Month: January 2006

Echostar Communications Corp. and its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite service unveiled a new high-definition (HD) television package, DishHD. The package includes five new Voom channels, bringing the total to 15,...

XM Satellite Radio surpassed 6 million subscribers, while rival Sirius Satellite Radio reached 3.3 million subscribers, triggering a $225 million stock payout to Howard Stern, the companies announced. Washington-based XM...

Globalstar signed a definitive agreement to acquire three privately held companies authorized to provide Globalstar service in Central America, as well as a gateway in Nicaragua, Globalstar announced Jan. 5....

Arianespace broke even in 2005 on revenue of 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), the company announced Jan. 4. Starsem posted sales of about 100 million euros ($118.8 million) and also...

The Tata Group plans to launch its direct-to-home satellite TV service, Tata Sky, by June, the company announced Jan. 5. The service will be available in Mumbai initially before moving...

Delphi Corp. has become a strategic investor and technology provider for Spain’s Ondas Media SA, which plans to launch a subscription satellite radio service in 2009, Delphi announced Jan. 4....

Worldspace Satellite Radio received authorization from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch its Afristar-2 satellite, Worldspace announced Jan. 4. Afristar-2, currently in storage in Toulouse, France, will be...

Eutelsat signed a capacity contract with Telekom Srbija, one of Eastern Europe’s leading telcos, for capacity on the Hot Bird 7A satellite. The contract calls for the lease of a...

Bellsouth signed an agreement with SES Americom to test a satellite-based video distribution service as Bellsouth ramps ups its Internet protocol (IP) TV plans. BellSouth will test IP Prime, which...

Wildblue Communications Inc. dropped the installation price for its satellite Internet service by $100, the company announced Jan. 3. Installation of Wildblue’s equipment package is being offered for $79.95 through...