systems to the U.S. Air Force that will be used to enhance aircrew’s real-time situation awareness in the cockpit. The Air […]

Spacenet Inc. said it was selected by Sybra Inc. to provide a Connexstar broadband satellite network to the 237 Arby’s restaurants Sybra operates nationwide. The VSAT network will support retail […]

Comtech Communications Corp. said its Comtech EF Data Corp. and Comtech Vipersat Networks Inc. subsidiaries received two contracts for the deployment of satellite communications technologies to the Asia Pacific region. […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. said it signed a contract to provide a new geosynchronous communications satellite to Panamsat Corp. The satellite will provide C- and Ku- band fixed telecommunications and direct-to-home […]

Intelsat said the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) found the company to be in compliance with the privatization requirements of the ORBIT Act. The FCC found that Intelsat has substantially diluted […]

Intelsat said it is teaming up with Broadwing Communications LLC and HTN to deliver a new set of services to broadcasters. The operators interconnected their respective North American fiber distribution […]

ViaSat Inc. said it is supplying its LinkStar VSAT satellite communication networking system to the Department of Education of Puerto Rico to develop and distribute educational resources throughout the country. […]

GlobeCast yesterday launched its WING global IP-based content management platform at the National Association of Broadcasters annual conference, being held this week in Las Vegas. The platform forms the backbone […]

Acterna launched a new satellite interface to its DTS product line that will enable the MPEG analyzer to perform thorough analyses of satellite network components and monitor how they react […]

New Skies Satellites B.V. said it signed an agreement with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to accommodate the transmission of live coverage from news and sports events originating in or […]

Irdeto Access said Hispamar Satellite has selected the company’s M-Crypt conditional access solution to secure content distributed throughout Brazil. The first customer application of this security technology will be to […]

SES Americom and Home2US announced a new offering to bring a line-up of Korea Telecom‘s broadcast channels to viewers in North and South America. “The alliance between Home2US and SES […]

SES Americom said it signs an agreement with Crown Castle Mobile Media to enable the delivery of live television to a wide range of mobile handsets. As part of the […]

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 […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. said it was awarded multiple contracts from an unnamed existing customer valued at approximately $2.4 million. One of the contracts, valued at $1.4 million is for fixed […]

Microspace Communications Corp. said its Velocity satellite system was selected by ClubCom to provide programming to ClubCom’s extensive network of health clubs in the United States and Europe. “After evaluating […]

Sky Network Television Limited (Sky), the leading DTH operator in New Zealand is entering the games rental business in New Zealand. The satellite pay-TV operator is expanding its online DVD […]

“Timing is crucial,” particularly when a satellite company makes its decision on when to explore options on collecting on debt related to leased capacity on satellites or on manufacturing, according […]

According to a new report issued by Forrester Research Inc., inhabitants of 20.1 million households will listen to satellite radio by the end of the decade. In its report, “The […]