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SDN Global and End II End Communications entered a strategic agreement to combine SDN’s satellite broadband technology with End II End’s encryption software to offer secure virtual private network (VPN) […]

The European Economic and Social Committee is warning the European Commission that action is needed by member governments if Europe is not to become an also-ran in the race to […]

Week of July 11 – 17, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol July 17 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 3.25 (3.0) 55.5 […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Not content with its position in the New York cable TV market, Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC] plans to take on the two direct broadcast satellite (DBS) […]

Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] and its satellite TV subsidiary, DirecTV, last week bucked the industry-downturn trend by revealing strong financial results for the second quarter ended June 30. Hughes reported […]

PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] President and CEO Joseph Wright said that technical problems aboard two of the company’s Boeing 601 model satellites now in orbit will not disrupt services to customers […]

By Sean Badding The digital satellite radio industry’s run to its one-millionth subscriber is approaching fast. The Carmel Group predicts this first major milestone will be broken during August-September 2003. […]

Major League Baseball fans in more than 200 countries worldwide watched last week’s All-Star Game with an assist that came from a distance much further away than the nose-bleed seats […]

Intelsat Ltd., of Hamilton, Bermuda, is addressing one of its most glaring weaknesses by signing a definitive asset purchase agreement to acquire six Loral Skynet satellites and orbital slots over […]

Loral Space and Communications [NYSE: LOR] agreed last week to sell arguably its most precious assets and to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy-court protection for the chance of emerging from the […]

Denver-based Qwest Communications International [NYSE: Q] has signed strategic marketing agreements with Hughes Electronics’ [NYSE: GMH] DirecTV and EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] to make satellite TV services available to its […]

San Antonio, Texas-based SBC Communications [NYSE: SBC] and Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] have formed a strategic partnership to let SBC companies “aggressively market” co-branded SBC DISH Network multichannel […]

Ottawa, Canada-based EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: ELMG] announced an amendment to a distribution agreement with Stratos, a Bethesda, Md.-based provider of satellite communications, designating Stratos as a “master distributor” for EMS […]

Verdisys, a Houston, Tex.-based provider of satellite communications and drilling services to the oil and gas industry, has completed its merger with Reconstruction Data Group [OTC BB: RDGI.OB] . The […]

Auto-Q International [OTC BB: AUTQ.OB], a London-based provider of vehicle tracking and monitoring systems for trucking fleets and consumers, has received a contract from furniture and housewares chain MFI to […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite was given a new lease on life following the successful implementation of new software in three computers that […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–An Atlas V-521 blasted the Rainbow 1 DBS satellite into orbit at 7:45 p.m EDT Thursday in a launch for Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC]. While the launch itself […]

Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat expects revenues derived from broadband services to significantly increase over the next five years, according to CEO Giuliano Berretta. At the moment, broadband constitutes a small […]

David Logsdon has been named executive director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce‘s Space Enterprise Council. In his new position, he will be responsible for U.S. export control policy, space […]

iDirect Technologies, a privately held company that designs, develops, and markets bi-directional satellite-based broadband access solutions, is working with the South Western Region Authority of Ireland to launch satellite-based broadband […]

Stratos Global [TSX: SGB], a Bethesda, Md.-based satellite communications provider, recorded net earnings for the second quarter of $8.3 million, or 16 cents per share, an increase of $5.7 million […]

Andrew Corp. [Nasdaq: ANDW], an Orland Park, Ill.-based satellite and telecommunications equipment manufacturer, announced that Vice Chairman and CFO Charles R. Nicholas will succeed Floyd L. English as chairman of […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–New York-based cable TV operator, Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC], plans to use its Rainbow 1 satellite scheduled for launch this evening to compete head-to-head with existing satellite TV […]

At press time, Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC] was preparing to launch its first satellite aboard an Atlas 5 rocket Thursday evening but weather conditions could interfere with those plans. Rain […]

PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] officials explained this week that recent technical problems it is incurring with two of its Boeing 601 model satellites will not disrupt services to its customers or […]

Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] and its satellite TV subsidiary, DirecTV, notched strong results for the second quarter ended June 30. Hughes reported that second quarter 2003 revenues increased 8.1 percent […]

E! Networks, one of the largest entertainment channel providers in the United States, is seeking a number of deals with European pay-TV satellite operators in the coming months. The channel […]

PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] is teaming up with Liberty Foundation, a South Africa-based company that supports education and skills training, to deliver healthcare and educational programming via satellite across all regions […]

93.5 degreesE: Insat 3A D India’s Doordarshan Maharashtra service has launched on 3960 MHz vertical, SR 5000, FEC 3/4, VPID 1110, APID 1211 in free-to-air MPEG-2. This service is for […]

BSkyB has won a key football broadcast rights deal in the United Kingdom alongside the BBC. BSkyB has signed a new domestic deal with the English Football Association that shares […]