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Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] was the second U.S. satellite radio to enter commercial service but it aims to be the first to add a video component to its existing slate...

A second review panel is assessing the Ariane 5 rocket before it is cleared to launch the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta scientific satellite. That mission needs to occur by...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF], a satellite networking technology company, reported a “significant increase” in its order backlog when it released its latest quarterly results Jan. 6. The gains are...

The promotion of James Frownfelter to the post of chief operating officer at PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] is aimed at allowing CEO Joseph Wright to focus on growing the company’s revenues....

STMicroelectronics [STM], a supplier of set-top box and MPEG decoder chips, recently shipped its 100 millionth MPEG-2 device to set-top box manufacturers, company officials said. ST’s chips are used in...

KVH Industries [KVHI] will unveil its TracVision A5 in-motion satellite TV antenna at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The 4-1/2 inch high TracVision in-motion satellite TV system...

The MVS Group, a distribution partner for Inmarsat’s high-speed satellite-based Regional BGAN service, has sold 1,000 terminals for the service and expects Regional BGAN to triple its own commercial sales...

Pegasus Communications Corp. said that as a result of its previously announced one-for-10 reverse stock split, its Class A common stock has been trading on Nasdaq on a post- split...

Cable TV providers are gaining market share in the Canadian digital television market at the expense of satellite TV services, a new study has found. Canadian satellite TV providers have...

Hauppauge, N.Y.-based Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM], a provider of satellite communications services, won two satellite equipment infrastructure pacts valued at $5.3 million. The first contract, obtained from an unidentified customer...