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CBS selected Intelsat to carry the high-definition broadcasts of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, commonly referred to as March Madness, which begins March 17. The tournament will be […]

Ekwan-X, a Toronto-based mineral exploration company, said it entered into an agreement to purchase 100,000 square kilometers of satellite images from Aster Images Inc. The images cover a vast area […]

New Skies Satellites BV has reached a long-term agreement with Latin American broadband service provider Impsat in Argentina to support a new two-way broadband Internet network using the NSS-7 satellite. […]

Americom Government Services said it won a five-year contract from the United States, Caribbean States/Territories and Central American Organization of Air Navigation Services that are coordinated by the regional office […]

Geolink announced it is providing Iridium mobile satellite communications services for the Oryx Quest 2005 round-the-world sailboat race, which began in February. The Oryx Quest race pits four multi-hull sailing […]

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) introduced an online certification database for the association’s National Standards and Testing Program. This database will offer SBCA members improved ways to manage […]

Telenor Satellite Broadcasting signed a key deal, which will help it provide satellite broadband solutions in hotels across Europe. The deal was signed with Otrum, a provider of interactive TV […]

Lockheed Martin said the team it is leading in the development of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) successfully completed the system preliminary design review (PDR) with the U.S. Navy, […]

Upstart company Virtual Connexions is looking to tackle the satellite modem market with a new approach that it believes will provide the foundation for a profitable business: applying the terrestrial […]

Upstart company ProtoStar is looking to leave its mark on the Asia-Pacific direct-to-home (DTH) market with a unique way to serve the needs of customers across the entire region. Rather […]

President Bush officially named Kevin Martin, a sitting Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner, to the top spot, replacing the departing Michael Powell. This method of naming a current commissioner to […]

Advertising on satellite television took an interactive twist last week when Mercedes-Benz USA gave subscribers of Dish Network, EchoStar Communications Corp.‘s direct-to-home satellite television service, an exclusive first look at […]

Many people across the nation probably spent a good portion of March 17 clicking on various Internet sites to get the latest college basketball scores as “March Madness” officially began. […]

“We are not pushing for the two consortia to join together, definitely not,” Rainer Grohe, executive director of the Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU), told Satellite News when asked whether the […]

Boeing and The DirecTV Group Inc. said the Spaceway F1 satellite arrived at Sea Launch home port in Long Beach, CA, where it will undergo final preparations for a late […]

Boeing and The DirecTV Group Inc. said the Spaceway F1 satellite arrived at Sea Launch home port in Long Beach, CA., where it will undergo final preparations for a late […]

GlobeCast said it launched a new satellite distribution platform on Telstar 10 to expand its capacity in Asia and has opened up a new liaison office in Beijing to serve […]

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. said it was selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center to build the Global Precipitation Measurement-Microwave Imager (GMI) in […]

Euro1080, the European HDTV media company, has announced that Jean Stock is joining the company as strategic advisor. Euro1080 has been one of the pioneers of HDTV in Europe. Its […]

The AFP newswire reported India is planning on launching a satellite that will be used exclusively for health care so patients and doctors in rural and remote areas can remain […]

Panamsat Holdings Corp. March 17 began trading shares of common stock as part of an initial public offering (IPO). The 50 million shares were priced at $18.00 per share and […]

Lockheed Martin said the team it is leading in the development of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) successfully completed the system preliminary design review (PDR) with the U.S. Navy, […]

Telenor Satellite Broadcasting signed a key deal, which will help it provide satellite broadband solutions in hotels across Europe. The deal was signed with Otrum, a provider of interactive TV […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. reported a 25 percent increase in revenues in 2004 to $7.15 billion from $5.74 for the year ended Dec. 31, 2003. However, the company said reported a […]

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) introduced an online certification database for the association’s National Standards and Testing Program. This database will offer SBCA members improved ways to manage […]

Thrane & Thrane said it would begin marketing its first Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) terminal next week at the SATELLITE 2005 conference and exhibition, being held in Washington, D.C., […]

Geolink announced yesterday it is providing Iridium mobile satellite communications services for the Oryx Quest 2005 round-the-world sailboat race, which began in February. The Oryx Quest race pits four multi-hull […]

Americom Government Services said it was awarded a five-year contract from the United States, Caribbean States/Territories and Central American Organization of Air Navigation Services that are coordinated by the regional […]

New Skies Satellites has reached a long-term agreement with Latin American broadband service provider Impsat in Argentina to support a new two-way broadband Internet network using the NSS-7 satellite. Impsat […]

Virtual Connexions said it would launch its VC-1000 satellite access modem at the upcoming SATELLITE 2005 Conference and Exhibition, being held in Washington, D.C. from March 22-25. Virtual Connexions said […]