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Satellite Phone Source Inc. [SPHI], a renter of satellite telecommunications equipment, today announced the opening of an office in Vancouver, British Columbia. “We are very excited about now becoming an […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] today said the GPS IIR-13 satellite, launched Nov. 6 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,FL, has been declared fully operational for military and civilian navigation use. With […]

Pace Micro Technology has a won a key deal with German pay-TV operator Premiere to supply PVR (Personal Video Recorder) STBs. Premiere has more than three million subscribers in Germany […]

In the latest move to bolster its content offering, Sirius Satellite Radio signed a three-year deal to exclusively carry all the games of NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship live, […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] today announced it has added Sky-Abis, a satellite solution for GSM operators, to its SkyEdge family of products. Sky-Abis allows mobile operators to expand their […]

ND SatCom today said it delivered a turnkey ground station for satellite communications to the German Armed Forces in Kastellaun, Germany. This station will connect the transportable satellite ground stations […]

EuroNews, a pan-European news channel, will now be available throughout Asia thanks to a key deal with satellite operator Eutelsat. EuroNews will now be broadcast with two signals in Asia […]

In what has been described as quick action by Congress, the House and Senate passed omnibus appropriations legislation that included the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 […]

Satellite Today has learned that satellite operator Yahsat is undergoing preparations to begin operations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Specific plans, including what types of services Yahsat will offer, […]

While this is not about the future launch of a space-based asset, Satellite News has been keeping a close eye on the developments of what are being called “stratellites,” because […]

Rainbow Media Enterprises, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp. [CVC], said its year-old Voom satellite service will nearly double its capacity March 2005, and it will increase its current offering […]

Satellite News has learned that China plans to launch a television broadcasting satellite in the first half of 2006. According to reports, the satellite will provide broadcasting services to that […]

File this item in the “what are they thinking?” category. XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] last week announced it added two new music channels that will appear exclusively on its XM […]

With a technology foundation firmly laid in providing broadband services to train riders in Europe, RaySat has turned to the U.S. marketplace with a different target in mind: the growing […]

While its contributions to satellites may not garner the media attention that some of the bigger companies get, Blacksburg, Va.-based VPT Inc. still has something to offer in terms of […]

Alcatel won a key contract with the European Commission (EC) to be prime contractor of an ambitious R&D project that could provide such organizations as police forces, firefighters and utilities […]

The Blackstone Group could keep its controlling interest in New Skies Satellites [NSK] for around seven years. The private-equity (PE) firm recently completed the acquisition of New Skies for $956 […]

With the dust still not settled after the blockbuster signing of shock jock Howard Stern, Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] made headlines again last week with another huge addition to the […]

Satellite News has learned that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is appealing to the French government to order the French Broadcasting Agency to terminate the broadcast license of Al-Manar, the satellite […]

The Export-Import Bank of the United States today announced it has approved a $138-million long-term loan guarantee to help Binariang Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to purchase […]

Iridium Satellite LLC today said the company recently closed an agreement for a $65.5 million credit facility with Bank of America [BAC], which will be used for general corporate purposes. […]

SES Americom, an SES Global company, will deliver free of charge the first of a series of Cable Positive‘s newest HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention campaign, “Join The Fight,” to cable […]

BT, the UK telco has now exited the satellite business after selling its stake in leading satellite operator Eutelsat. BT sold its 15.8 percent stake for GBP368 million ($675 million) […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has dismissed a protest from New SI LLC filed after National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded the NextView Second Vendor contract to Orbimage Inc. [ORBM]. In […]

Intelsat Ltd. revealed that its Intelsat Americas-7 satellite experienced a sudden and unexpected electrical distribution anomaly that caused the permanent loss of the spacecraft Nov. 28 at 2:30 a.m. EST. […]

With Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system partially funded by the private sector, questions linger as to what applications will help the consortium that wins the contract to get a return […]

Satellite Today has learned that Rainbow DBS, the satellite television unit of Cablevision Systems Corp. [CVC], will spend $740 million to purchase five satellites from Lockheed Martin [LMT]. The satellites […]

New Skies Satellites is launching a new service aimed at aiding Broadband Maritime, a telecom service provider that offers broadband communication services for ships in the Pacific and Atlantic. The […]

Researchers at the Hokkaido Institute of Technology along with a group of unnamed private companies will set up a venture to develop a small satellite to help farmers decide if […]

Foxtel, the Australian direct-to-home (DTH) operator, now has 500,000 homes connected to its Foxtel Digital service. More than 51 percent of its managed subscriber based is now connected to the […]