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Orbimage Inc. reported an increase in total revenues for 2004 to $31 million, up from $9.2 million earned in 2003. The boost in revenues was attributed to the commencement of […]

The Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) and China SatCom have taken part in a new session of the Russian-Chinese Working Group on satellite communications. The two state-owned operators discussed co-operation […]

Maxwell Technologies Inc. said that Northrop Grumman Space Technology selected the Maxwell SCS750 single board computer for spacecraft control and payload data management for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite […]

Arinc Inc. and Telenor jointly unveiled AeroMobile, the service that will allow airline passengers to make cellular phone calls from planes while the planes are in flight. The company is […]

Delphi Corp. said it sold 5 million satellite radio receivers to retail and automotive customers. The company claims it is the first satellite radio hardware manufacturer to reach this milestone. […]

TiVo Inc. said it signed a new advertising services agreement with DirecTV, extending a prior services agreement. Under the new agreement, each company may sell and distribute TiVo’s advanced advertising […]

Harris Corp.‘s Government Systems Communications Division awarded US Monolithics, a subsidiary of ViaSat Inc., a $4.6 million contract for the development of a Class K frequency converter module to be […]

The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will be hosting a discussion on network centric warfare and its role in bringing the global […]

Xtar LLC announced that Xtar-Eur, the world’s first satellite developed for commercial X-band service, completed its in-orbit testing and is fully operational. Xtar-Eur, located at 29 degrees East, was built […]

YooMedia plc, a U.K.-based interactive media company, acquired acquiring ViaVision, an independent broadcaster and production company. ViaVision manages five satellite television channels on the BSkyB platform, five interactive television applications, […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said that it will launch its Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft on April 15. The spacecraft is designed to demonstrate docking […]

GlobeCast said it launched a new distribution platform on the Intelsat Americas-13 (IA-13) satellite for digital cable networks. TVE Internacional America, a division of Spain’s TVE Internacional is the first […]

SES Americom said it has united with Comcast Media Center, a business unit of Comcast Cable that operates a high definition television (HDTV) content production and network origination facility, to […]

Sky Catcher Communications said it plans to offer DVB-RCS services to the enterprise market in North America. Specific details on the packages that the company will offer have not yet […]

The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) said it is launching an India chapter, which will comprise of all members of the association that currently have representation in […]

United Press International, citing local media sources, reported April 3 that South Korea is moving up the planned date to launch a radar satellite that can provide images at night […]

For the satellite industry to survive and thrive, it must lower transmission costs. This was the unequivocal message delivered by Via Satellite magazine’s Satellite Executive of the Year 2004 winner […]

At first glance, Sky Network Television Ltd. looks good sitting in its position as the largest pay-TV operator in New Zealand. However, when you look closely at the company, you […]

“We are not the enemy! The terrestrial solutions out there are eating all our lunches!” With these combative words, Hughes Network Systems Senior Vice President of Engineering John Kenyon set […]

Commercial satellite operators who have looked upon the U.S. government as a consistent customer can rest easy in the knowledge that the increased demand of commercial capacity by the government […]

The Southern Co., an electricity producer for the Southeastern United States, has used satellite imagery gathered throughout the course of a recently completed three- year project to help increase the […]

It was a grim-faced panel of satellite manufacturing executives that faced delegates during the “Satellite Manufacturing: Building Confidence with ‘Basics” session during the SATELLITE 2005 conference and exhibition. “I have […]

As Satellite News went to press, no announcement had been made regarding the fate of Rainbow DBS, the business unit of Cablevision that offers direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television services under […]

The Russian Satellite Communications Co. said the Russian Express-AM2 was successfully launched March 29 on a Proton-K rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:31 p.m. GMT. In-orbit testing […]

Sky Network Television Limited (SKY) CEO John Fellet told Satellite Today that the operator needs to keep gaining about 40,000 subscribers a year to maximize profits and boost its overall […]

Intelsat said Firestone Communications Inc. expanded its use of the Intelsat Americas fleet of satellites for distribution of cable programming in North America. The terms of the long-term contract call […]

XM Satellite Radio said it added more than 540,000 new net subscribers during the first quarter of 2005, bringing the total number of XM subscribers to 3.77 million. The subscriber […]

The Miami Herald reported late last week that the Florida House Criminal Justice Committee unanimously approved a bill that would require sex offenders on parole to wear a tracking device […]

TOT Corp., a state-run telecommunications company in Thailand, is considering leasing up to 1.5 gigabytes of bandwidth on the iPSTAR satellite, according to a Dow Jones report. A TOT executive […]

By Owen D. Kurtin In a two-part article in this space last year, "Private Equity: First the Good New/Now the Bad News," we examined the emergence of private equity buyers […]