Author: JJ McCoy

The Modern Times Group (MTG), owners of direct-to-home (DTH) platforms in the Nordic and Baltic regions of Europe, has outlined a number of strategic objectives as it looks to consolidate...

The first of four satellites for Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed constellation was delivered in a June 8 launch aboard a Boeing Delta 2 booster from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Thales...

Sea Launch has concluded its failure investigation and expects its return to flight in October with delivery of Thuraya-3 aboard a Zenit 3SL booster, company spokeswoman Paula Korn said June...

DataPath is on the verge of completing acquisition of European mobile satellite terminal vendor Swe-Dish Satellite Systems with a deal likely to be announced later in the month, Swe-Dish said...

Air Logistics, a U.S. helicopter fleet serving the offshore oil industry, is equipping 125 aircraft with Iridium-based satellite systems for voice communications and automatic flight following, Iridium Satellite announced June...

Stephen Tapp, president and chief operating officer of XM Canada will leave the company effective June 15 to pursue other opportunities, Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. announced on June 7....

Atlanta-based Crawford Communications Inc. has acquired the assets of StarLink Inc., a satellite uplink truck company based near Chattanooga, Tenn. The acquisition adds a C-band, Ku-band and C/Ku-band hybrid to...

Eutelsat Communications has submitted an offer with two Mexican partners (Miguel Aleman Group and Clemente Serna Group) for 100 percent ownership of the Mexican satellite operator Satelites Mexicanos (SatMex), Eutelsat...

France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications (FTMSC) has renamed itself Vizada as it aims for sharpened performance in the mobile satellite services market. Apax Partners acquired the erstwhile FTMSC in October...

Sogecable’s direct-to-home (DTH) platform Digital+ is preparing to bring high-definition (HD) services to its 2 million customers in Spain. The operator said that beginning in August, its iPlus service will...