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WildBlue Inc. of Denver, formerly iSky, said it has invested in a semiconductor design company, U.S. Monolithics LLC, that will play a key role in Wild Blue’s construction of a...

The troubles of the mobile satellite industry have been documented well in the trade press. From the high-profile bankruptcy of Iridium LLC to the recent financial troubles at Orbcomm [ORB],...

Tachyon Inc., of San Diego, a satellite-based supplier of two-way access to the Internet via satellite, has named Rick Adams as its chief marketing officer. He will be responsible for...

While the rest of the satellite industry is bracing itself for another potential high-profile disaster, this time on the Little LEO side of the fence, Orbital Communications Corp. (Orbcomm) execs...

Successful Launch Temporarily Deflects Attention Away From Damaged Spare The successful launch of the Sirius 2 satellite Sept. 5 temporarily should take some heat off Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. [SIRI],...

AlloCiné, a company specialising in information about films and in selling cinema tickets, launched a TV channel, AlloCiné Télévision, on September 1. The channel will be available on the Canal...

The two US DTH platforms continue to show healthy growth. Latest figures from Bank of America (BoA) securities suggest that DirecTV and Echostar’s DiSH system will be touching a combined...

Satelites Mexicanos SA de CV’s (Satmex) Solidaridad 1 satellite has ceased operation and is now considered “irretrievably lost” by the company. The loss was caused by the failure of the...

Italy’s Profit Group plans to launch five thematic free-to-air satellite TV channels. So far, Profit has mainly concentrated its activities in the terrestrial TV sector – it owns local broadcasters...

The Italian government aims to partly privatise public broadcaster RAI, with a plan to float its two main channels now high on the agenda. The plan was officially discussed during...