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The shape of the merger between UPC and SBS Broadcasting began to take firmer shape at MIPtv last week with plans for two joint channels an as yet unnamed film […]

A new Italian satellite TV company that aims to compete with Telepiu and Stream is being developed by Finmeccanica subsidiary Alenia Spazio and Franco Bernabe & Company. Former Telecom Italia […]

Disney Channel Europe is to be divided into up to four separate channels, rolling out initially in the UK, France and Germany. It is not yet clear exactly how the […]

Eutelsat’s Sesat launched successfully from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 0306 local time on April 18. Russian senior staff spoke of their “mutual happiness”, referring to links between Eutelsat and the […]

In hopes of building its secondary satellite and payload business, Space Operations International LLC (SOI) has signed a memorandum of agreement with Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT]. The companies plan to […]

The results of the second annual America’s SpacePoll are in and the winners are space exploration, NASA, satellite communications and space science and research initiatives. Even though pioneering space efforts […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced that the Navy has exercised first-year options worth some $54.4 million for satellite communications terminals for surface ships, submarines and shore stations. If the service exercises […]

Eutelsat’s newest satellite, SESAT (for Siberia Europe Satellite), has been positioned on the launch pad for its scheduled launch on the night of April 17. SESAT is an 18-transponder, Ku-band […]

TRW Inc. [TRW] has delivered to Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] the low data rate payload communications package for the sixth and last satellite in the Defense Department’s ultra-secure Milstar system. […]

Firouz Naderi is the new manager of the recently established Mars Program Office at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. NASA has suffered the high- profile failure of several […]

by David Hartshorn As historic moments go, this one was decidedly understated. The doors of Cable & Satellite Russia had long since been closed, the exhibit hall was nearly empty, […]

By Gerry Oberst Hope that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) could decrease the flood of “paper satellites” plaguing the industry has been dashed by reports coming from the Geneva-based organization. […]

by Theresa Foley The higher-performance, more cost-effective expendable launch vehicles that satellite owners have desired for many years are joining the ranks of demonstrated flying machines as the new millennium […]

By Theresa Foley Mass marketing of satellite-Internet access in Europe is under way, as two startups try to attract large numbers of subscribers who want high-speed Net access using satellite […]

By Theresa Foley The once elite club of satellite companies is attracting new members as Internet, media and telecom firms try to capture some of the huge growth in the […]

by the Phillips Satellite Group This year’s installment of the Phillips satellite conference series, Satellite 2000, was another record-breaking event, both in terms of attendees and in the news and […]

by Peter J. Brown Rapid changes are transforming the broadcast world. Caching; pull or on-demand services; automation; new displays and graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are having an impact on every […]

By Marc Crossman and Anh Steininger Loral has been attracting the attention of the financial community recently. Loral has reported fourth quarter and full year 1999 revenue and EBITDA results […]

By Robert N. Wold Those birds of paradise called geostationary satellites, invisible to the naked eye as they perch on the equatorial ring that circles the globe, were in especially […]

A prominent Wall Street satellite analyst cut his subscriber estimates, stock rating and stock price target for Globalstar [GSTRF], a global, mobile satellite phone service that recently launched operations in […]

Globalstar’s [GSTRF] quest for customers, at least in the United States, could become a more difficult task, due to a new dual-mode phone released by Motorola [MOT] and offered by […]

American Mobile Satellite Corp. [SKYC] announced its program to help subscribers who are left without service in the wake of Iridium LLC’s [IRID] demise. The Reston, Va.-based company will offer […]

General Dynamics [GD] selected Raytheon Co. [RTNA] to provide the total ground network infrastructure for the FAISAT global wireless data network being developed by proposed Little LEO operator Final Analysis. […]

Trimble Navigation Ltd., [TRMB] the designer of a wide variety of civilian products enabled by Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, has introduced its newest generation receiver, the ACE III GPS […]

It’s more green lights and blue skies for Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI], and the satellite radio business in general, said Sirius Chairman and CEO David Margolese. He envisions automobile and […]

Arianespace has successfully launched a dual payload on an Ariane 5 launcher. The craft put Worldspace’s AsiaStar and the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Insat 3B satellites into orbit. AsiaStar will […]

Spain’s leading digital pay-TV platform, Canal Satelite Digital (CSD), says it plans to reach one million subscribers and launch 20 new digital channels this year. Currently, the venture has 865,000 […]

Arab Radio and Television (ART) is planing to bring at least four Arabic language channels to 28.2 degrees East. An ART insider suggested that it has considered renting transponder space […]

Cartoon Network is to launch a new channel featuring classic cartoons from the Hanna-Barbera library. The channel, Boomerang, will start broadcasting on May 27 from 0600-2400. It will be available […]

D – Digital A – Analogue 105.5 degreesE: Asiasat-1 & 3S D Asiasat-3S was launched successfully aboard a Russian Proton rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on March 21. It will […]