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New York-based Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] and XM Satellite Radio [XMSR], two U.S. satellite radio service providers, announced their services will be available as factory-installed equipment or dealer-installed options beginning […]

ISECUREtrac [ISRE], an Omaha, Neb.-based Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking service, signed a three-year agreement with Pennsylvania Adult Probation and Parole to supply the county with its tracNET24 criminal-justice tracking […]

West Coast retail customers who shop at Good Guys have been enjoying in-car TV via the TracVision5, made by KVH Industries [KVHI], a Middletown, R.I.-based satellite company. KVH used a […]

Geographic Data Technology (GDT), a Lebanon, N.H.-based map database company, and Boston’s Teletype, a GPS technology provider, have teamed to turn GPS/Java- enabled wireless phones into tracking devices, giving both […]

The world of fixed satellite services (FSS) is evolving into one of scrappy survivors whose leaders are viewing the same marketplace opportunities and challenges but are drawing different conclusions about […]

Robust growth clearly is possible for satellite operators doing business in comparatively weak Latin America, according to a panel of speakers at Satellite 2004 this week in Washington, D.C. “Latin […]

Hughes Network Systems [GMH], a Germantown, Md.-based satellite broadband network services provider, will promote the implementation of the IPoS (Internet Protocol over Satellite) standard through a multi-tiered licensing program that […]

ISECUREtrac [ISRE], an Omaha, Neb.-based provider of GPS tracking services, has received private placement funding of $5 million from an undisclosed investment group. Proceeds from the placement will be used […]

SBC Communications [SBC] and EchoStar Communications [DISH] launched a combined SBC/DISH Network satellite TV service across the SBC service area that spans 13 states and 55 million telephone lines. The […]

Gilat Satellite Networks [GILTF] president and CEO Oren Most is gearing up the company for the launch of its SkyEdge family of products later in the year. Gilat claims this […]

Industry CEOs voiced an uncharacteristically bullish view of their companies’ prospects for the next year during a panel discussion at the Satellite 2004 conference’s one-day financial forum Tuesday in Washington, […]

The financial performance of fixed satellite operators is hamstrung by a lingering overcapacity problem that generally will exceed demand for years to come. Such is the view of two industry […]

A group of Wall Street satellite analysts offered a spirited defense of the prospects for U.S. satellite TV operators to put forth a competitive bundle of video, broadband and voice […]

Telenor Satellite Broadcasting inked a deal with Nera for the delivery of a broadband satellite gateway – the Nera SatLink Hub. Telenor will use the new DVB-RCS SatLink System to […]

Frost & Sullivan awarded its 2004 Regional Satellite Operator Award to Telesat. This award is given annually to the operator that best competes against all other operators in a region, […]

Envivio Inc. demonstrated for the first time the distribution of H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) encoded content over the Hughes satellite network. The live-source content is encoded at 1.2 Mbps, Envivio said, […]

Worldspace Corp. introduced what it calls the first multinational satellite radio subscription plan available across the Worldspace Satellite Radio footprint, which covers Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Worldspace […]

Hughes Network Systems Inc. will promote the implementation of the IP-over-satellite (IPoS) standard through a multi-tiered licensing program available to all industry applications and systems providers. “IPoS is the only […]

The European Space Agency‘s $1.25 billion Rosetta probe finally began its mission to hunt a comet in the depths of the solar system and to shadow it around the Sun […]

New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK], headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, introduced a new software tool yesterday that will provide customers of its Ipsys software enhanced control in managing their […]

NDS company Visionik is launching two advanced interactive games to be deployed on Discovery Kids in the UK. The two interactive games, Mystery Hunters and Chomp are free to play, […]

CableVision Systems Corp. [CVC] blames its fourth-quarter losses on the cost of launching its VOOM direct-broadcast satellite service in October 2003, with a bit of help from higher depreciation and […]

Vance Coffman, CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT], has decided to retire from the company this summer after devoting the last 37 years to it. He made his surprise announcement […]

  Week of Feb. 20 – 26, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol Feb. 26 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.35 (7.5) […]

Satellite pay-TV operators around the globe saw some healthy growth in subscriber numbers during 2003. In this survey, Satellite News analyzed the performance of some key operators in Europe and […]

Sogecable, the owner of Digital+, is bullish about the prospect for pay-television in Spain. Executives from Sogecable recently gave an upbeat presentation about the prospects for pay-TV in that country. […]

Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) services are dominating the development of new applications, products and alliances. That situation is occurring despite major telecom operators delivering an array of services that include […]

The Isle of Man is preparing to add space and satellite businesses to those in the shipping, insurance and fund management industries that pay no taxes on the island. The […]

The choice of “Satellite Executive of the Year” always is open to second-guessing. A safe choice often is the CEO of a large satellite operator that has had a special […]

Performance was the secret of success for Washington-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] CEO Hugh Panero and the other recipients of the inaugural Satellite News PR & Marketing Awards. Panero won […]