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Walter Purnell, president and CEO of Motient Corp. [MTNT], recently sat down with MOBILE SATELLITE NEWS to discuss the role that a terrestrial wireless data network has played in a […]

Iridium LLC could end up becoming the Timex of the mobile satellite industry – it takes a licking and keeps on ticking. In the latest news, the debtors of Iridium […]

NEW YORK–Market understanding and flexibility will be the keys to success for next-generation broadband satellite systems. “We are getting close to realizing the next generation of broadband systems,” said Eugene […]

Qualcomm Inc. [QCOM], which supplies trucking companies with its satellite-based OmniTracs automatic vehicle location and tracking service, has begun a program to expand the service to metropolitan fleet owners, privates […]

Orbcomm Global L.P. [ORB]announced the commercial availability of the Stellar Communications ST2500 GSM subscriber communicator (SC), which can use either GSM cellular systems that are widely used outside North American, […]

Globalstar L.P. [GSTRF] said it supplied 11 Qualcomm Inc. [QCOM] phones to the South Korean delegation to the recent Summit Meeting between the presidents of South and North Korea. South […]

Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) announced a joint venture with APT Satellite Company Ltd. of Hong Kong, owner and operator of the three-satellite Apstar 1, 1A and 2R system. The agreement was […]

The Sky Digibox from fifth manufacturer Sony is about to be released following long delays and reported disagreements between Sony and Sky. Sony’s VTX-S760U is the first receiver for Sky’s […]

Giancaro Leone has taken up the post of director at Rai Uno replacing Agostino Sacca in one of a series of changes at the public broadcaster. Stefano Munafo has replaced […]

Phoenix Satellite TV, the Hong Kong-based satellite and cable broadcaster part-owned by News Corp, says it intends raising HK$785.2 million ($100.8 million) in its upcoming IPO, offering stock at HK$1.08, […]

Neibal Group International of Abu Dhabi has signed a contract with Thailand’s Shin Satellite to transmit the first Urdu digital television channel to broadcast family entertainment. The channel, a joint […]

Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity, compiled by Mike Fallon Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 78.5 degreesE: Thaicom-2&3 D – Asian Multimedia Network (AMN), which is due […]

With this in-depth study of Sky Global Network’s plans, drawn from analysts comments plus Sky Global’s June 20 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Interspace begins what will […]

EMS Technologies has received an order for more that 15,000 broadband, Ka-Band, two-way VSat terminals from a European-based company that will provide service via one of the SES-Astra satellites. EMS […]

Telefonica-backed Antena 3 TV has moved the transmissions of its international channel to the Hispasat 1C satellite (30 degrees West). Antena 3 Internacional, which is aimed at North America, was […]

A survey conducted by Makno on behalf of pubcaster RAI has shown there to be 2,300,000 Italian DTH households, representing 12 per cent of total TV households. More than 1,800,000 […]

Institutional investors have unloaded their holdings in Globalstar in a telling sign that they expect the company ultimately to file for bankruptcy, a panel of industry analysts have said. The […]

Europe Online founder Candace Johnson – and still President of the Board – has brought in Dennis Hightower, most recently president of Disney Consumer Products in Paris, as CEO “to […]

ITN has named August 1 as the launch date for the ITN News Channel. Describing the venture as the “World’s first fully convergent digital news channel” ITN chief executive Stewart […]

The prime ministers of Germany’s regional states have agreed to make a number of changes to the national media law. At the heart of the new legislation is the increase […]

Italy’s antitrust regulator has started formal proceedings against Canal+-owned Italian digital TV platform Tele+, claiming that it used its dominant position to buy up an excessive share of TV rights […]

German music channel Viva is planning to turn itself into a multimedia brand with multimedia brand with ambitions to expand into the United States. According to chairman Dieter Gorny, the […]

BBC Worldwide says its aggregated distribution count for its global channels now tops 300 million homes. Revealing details from BBC Worldwide’s Annual Report & Accounts (to March 31 this year), […]

German digital pay-TV platform operator Premiere World is considering a return to retail sales in addition to the currently favoured rental model. According to industry sources, it is planned to […]

A new meeting between Telecom Italia president Roberto Colaninno and News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch regarding the future of Italian digital satellite TV platform Stream is planned for this week. […]

BSkyB launched its Sky News Active digital service Monday (June 27). The system uses the equivalent of two digital transmission streams to deliver up to five simultaneous channels on mini-screens. […]

Sea Launch has said it has completed its analysis of its launch failure last March 12 and is ready to return to flight late next month. Its next launch will […]

Amsterdam-based MirCorp inaugurated its Citizen Explorer Program, which soon may provide the first commercial manned flight opportunity for private citizens. Dennis Tito, a 59-year-old California millionaire is slated to become […]

NEW YORK–As consolidation sweeps the global economy, the satellite and space industry will continue to follow suit with the formation of new consortia and individual corporate streamlining in hopes of […]

NEW YORK–Financiers urged space and satellite executives to pay closer attention to the details of their structured business plans if they want to gain financial backing for space ventures. Wall […]