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Astrium is one of the main players in the European satellite manufacturing market. It has recently seen EADS take full control of the company. Astrium has undergone a widespread restructuring...

U.S. satellite radio operators are facing real funding problems right now. Interspace recently reported that XM Satellite Radio might need an extra $600 million to reach cashflow breakeven. It now...

Eutelsat has concluded an agreement with the InterSputnik International Organisation of Space Communications, under which InterSputnik will sell Eutelsat’s satellite capacity and satellite communications services. InterSputnik Director General Gennady Kudryavtsev...

Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 90 degreesE: Yamal 102 D Russia’s Radio Yunost (Youth Channel) has launched on 3530 MHz LHCP via APID 257 in clear MPEG-2. 83...

Hughes Networks Systems (HNS) has unveiled a new digital satellite recorder for U.S. satellite broadcaster DirecTV. The recorder, which will retail for $200, has dual tuners, enabling customers to record...

BT Openworld is stepping up its effort at selling broadband satellite services. In a recently commissioned survey of 190 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), BT Openworld revealed that two-thirds of...

Fox Kids Europe (FKE) has announced that CEO Ynon Kreiz will leave FKE in November this year. Kriez has been CEO of FKE for over five years. During his time...

NDS and Kudelski could be in a two-way fight for Canal+ Technologies, the conditional access (CA) vendor put up for sale by Vivendi Universal. NDS CFO Rick Medlock denied any...

LAS VEGAS–A major thrust for satellite radio is to convince consumers that commercial-free music channels are worth a monthly subscription fee and equipment costs. XM Satellite Radio offers most of...

New Skies Satellites expects to clear any debt it picks up through its satellite rollout programme by the end of 2004. The operator, which has recently launched its NSS-7 satellite,...