Connectivity

A directive passed last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) focuses on three kinds of dishes: beef, chicken and satellite. As mandated in...

Australia is one of the most dynamic pay-TV markets in Asia, and the country’s geography and large numbers of households situated in remote areas of the country making it an...

SPAB Spacehab Inc., a provider of commercial space services, announced Oct. 6 that its common stock has closed for more than 30 consecutive days below the minimum $1-per-share requirement for...

The competition for satellite pay-TV operators is getting more intense around the globe, with traditional rival cable now joined by a growing number of telcos eager to gain a slice...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Oct. 3 granted anti-trust clearance to the United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture that will combine the government launch operations of Boeing Co....

NFL fans in Washington and Miami are getting their games on more than ever through a pilot program between Kangaroo TV and DirecTV. Using Kangaroo TV’s handheld unit with a...

Microsoft Corp. and Hughes announced Sept. 28 a plan to roll out 5,000 broadband-enabled kiosks across India. The two companies plan to deploy information and communications-technology kiosks in an estimated...

The satellite manufacturing landscape remains a tough place to do business, with a host of manufacturers still competing for relatively few orders. Despite the intense competition, EADS Astrium remains one...

An arbitrator denied XM Satellite Radio’s request to recover 20 percent of the value of two Boeing-built satellites, XM announced in a Sept. 27 filing with the U.S. Securities and...

By Peter J. Brown The movie industry is waking up to the fact that satellite-based distribution today represents a viable alternative to the old way of distributing films. When it...