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As satellite business executives look forward to the first years of the 21st century, they can expect the landscape of multimedia space-based applications to remain turbulent. More than ever, in […]

Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES) has announced a further intercontinental expansion–the move into the Western Hemisphere that it long has planned. It is investing $135 million in Embratel’s satellite Ivision […]

Hughes Electronics Corp. [GMH] named three new corporate vice presidents. Pat Doyle was promoted to corporate vice president for finance and acting treasurer. He joined the company in 1992 as […]

The Swedish aerospace manufacturer Saab Ericsson Space has won two subcontracts to supply onboard electronic systems for satellites under construction. Under one of the subcontracts, the company will provide 45 […]

EMS Technologies Inc. [ELMG] said its Caltrac Star Tracker system successfully provided critical navigation functions to the STS-101 mission crew during an experiment in orbital attitude readiness involving ISS. The […]

Temporary Stock Run-Up, Early Release Of 2Q Numbers Keep Eyes On The Company While the future of Globalstar L.P. [GSTRF] is still undetermined, the company still is moving forward with […]

In an effort to put years of accounting problems behind it, Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO). Garrett Pierce will become an executive vice president, […]

Lessons Learned from Iridium, ICO, and Globalstar – Part I The communications satellite industry is facing a profound crisis. The financial disaster created by the Big LEO experiments has far-reaching […]

LAS VEGAS – The advent of satellite-delivered broadband services is one of the most “exciting” developments in the industry, Chuck Hewitt, president of the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA), […]

iSky completed a second round of financing, raising $137 million, toward the first phase of its planned Ka-band satellite system. Echostar Communications Corp. [DISH] was the lead investor in the […]

Final Analysis Inc., which is building a Little LEO satellite system for data communications, has awarded further satellite construction contracts to General Dynamics Corp. [GD] and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. […]

The Societe Europeenee des Satellites, the Luxembourg-based satellite broadcaster that plans to start delivering the Internet via satellite later this year, and iBEAM Broadcasting Corp. [IBEM], a two-year-old Silicon Valley […]

PhoenixNet Ltd. signed an agreement with Yahoo! Hong Kong to provide broadband-enabled services via satellite across the Asia Pacific region. According to the agreement, PhoenixNet will provide Yahoo! Hong Kong […]

Globalstar USA said it has expanded the geographic coverage of its services to include almost all of Alaska, regions of the North Pacific to the International Date Line, portions of […]

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd. (HCM) selected Orbcomm Global L.P. to monitor, track and control its fleet of general-purpose hydraulic excavators. The Information Excavator system, developed jointly by HCM and […]

Italian pay-TV platform Stream has fired director general Giovanni Minoli after only six months. Stream’s recently appointed CEO, Lucia Morselli, said three grave errors had contributed to Minoli’s downfall – […]

Bavarian media authority Bayerische Landeszentrale fur neue Medien (BLM) has licenced a range of thematic pay-TV channels for nationwide satellite transmission over a period of eight years. Fox Kids will […]

Austrian public broadcaster ORF has delayed the launch of its marketing campaign for the digital satellite feed of its domestic TV channels ORF1 and ORF2 on Astra (19.2 degrees East) […]

ICO-Teledesic Global Ltd, the new holding company that controls Craig McCaw’s satellite assets, has announced that Greg Clarke has joined the company as chief executive officer. Clarke was CEO of […]

Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity, compiled by Mike Fallon Key D – Digital A – Analogue 134 degreesE Apstar-1A D – Macau TV, from the former Portuguese colony […]

Chris Bulloch on how French space industry turmoil lead to the formation of Astrium and EADS On July 10 this year, shares in EADS, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space […]

Following pressure from subscribers, and in the light of similar launches by its terrestrial and cable rivals, BSkyB is looking to introduce Internet access via satellite in the New Year. […]

In a move that will lead to TM3 probably being remembered in German television history as the most revamped TV channel, the Munich-based broadcaster will undergo another major content change […]

Globalstar’s second quarter results, issued last Thursday, were mixed. The company reported; $708,000 (E759,000) in total revenue, consisting of $390,000 in net service revenue ($483,000 in gross service revenue before […]

The two Italian pay-TV operators, Stream and Tele+, have together earned over L125 billion (E64.56 million) during 1999 from football matches. Market leader Tele+ earned 86.6 per cent of the […]

Polish regulator KRRiT has agreed to a 33 per cent shareholding in Polsat by a Dutch holding company. Polsat Media BV, a holding company controlled by Polsat’s owner Zygmunt Solorz, […]

The first of the Sea Launch vessels has departed from its home port in Long Beach, California, in preparation for the launch of the PanAmSat’s PAS-9 satellite on July 28. […]

Zygmunt Solorz, owner of the Polsat network is talking to News Corporation about the possible sale of a 33 per cent interest in the company. Before such a deal can […]

Earlier this year the so-called Saudi Arabian ‘dish ban’ was widely reported to have been lifted, with key regional broadcasters like ART and Orbit publicly welcoming the relaxation of rules. […]

PanAmSat Corp is reporting earnings of about $59.23 million (E55.47m) or 39 cents per share on revenues of $322.25 million during the second quarter of this year. This compares with […]