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Greg Ewertis Iridium Satellite LLC‘s new executive vice president for sales, marketing and business development. Ewert comes to Iridium with 19 years of telecom-industry experience, recently serving as executive vice […]

Foxtel, the Australian pay-TV operator, is targeting a pre-holiday subscriber boost by offering new and existing customers free installation of its digital service, including those who opt for just the […]

Orland Park, Ill.-based Andrew Corporation, a communications-systems equipment supplier, formed one new product group focused on satellites and a second new group that combines antennas and cable products. The move […]

According to the Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG), the continual drive by satellite network operators to cut or control costs is contributing to a rise in radio frequency interference […]

The satellite industry may never have had such a quick turnaround story as what has transpired at Dulles, Va.-based Orbimage during the past six months. The company emerged from Chapter […]

Loral Skynet President Patrick Brant is moving quickly to implement his plan to transform the Bedminster, N.J.-based satellite operator into a provider of connectivity through the use of hybrid services […]

The satellite communications industry has entered a period of transition. A few private equity firms now control several large satellite operators. Previously, telecommunications companies or the original owners that had […]

One of the most controversial issues involved in the current Congressional effort to re-authorize the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act (SHVIA) that expires at year-end is whether satellite-TV provider EchoStar […]

With such issues as the analog-to-digital TV transition at the forefront, it is a busy time for the Federal Communica-tions Commission (FCC). The challenge to get the United States digitally […]

In a scathing report dated Sept. 13 but only made public last week, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) N-Prime Mishap […]

Ottawa-based EMS Technologies [ELMG] is looking to drive its sales through the introduction of a new satellite-based truck-tracking product at the 2004 American Trucking Association’s Management Conference and Exhibition in […]

Wegener, a Duluth, Ga.-based manufacturer of products that enable advertising insertions for broadcasters and corporations, is branching out beyond its traditional focus on the satellite industry by broadening its scope […]

The $100-million-a-year salary money-losing Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] has agreed to pay FM radio shock jock Howard Stern when he hits the satellite radio airwaves Jan. 1, 2006, is a […]

Legislation to re-authorize the Satellite Home Viewer Improve-ment Act (SHVIA) will need to wait for Senate action until lawmakers return from an election-related recess that began at the close of […]

The satellite-TV industry showed once again last week that it lacks the political muscle to fend off the powerful National Association of Broadcast-ers (NAB) and the National Cable & Telecommunications […]

The DirecTV Group Inc. [DTV] and News Corp [NWS] announced plans to combine their Latin American satellite TV operations. The arrangement will give DirecTV control of the surviving operation while […]

The AMC-15 telecommunications satellite, designed and built for Princeton, N.J.-based satellite operator SES Americom by Bethesda, Md.’s Lockheed Martin [LMT], is entering the final stages of preparation for an Oct. […]

Telesat said its Anik F2 satellite now is fully operational, ushering in what the company hopes will be a new era in satellite broadband communications. The satellite will provide a […]

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. [XMSR] announced a quarterly dividend on its 8.25- percent Series B Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, payable in shares of the company’s Class A Common Stock […]

The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) is concerned about the rise in illegal satellite-phone usage in that country, and it has asked legitimate satellite service providers like Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company […]

GlobeCast clinched a major long-term deal with Prime TV to deliver state-owned Pakistan Television content throughout major European markets. The deal with Prime TV will enable the Pakistani family channel […]

Iran is planning on launching its first satellite next year, but the satellite’s mission has not been clearly stated. Iranian officials reportedly said the satellite would be used to demonstrate […]

To mark the 50th anniversary of the first manmade satellite launch, Arianespace will launch 50 nanosatellites for the International Astronautical Federation. Each of the nanosats will represent a different country; […]

If reports we hear are correct, STMicroelectronics could make as much $180 million if the subscriber projections related to Howard Stern’s jump to satellite radio come to fruition. Sirius Satellite […]

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) engineers sent a new artificial intelligence software package – the Livingstone Version 2, designed to detect and diagnose satellite instruments and systems failures – […]

Satellite Today has learned that the European Commission approved moving the Galileo satellite navigation system into the deployment-and-operational phase. According to a report, the EC settled on a variety of […]

In yesterday’s Satellite Today in which we detailed the DISA certification of the SWE-Dish tri-band terminal, the data capability for the terminal should have been stated as being “64 Kbps […]

Qwest Communications International Inc. [Q] and DirecTV Inc., a unit of The DirecTV Group [DTV], forged a strategic marketing alliance that will allow Qwest to offer DirecTV digital satellite services […]

Satlynx, the two-way, pan-European broadband services provider, gave a boost to virtual-private-network (VPN) solution providers in Europe by announcing a series of approvals for its VPN solutions, part of its […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] took a political hit yesterday when the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill in a voice vote that will require the company to spend an […]