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EchoStar Satellite LLC and DirecTV have settled pending litigation regarding the use of trademarks as keywords to trigger sponsored links on Internet searches such as Google Adwords and similar search...

Shin Satellite will launch a video-on-demand service in Australia, the company announced. The operator is teaming up with ReelTime Media, an Australian broadband TV company, to offer a variety of...

NDS will supply conditional access services to Gateway Communications for a new satellite pay-TV service in sub-Saharan Africa. Gateway plans to launch an African-focused, subscription-based service by mid-year. GTV initially...

Adventech Satellite Networks Inc. has sold a digital video broadcast-return channel satellite system to a NATO Consultation, Command and Control (3C) Agency, Advantech AMT Inc. announced Feb. 27. NATO will...

XM Satellite Radio brought in revenues of $933 million in 2006, up 67 percent from 2005, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. announced Feb. 26. XM also added 1.7 million net...

Ericsson has made an unsolicited offer to acquire Tandberg Television for 9.8 billion Norwegian kroner ($1.6 billion), Ericsson announced Feb. 26. Ericsson has acquired 11.7 percent of the outstanding shares...

Shin Satellite reported a net loss of 46 million Baht ($1.4 million) in 2006, the company announced Feb. 26. Discounting a 675 million Baht ($20.1 million) write-off of the Thaicom-3...

The European Space Agency (ESA) officially opened the construction site of the Soyuz launch base in French Guiana in a ceremony attended by French authorities and representatives of all the...

GuardianBox will provide security for satellite broadband systems offered by Bentley Walker, a European VSAT distributor, GuardianBox announced Feb. 26. GuardianBox reported that an evaluation of its system resulted in...

Mexico’s telecommunications regulator, Federal Commission of Telecommunications (Cofetel), has approved the rules for a Ka-band satellite license auction, the regulator announced Feb. 21. This is Cofetel’s second attempt to auction...