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For the weather-obsessed, Air2Web today said the latest release of “The Weather Channel Interactive” will allow users to receive up-to-date looping satellite images of current weather patterns as well as […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] will supply Koochi Communications Ltd. with 300 Skystar 360E terminals to deliver broadband communications to SOHO and SME users in Nigeria and West Africa. The […]

The Malaysian Center For Remote Sensing (MACRES) signed a three-year agreement with Spot Image for satellite-imagery reception from the entire Spot satellite constellation. Financial terms of the agreement were not […]

Although the United States and the European Union have reached agreement that the U.S.’s GPS and the EU’s forthcoming Galileo satellite navigations will work cooperatively together, questions still loom regarding […]

MTV Networks Europe is determined to build its Nickelodeon brand over the next 12 months. This is one of the major challenges according to MTV Networks Europe CEO Brent Hansen. […]

Sarantel was awarded a contract by Eurocom Telecomunicazioni to provide it with Sarantel’s GeoHelix GPS miniature antenna. Eurocom will incorporate the antenna into its automatic person location system (APLS) lapel […]

Globalstar LLC was selected by the Tesuque Nation Police in northern New Mexico to provide it with voice and data services. The tribal lands routinely patrolled by the officers are […]

PanAmSat Corp. yesterday launched an offer of Senior Notes maturing in 2014, the proceeds of which will be used in the pending acquisition of PanAmSat by affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis […]

Loral Space & Communications Ltd. today said it reached an agreement with the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in its Chapter 11 reorganization on the principle terms of a plan […]

KVH Industries Inc. [KVH] reported a slight increase in its revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 compared with the same period last year as well as a net […]

Sogecable, the Spanish media giant, announced that Digital+, its DTH platform, experienced a significant increase in subscribers during the last three months. At the end of June 2004, it had […]

DirecTV Inc. late yesterday launched a new promotion to boost new subscriber numbers. The company is leveraging its exclusive contract with the National Football League (NFL) to offer new subscribers […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] today said with the addition of local channel coverage in Charlestown, S.C., and in Montgomery, Ala., it now becomes the first pay-television company to make local […]

StarBand Communications Inc. launched its new StarBand 481 residential two-way satellite Internet service that allows for download speeds as fast as 500 kbps and upload speeds as fast as 100 […]

The Federal Communications Commission earlier this week said Rainbow DBS Company LLC and EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] won three direct broadcast satellite (DBS) licenses in an auction completed July 14. […]

Today’s release of Sirius Satellite Radio‘s [SIRI] earnings for the second quarter included a prediction of one million subscribers by the end of the year. The re-affirmation of that forecast […]

EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, said Latvia has become the first Baltic State to join the group. Latvia already is using some satellite data in […]

SkyWave Mobile Communications Inc. today said it manufactured, sold and delivered more than 33,000 Inmarsat D+ satellite terminals. Company officials attributed the sales to the terminals’ 99-percent reliability rate.

In the latest enhancement to the GPS constellation, Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the U.S. Air Force today completed in-orbit checkout of the upgraded GPS satellite that was launched June 23. […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] today reported growth in its revenues and net income for the second quarter ended June 30. Revenues rose 12 percent to $177.7 million in the second […]

PamAmSat Corp. [SPOT] today said the Fox Entertainment Group Inc. expanded its long-term agreement with PanAmSat to include two additional transponders on the C-band platform of the Galaxy 13 satellite. […]

In a study released today, Northern Sky Research forecasts the demand for commercial satellite capacity will grow by 4.8 percent per year, with the direct-to-home satellite market and high-definition channel […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] will broadcast the regular season and playoff games of ProCricket, the first professional cricket league in the United States, on a pay-per-view basis to its Dish […]

By Paul Dykewicz, Antitrust regulators and a top Wall Street analyst made good calls last week regarding New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK]. The Blackstone Group, a private investment firm, received […]

By Kirby Ikin The world is entering an interesting new era as China ventures into manned space flight. Following in the footsteps of only two other nations, China has embarked […]

Loral Skynet, a satellite-operating subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications, is hoping for an upswing in fortunes over the next few months. While its parent company has had to deal […]

By Roger Rusch For decades, universal communication service has been the dream of government planners. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Development Sector is chartered to collect statistics and to encourage […]

For the first time, cruise ship passengers will be able to use their cellular phone to talk and send text messages while in international waters. The Island Escape cruise ship […]

Patrick Brant, former president and COO of Loral CyberStar, is joining satellite phone service Iridium Satellite LLC as its newest executive-team member. Brant will serve in a multi-dimensional role as […]

Congressional interest in pursuing legislation to let U.S. television viewers pick and choose the individual channels they want to buy each month from their satellite and cable TV providers is […]