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By Nick Mitsis The theme of SATELLITE 2004 was "New Momentum. New Opportunities. New Profits." Industry leaders from all sectors of the satellite arena filled the new convention center in […]

By Peter J. Brown The satellite industry continues to stay focused, doing a few things better than its terrestrial counterparts. Some regions enjoy relative stability with respect to both the […]

The English language is full of clich�s. One of these is, "it’s an ill wind that doesn’t blow somebody some good." Apparently conceived in the days of sailing ships, this […]

By Susan Trott Broadband and business: in today’s corporate environment, it is a natural combination that more times than not spells increased profits and offers up a competitive advantage. In […]

by Gerry Oberst This month, 10 new countries entered the European Union (EU). The 10 include minnows such as Cyprus, Malta, Slovenia and the Baltic countries Estonia, Lithuania and Malta. […]

New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK] confirmed Friday it is working with Goldman Sachs to explore ‘alternatives’ in light of its recent unsuccessful attempt to buy its bigger rival PanAmSat [SPOT]. […]

The Carlyle Group, a large private equity firm, purchased satellite service provider Kingston Inmedia from Kingston Communications for $60.3 million in cash.Kingston Inmedia delivers enterprise, broadcast and Internet solutions to […]

Arianespace officials today reported sales of $669.2 million, which contributed to a net profit for the year of $11 million. Contributing to the profitable year were the reaffirmation of support […]

Sea Launch Co. LLC said its floating Sea Launch platform arrived at its launch site at the equator, and it is on schedule to send DirecTV Inc.‘s [DTV] 7S broadcast […]

CMC Electronics Inc. will supply its GPS-based flight management system, the CMA-900, to the Brazilian Air Force for its fleet of 20 C-130, B707, P-95 and Learjet-35 aircraft. CMC said […]

Kazakhstan Telecommunications (Katelco) selected Motorola Inc. [MOT] to provide digital video encoders and satellite set-top equipment and services to build a 16-channel encoder system located in Uralsk City, increasing the […]

iSECUREtrac [ISRE] signed an agreement with the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office of East Cambridge, Mass., to supply the jurisdiction with its tracNET24 solution. The product will enable the county to […]

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet yesterday approved a bill to re-authorize the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act (SHVIA) of 1999 prior to the expiration […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] will offer local channels to subscribers in Syracuse, N.Y., and in La Crosse-Eau Claire, Wis. In Syracuse and its surrounding areas, subscribers to Dish Network’s direct-to-home […]

Andrew Corp. [ANDW] reported record sales of $447.1 million for the second fiscal quarter ended March 31. Sales were up 122 percent from the $201.3 million record during the same […]

Arinc Inc. officials said today they would provide a new global satellite telephone service to support the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command‘sfleet of heavy transport and tanker aircraft. Satellite […]

Delta Air Lines said all 36 aircraft in its Song fleet have been outfitted with an in-flight entertainment system that includes 24 digital, live Dish Network satellite TV channels as […]

Netherlands-based New Skies Satellites [NSK] and the Indian Space Research Organization inked an agreement for multiple, high-powered, 36 MHz Ku-band transponders on the NSS-6 satellite. Financial terms were not disclosed. […]

Telesat Canada, an Ottawa-based satellite operator, selected EADS Astrium, Europe’s largest space company, to build the proposed new Anik F3 satellite. Anik F3 would be Telesat’s 17th satellite launch on […]

The Space Systems/Loral-built MBSAT broadcast communications satellite successfully completed its in-orbit testing, SSL officials said today. The satellite, built for Mobile Broadcasting Co. of Japan, was launched March 13.

EchoStar Communications [DISH] said its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service will offer local channels to residents of Fargo, N.D., and its surrounding areas. The channels include the local affiliates […]

Thomson [TMS] executives said their company will aid DirecTV [DTV] by “significantly” expanding use of Thomson’s Grass Valley network technologies to help subscribers watch their local terrestrial broadcast channels via […]

According to Orbital Recovery Ltd., the Netherlands-based Dutch Space has agreed to a major investment in the company. The contribution, the amount of which was not disclosed, will enable the […]

iSECUREtrac [ISRE], an Omaha, Neb.-based Global Positioning System (GPS) company, announced that Van Zandt County Correction Services of Canton, Texas, committed to use iSECUREtrac’s tracNET24 for criminal-justice tracking purposes. Financial […]

GPS Industries [GPSN], a Vancouver, B.C.-based provider of GPS services for golf courses, announced its subsidiary Satellite Golf closed another deal. Satellite Golf’s latest customer is the Barrhead Gold and […]

AeroTelesis [AOTS], a Los Angeles-based wireless company, formed a subsidiary called aeroSAT to provide satellite services. The new unit was launched as a result of positive feedback aeroTelesis received from […]

Alcatel Space announced the successful launch of the Express AM11 satellite on a Proton vehicle from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan last night. The satellites are operated by the […]

STMicroelectronics [STM] officials today said the company is offering a new single-chip silicon tuner, the STB6000, designed to replace complex discrete component tuners in set-top boxes that receive digital TV […]

Navman unveiled its Navman GPS 4410, an upgrade to the company’s Navman GPS 4400 Pocket PC guidance system. The 4410 includes the latest version of Navman’s navigation software, SmartST V2 […]

iSECUREtrac [ISRE], a provider of Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking services, announced the Guadalupe County Sheriff Office of New Mexico has become one of its newest customers. The agreement calls […]