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BT Broadcast Services already has deals with a number of satellite operators. In August 2002, it inked a deal with PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] to provide video and broadcast services in […]

BT Broadcast Services CEO Mark Smith is convinced that in a couple of years the satellite solutions provider could be generating more revenues from the Asia-Pacific region than from Europe. […]

With the merger of the two Spanish satellite platforms – Via Digital and Canal Satelite Digital (CSD) – completed, the new merged platform called Digital+ was launched with much fanfare […]

Satellite operator Intelsat reported reduced revenues and earnings for the second quarter compared with the same quarter a year ago. Telecommunications revenues for Intelsat dipped 1 percent, or $2.2 million, […]

The U.K. government has a number of problems with the Green Paper on European Space Policy issued jointly by the European Space Agency and the European Union, particularly the proposal […]

The much talked about launch alliance among France’s Arianespace, U.S.-based Boeing Launch Services (BLS), and Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was formalized Wednesday with the signing of an agreement. Under the […]

Spacenet, the U.S. subsidiary of Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF], has been awarded a five-year contract by Rent-Way to provide a two-way satellite-based IP network to all of Rent-Way’s […]

StarBand, the struggling U.S. provider of two-way satellite broadband to residential and small office customers, has introduced a modem designed to provide peak download speeds of up to one megabit […]

Satellite-based telematics operator Satamatics, in partnership with its service provider SecTrack, is supplying satellite-based location tracking technology and services to the 68 yachts taking part in the Sydney Gold Coast […]

The Federal Aviation Administration has given approval to a satellite radio system for aircraft offered by Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI], Clarion and Avionics Innovations. A Sirius receiver manufactured by […]

C-COM Satellite Systems [Toronto: CMI] is supplying its iNetVu Mobile antenna system to the Office of the Fire Marshal (OFM) of the Ontario Government Ministry of Public Safety and Security. […]

DirecTV, the satellite TV unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has signed an agreement with Nielsen Media Research tomeasure and publish ratings data for advertiser-supported networks delivered on the DirecTV […]

Canada’s Governor in Council has upheld a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) rejection of a Quebecor call to investigate Bell Canada Enterprises [NYSE: BCE] for cross-subsidizing the entry of […]

Microspace Communications, a Raleigh, N.C.-based operator of business satellite broadcast networks, has been selected by John Deere‘s [NYSE: DE] Worldwide Commercial and Consumer Equipment division to establish and deliver content […]

San Diego, Calif.-based Tachyon announced that Mitsui & Co. UK PLC will distribute Tachyon’s enterprise-grade, high-speed broadband satellite services to energy, construction, quarrying and mining and other companies across Europe. […]

PBI Media‘s Telecom Marketing Awards are among the industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs of the past year. Winning an award is the most […]

Week of July 18-24, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol July 24 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 3.05 (17.6) 38.0 160.7 77.3 […]

EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: EMLG] has received a contract valued at $5.7 million from Italian satellite manufacturer Alenia Spazio to supply switching technology for the Cosmo SkyMed earth observation satellite mission […]

Stratos, a Bethesda, Md.-based provider of remote communications solutions and services, has been awarded a five-year contract to upgrade and enhance the satellite-based communications infrastructure on the Ramform Banff, a […]

Hughes Network Systems, a Germantown, Md.-based broadband satellite unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has signed a contract with UAE- based Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications for the design and supply of […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has chosen the Atlas V expendable launch vehicle provided by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] as the launch system for the proposed Pluto New Horizons […]

Spain’s Iberia Airlines has selected ARINC to deliver a package of satellite communications services for the passengers and crew on its entire fleet of long-haul aircraft, including new Airbus A340-600s. […]

Hughes Network Systems, a Germantown, Md.-based broadband satellite unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has selected Grintek Telecom, a South African information and communications technology company, as its representative in […]

Digital Angel [AMEX: DOC], a St. Paul, Minn.-based GPS tracking device maker, has signed six new exclusive distribution agreements with companies in Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic […]

SpaceDev [OTC BB: SPDV.OB] of Poway, Calif., has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to explore the use of microsatellites in national missile defense. In […]

Industry speculation that Intelsat agreed to pay more than market value for the North American satellite assets of Loral Space and Communications [NYSE: LOR] is way off the mark, Intelsat’s […]

By Jimmy Schaeffler The overall U.S. satellite radio industry had an estimated 802,000 subscribers by the end of the second quarter. The sector’s rate of growth leaves it within weeks […]

Iridium Satellite, an Arlington, Va.-based provider of global satellite voice and data communications, now can offer communication services in post-war Iraq. Permission was granted by the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority […]

Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] realignment of its launch and satellite businesses last week is another sign of how the industry’s downturn is causing even one of the largest, most diversified companies […]

The Rainbow 1 satellite recently launched by International Launch Services for New York-based Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC] poses a legitimate threat to existing satellite TV service providers Hughes Electronics’ [NYSE: […]