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Kardio-TV, the German medical channel planned by Munich-based Doc-Media AG in co-operation with Beta Business TV, a subsidiary of Kirch Group, intends to reach 3,000 doctors when it launches via […]

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is to use an end-to-end digital transmission solution provided by BT Broadcast Services to deliver live coverage from the Sydney Olympics to television viewers across […]

The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Broadcasting (IRIB), Ali Larijani, has said that Iran has plans to transmit IRIB programmes to people across Europe and Middle East. Speaking […]

UK-based communications and Internet company Energis has taken its first step into the interactive digital TV market by launching a “unique” multi-channel package for corporate content providers. To help it […]

Communications company Inmarsat Ventures Ltd reported pre-tax profit of $63.4 million (E70.50m) on revenue of $210.6 million (E234.18m) for the first half year of 2000 ended June 30. This represents […]

Italian Serie A football club Napoli has succeeded in obtaining an away win in its battle with Milan-based pay-TV operator Tele+ over TV rights. A Milan court ruled in favour […]

Satellite transmissions of Albanian Television (TVSh) resumed via Eutelsat on August 15 after a six-month break. Previously, the programmes went out on Eutelsat W2 at 16 degrees East. The broadcasts […]

Here is the problem: you are a broadcaster needing to quickly organise an ENG unit and satellite uplink in some far-off spot for a news feed or sports event. Your […]

A commercial Delta 3 rocket will be launched next week with a simulated payload that The Boeing Co. [BA], the U.S. Air Force and the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research […]

iSky, a Denver, Colo., company that is developing a Ka-band satellite system for two-way Internet access has changed its name to WildBlue Communications, claiming that the name “embodies the frontier […]

Comsat Corp.’s [CQ] 38-year existence as an independent company came to an end this month when Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] completed its purchase of Comsat, following final approval from the […]

A Starsem Soyuz-Fregat rocket carried out the launch of the final two Cluster 2 scientific satellites for the European Space Agency (ESA) from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Liftoff on Aug. […]

Space Media Inc., a subsidiary of SpaceHab Inc. [SPAB], officially solidified its joint venture with RSC Energia Aug. 3. The two companies now are completing their business and marketing plans. […]

An unmanned Russian supply Progress rocket blasted off Aug. 6 to link up to the International Space Station. Progress was carrying fuel, technical equipment, food and water for the space […]

New Skies Satellite NV, the private satellite operator already spun off from Intelsat, has contracted with Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems for the turnkey construction of its seventh satellite, NSS […]

NetSat Express Inc., a provider of Internet connectivity services by satellite and a majority-owned subsidiary of Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM], announced the signing of a three-year contract with Microtec, an […]

Trimble Navigation Ltd. [TRMB], of Sunnyvale, Calif., has won a three-year contract to supply its high precision 4700 GPS receivers for SuomiNet, a university-based, national GPS network that is being […]

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. [SIRI] said in-orbit testing of its first radio broadcasting satellite, Sirius 1, was completed successfully July 31, with all systems performing to specifications. Sirius is one […]

Inmarsat Ventures Ltd. reported an unaudited net profit of $52.5 million or $5.25 per basic share on revenue of $210.6 for the first half of the year, ending June 30. […]

By David Hartshorn Forget carpal-tunnel syndrome. By now, many of us have succumbed to a far more pernicious professional malady: bar-chart saturation. We have become blasé–jaded even–when presented with long […]

By Marc Crossman and Aileen Chen Streaming as a way of obtaining data from the Web is becoming increasingly popular. A growing portion of one’s time online is spent streaming–stimulated […]

By Rob Fernandez Software has always been an important part of every satellite system. In the early years of the industry, software was written on an as-needed basis, and each […]

By Theresa Foley Latin America may be in the United States’ backyard, but broadband satellite services will roll out a good distance behind those in North America if the pattern […]

By Gerry Oberst A conceit of some regulatory bodies, especially in the more heavily-congested European countries, is that satellite services are, somehow, just for rural areas. This line of thinking […]

By Peter J. Brown The race is on to uplink data and Internet protocol (IP)-related traffic at a rate far beyond the level attained by video alone. As fiber networks […]

Layoffs, Emergency Financing Latest Measures Taken To Keep Company Alive The situation at Orbcomm Global Ltd. [OSC] appears to have gone from bad to worse. The company last week underwent […]

After a long, torturous period of being kept on life support, it seems that the time has finally come for the plug to be pulled on Iridium LLC and to […]

In the July 27 issue of MOBILE SATELLITE NEWS, we reported that Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] replaced outgoing Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey Pirone with incoming head Garrett Pierce. In that […]

NetSat28 and Morning Star Satellite Co. LLC joined PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] in filing appeals to recover the Ka-band licenses that were revoked by the FCC earlier this year. Between the […]

Last month, ICO-Teledesic Global Ltd., the holding company that controls the satellite assets of telecommunications pioneer Craig McCaw, named Greg Clarke as the new CEO to help bring ICO-Teledesic’s vision […]