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[Satellite Today – 6-30-08] Under a proposed transaction News Corp. will no longer be the majority shareholder of NDS Group, News Corp. announced June 27.     News Corp. and a...

[Satellite Today – 6-30-08] Euronews has signed with SatLink Communications a deal that will improve distribution of Euronews in key markets in Asia, the company announced June 30.     SatLink...

[Satellite Today – 6-30-08] CETel and strategic partner Arabsat are offering DVB-S2 services on Arabsat-2B in C-Band, the companies announced June 30.     The service is designed to serve CETel’s...

[Satellite Today – 6-30-08] The first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite is undergoing thermal vacuum tests designed to gauge performance in space, satellite manufacturer Lockheed Martin announced...

[Satellite Today – 6-30-08] Sirius Satellite Radio expects to achieve synergies of about $400 million in 2009 if its merger with XM Satellite Radio is approved, Sirius announced June 30....

[Satellite Today – 6-30-08] The global satellite communications sector has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) not to allow terrestrial fixed services to operate in the 14.0-14.5 gigahertz band...

[Satellite Today – 6-27-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) conducted a full launch dress rehearsal and hold down firing of the Falcon 1 Flight 3 vehicle June 26, the company...

[Satellite Today – 6-27-08] The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne a contract for the fabrication and ground test of a solar thermal propulsion...

[Satellite Today – 6-27-08] Avanti Communications has won a key satellite broadband contract in Scotland, the company said June 26.     Avanti will provide broadband services to premises throughout Scotland,...

[Satellite News – 6-26-08] BSkyB reached an agreement with BT regarding support for BSkyB’s Sky Talk telephony service, BT said June 25.     BT will provide BSkyB with a wholesale...