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New York-based Wendy’s of Rochester Inc., a franchisee of Wendy’s International Inc., is comprised of more than 100 Wendy’s restaurants spread throughout the New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Southwest […]

Space Systems/Loral said the SS/L built MTSAT-1R was successfully launched at 1:25 a.m. PST Feb. 26. SS/L built the satellite, based on its 1300 bus for the Japanese Civil Aviation […]

Sea Launch said it has rescheduled the launch of the XM-3 satellite for XM Satellite Radio on a Zenit-3SL rocket for Feb. 28 after this edition of Satellite Today went […]

Harmonic Inc. said it completed the acquisition of U.K.-based Broadcast Technology Ltd. (BTL). By integrating BTL into Harmonic’s Convergent Systems division, Harmonic said it is able to expand the scope […]

Sandvine Inc. said Hughes Network Systems Inc. selected the Sandvine Attack Mitigation solution for operation on its Direcway broadband satellite network. The HNS Direcway service will deploy Sandvine’s multi-layer worm/denial […]

XM Satellite Radio said it is raising the cost of its basic monthly service package to $12.95 per month, $3 more than the current per-month charge. However, existing customers will […]

DirecTV Inc. said it filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, against seven individuals it claims fraudulently obtained DirecTV direct-to-home satellite television services for other […]

People Andrew Names New Satcom Group President Andrew Corp. named Jude Panetta the president of the company’s satellite communications group. Panetta was formerly the vice president and general manager for […]

By Owen D. Kurtin According to several published reports, satellite insurance premiums are approaching 25 percent of satellite procurement costs. As is widely known in the industry, launch/post-separation and in-orbit […]

By Nick Mitsis Enterprise users of satellite-enabled services continue to show strong signs of revenue growth. In fact, this segment of the satellite business promises to be a profit driver […]

By Julie Blondeau An atmosphere of stiff competition remains overhead as global launch service providers continue to race against time and win as many contracts as possible in today’s lackluster […]

By Sam Silverstein Improvements in satellite communications technology during the past few years have been making it easier and less expensive for people at multiple locations to work and study […]

By Mark Holmes The European broadcasting landscape continues to change, pushing out of its traditional boundaries. From the exporting of content throughout the world to advancements in HDTV (High-definition TV), […]

By Peter Brown The good news for the satellite industry is that consumers remain eager and satisfied with old and new satellite products alike. Their appetite for satellite-delivered broadcast services […]

By Nick Mitsis The year 2004 began with one major objective: to grow the business. Starting the first quarter off as a cash-flow positive operation allowed the executive management team […]

By Gerry Oberst Spectrum and regulation for mobile satellite service in Europe is a highly charged topic. A lot of the work on this controversy occurs at particular levels within […]

By Nick Mistis Readers of our magazine are familiar with this special issue of Via Satellite, in which we announce our recipient of the Satellite Executive of the Year award. […]

The satellite industry has launched an initiative that seeks to streamline earth station type-approvals procedures through the endorsement of a global standard and the expansion of an industry-authorized network of […]

Multichoice, a pay-TV provider announced that MTV Base, the first pan-African music channel, was launched on its DStv platform. The channel will be broadcast via satellite to 48 countries in […]

Wegener Corp. said it recently received a $700,000 order from Roberts Communications Network for equipment to expand its direct-to-home (DTH) small dish satellite delivery platform. The equipment is being used […]

CapRock Communications said it completed the expansion of its IPxpress core network to its Macae, Brazil teleport. IPxpress is CapRock’s Internet Protocol (IP)-based core network architecture that employs multi-protocol label […]

ViaSat said it finalized a contract to supply its SurfBeam broadband satellite networking system to Mexico-based content and Internet applications provider Pegaso Banda Ancha for consumer Internet access services in […]

Row 44 said it signed an exclusive agreement with Hughes Network Systems to bring satellite broadband connectivity to North American commercial and business aircraft. Row 44 will use HNS’ Direcway […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. said the National Air Navigation Services Co. (NANSC) in Egypt awarded it an $8.1 million contract to install a next generation satellite- based network connecting 19 remote […]

iDirect Technologies introduced the latest addition to its product platform: the iDirect Compression and Acceleration Server (CAS) technology. The CAS solution compresses and accelerates static and dynamic data and content, […]

The Boeing Co. said it reached an agreement to sell its Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power business unit to Pratt & Whitney for about $700 million in cash. Rocketdyne is primarily […]

Humax said it entered into development and supply agreements with DirecTV Inc. According to Humax, the agreements encompass various set top box models, including a portion of the entry-level receivers […]

Modulus Video said it opened a new office in Tokyo, Japan to support the growing demand from satellite, telecommunications and cable service providers for MPEG-4 AVC video encoding systems. Broadcast […]

Digital+, the direct-to-home (DTH) platform in Spain, announced a subscriber growth for the first time in a number of quarters. At the end of December 2004, the operator had more […]

Space Systems/Loral announced it completed all assembly, integration and tests of the DirecTV 8 satellite more than two months ahead of the contracted schedule. The DirecTV 8 satellite, built for […]