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Week of Dec. 4 – 11, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Dec. 11 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.59 1.2 (1.9) […]

German satellite pay-TV operator Premiere will make a decision next year whether to hold an initial public offering (IPO) of stock. The operator, which expects to break through the 3 […]

Spanish satellite TV provider Digital+ has signed an agreement with Spanish satellite operator Hispasat and Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES Astra to use both of their satellite platforms to broadcast its […]

By Jimmy Schaeffler The nascent satellite radio industry is showing strong legs and a knack for long-term success. Its early growth is second only to the early growth of digital […]

U.S. broadcasting pioneers Walter Cronkite and Jim McKay were joined last week by veteran TV news host David Hartman in a 40th anniversary celebration of the launch of Syncom, the […]

Consumer use of Global Positioning System (GPS) services has grown considerably during the past five years and now is almost “omnipresent” in the daily lives of Americans, said Ron Stearns, […]

A rapier-sharp focus on providing broadband networking equipment has turned Reston, Va.-based iDirect from a money-loser into a high-growth, profitable company. John Kealey, who became iDirect’s CEO in late 2001, […]

London-based Inmarsat Ventures, one of the oldest European satellite companies, is showing that it also is one of the most progressive by adopting a new ownership structure, pursuing a contract […]

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group There’s still time to enter SN’s PR & Marketing Awards, which are among the industry’s most privileged […]

Melbourne, Fla.-based Harris [NYSE: HRS] has been selected by Boeing [NYSE: BA] to provide anti-jam GPS (AJ GPS) electronics for the U.S. Air Force‘s small diameter bomb (SDB). Harris’ initial […]

Amitelo Communications [OTC: ALOC.PK], an Orlando, Fla.-based provider of voice-over-IP and broadband via satellite, has begun trading on the over- the-counter markets in the United States under the symbol – […]

Mountain View, Calif.-based MIPS Technologies [Nasdaq: MIPS] is supplying its microprocessing technology for Broadcom‘s [Nasdaq: BRCM] set-top boxes for EchoStar Communications‘ [Nasdaq: DISH] satellite DISH 322 and DISH Player-DVR 522 […]

Digital Angel [Amex: DOC], a South St. Paul, Minn.-based provider of GPS tracking devices, has retained Allen & Caro as its corporate communications, investor and media relations agency. Working with […]

Iridium Satellite, a provider of satellite phone service, has signed agreements with five new service providers to sell Iridium services to customers in the Middle East. The agreements will expand […]

Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG] has agreed to acquire an additional 25 percent stake in Sweden’s Nordic Satellite AB (NSAB) from the Swedish Space Corp., increasing its stake […]

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group There’s still time to enter SN’s PR & Marketing Awards, which are among the industry’s most privileged […]

CSI Wireless [TSX: CSY], a Calgary, Alberta-based GPS device manufacturer, has introduced two new GPS products for the global aerial guidance market. The LiteStar II is an entry-level guidance system […]

DRS Technologies [NYSE: DRS], a Parsippany, N.J.-based aerospace products company, has named Ervin T. Kiriu as vice president of its Electronic Systems Group. Kiriu will be responsible for the implementation […]

Foxtel, a Sydney, Australia-based digital cable and satellite television company, is expanding its digital TV services offering following approval by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) of a third-party […]

SiRF Technology’s SiRFstarIIe/LP global positioning system (GPS) technology has been incorporated into DeLorme‘s new Earthmate GPS receiver with Bluetooth. With SiRF’s location technology, Earthmate helps people determine where they are, […]

Fueling of the AMOS 2 satellite for Arianespace/Starsem Flight ST12 is complete, and the spacecraft is now ready for integration on its Soyuz/Fregat launch vehicle. Liftoff of the telecommunications satellite, […]

International Launch Services is scheduled to launch the Ultra-High Frequency Follow-On (UFO) F-11mobile communications satellite for the U.S. Navy onboard an Atlas III at 9:38 p.m. EST on Dec. 15 […]

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group There’s still time to enter SN’s PR & Marketing Awards, which are among the industry’s most privileged […]

Marcel Fenez has been reelected for a second two-year term as chairman of the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) during the group’s annual meeting held in Singapore […]

Karrier Communications, a Cameron Calif.-based sports software company, has begun shipping its new IntelliGolf version 7.0 golf software for PalmOne [Nasdaq: PLMO] handheld devices and Microsoft [Nasdaq: MSFT] mobile pocket […]

WorldSpace Corp., a Washington D.C.-based satellite radio company, is leading a team of companies that are bidding on a $98 million Department of Defense contract to rebuild Iraq’s news and […]

Telenor Satellite Services [Nasdaq: TELN] has introduced Satellite Direct Plus, an innovation in fixed-to-mobile calling via satellite. The new service allows users to place satellite calls from any location in […]

International Launch Services (ILS) has received authorization to begin operations for the launch of a new classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-built […]

Tenzing Communications and ARINC have signed an agreement to provide airlines with in-flight email connectivity via satellite. Airlines that want to enable their aircraft for e-mail can do so by […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] officials announced Wednesday the successful rollout and vehicle erection of the first Delta IV heavy launcher at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The mission is scheduled […]