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Hauppauge, N.Y.-based Globecomm Systems [GCOM], a provider of end-to-end satellite-based communications, today was awarded two satellite infrastructure contracts valued at approximately $3.6 million. The first contract is with a repeat […]

Atlanta-based EMS Technologies [ELMG] said its space and technology division was chosen by Northrop Grumman [NOC] to develop an Extremely High Frequency (EHF) Satellite Communication Antenna Systems for the U.S. […]

Luxembourg-based SES Astra, a European satellite-operating unit of SES Global [SESG], reached an agreement to lease two transponders to ITV, reportedly the biggest commercial television network in the United Kingdom. […]

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI], the exclusive satellite radio broadcaster of NFL games, nabbed “Monday Night Football” analyst and legendary NFL head coach John Madden to provide on-air analysis for “Sirius […]

According to Naples, Fla.-based Dominion Video Satellite, a small, U.S.-based, satellite-TV company whose Sky Angel TV service features family-oriented programming, an arbitration panel unanimously found EchoStar Communications [DISH] violated its […]

Intelsat announced two separate deals to lease transponder capacity to companies in the oil and gas industry. One agreement involves a long-term contract for capacity on its IA-6 satellite with […]

Week of Sept. 3 – 9, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol Sept. 9 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.54 8.5 4.1 […]

Building a successful business in the satellite broadband arena is no easy task. While it’s easy to talk about the size of markets not covered by DSL and cable, it’s […]

South Windsor, Conn.-based Pioneer Aerospace Corporation, the modest-sized company that provided the parachute and the corresponding pyrotechnic device intended to safely cushion the dissent of the costly Genesis scientific satellite, […]

By Paul Dykewicz For sports fans, satellite radio is an increasingly enticing low-cost alternative to the much higher priced satellite and cable TV services.For sports fans, satellite radio is an […]

Two industry leaders are counting down the days until one of them wins what is believed to be the biggest military pact available to satellite manufacturers for the next two […]

The DirecTV 10 and 11 satellites will be built by The Boeing Co. [BA] and launched in 2007. The two orbiters will be among the largest and most powerful Ka- […]

El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV Group’s [DTV] decision last week to provide high-definition (HD) satellite TV services via its two Spaceway satellites and two other spacecraft it plans to launch by […]

The unexpected departure of innovative and aggressive SES Americom President and CEO Dean Olmstead from the company, announced late last week, should not slow the company’s drive to pursue its […]

Encore Networks signed a reseller agreement with Australian satellite broadband operator NewSat under which NewSat will add Encore’s complete line of IP-only and IP+Legacy virtual private network (VPN) security appliances […]

SES Astra, a European satellite-operating unit of SES Global [SESG], signed a long-term agreement with Orf to lease additional Astra satellite transponder capacity to Austria’s largest public broadcaster. The new […]

ARINC and Telenor will be demonstrating technology this month at the World Airline Entertainment Association trade show in Seattle that allows GSM subscribers to use their mobile phones while in […]

Satellite Today has learned that a group of underwriters has begun legal proceedings against The Boeing Co. [BA], seeking to recoup $250 million that previously had been paid out in […]

EADS Astrium won a contract from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based Arabsat to provide a satellite control center for the Arabsat-4A and Arabsat-4B satellites. Terms of the deal, whose value has not […]

Satellite Today has learned that, sometime next year, Israel’s Tauvex II scientific camera will be launched from India aboard the GSAT-4 satellite. Any photos gleaned from the camera will be […]

EMS Satellite Networks, a division of EMS Technologies Inc. [ELMG], hired Penny Glover as managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Glover comes to EMS with more than […]

Monster Cable Products Inc. will team with Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] to market and distribute Sirius-branded accessories for the home and mobile entertainment markets. Monster also will work with the […]

Intelsat signed a three-year deal with Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP), that country’s state broadcaster, to provide end-to-end international distribution of RTP content to Europe, Africa and Latin America. […]

In the latest blurring of the lines between local terrestrial broadcast radio and subscription-based satellite radio, XM Satellite Radio today launched XM Emergency Alert on XM channel 247. The station […]

Hands-on SES Americom President and CEO Dean Olmstead left the company this week, and a search is underway to find his replacement. His departure is not expected to curb the […]

Arianespace was tapped by The DirecTV Group [DTV] for the launch of the Spaceway 2 satellite in April 2005 aboard an Ariane 5, and for the launch of an unnamed […]

The European Satellite Operators Association appointed Aarti Holla-Maini as its new secretary general, managing and representing the association on a day-to-day basis. She most recently represented the joint-venture company Galileo […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] received a $23.3 million addition to its U.S. Navy Multi-Band Terminal (NMT) contract originally awarded in October 2003. With the new extension, Raytheon now will propose an […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM] reported a 61.5-percent increase in its year-end FY04 (ended June 30) revenues to $87.2 million from $54 million earned in the same period a year ago. […]

Satellite Today learned that scientists have begun the process of piecing together the wreckage of the Genesis space capsule that crashed into the salt flats of Utah yesterday in an […]