Author: JJ McCoy

Modern Times Group (MTG), owner of the Viasat DTH platforms in the Nordic and Baltic regions, has sold one of its direct-shopping channels to a German company, MTG announced. MTG...

Thrane & Thrane has appointed NSSL as a key distributor for its satellite radio and communication equipment. NSSL will have a special focus on the European market as part of...

WorldSpace Satellite Radio lost nearly 7,500 subscribers in the 2007 first quarter, bringing its total subscriber base to 191,600, the company announced May 9. The decline reflected low net additions...

[5/14/07] Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) reported a profit of $4 million on revenues of $222.7 million in the first three months of 2007, the company announced May 10. A...

Zoombak is the new name for the former Connectid, a mobile location-based services company and subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp. The change is part a wider rebranding initiative by the...

Romain Bausch, CEO of SES Global, expressed optimism that the company will find a strong market for its Astra2Connect wholesale broadband service, and revealed being in discussions with telcos in...

The item “European Satellite Navigation Competition Offers Prize” in the May 10 Satellite Today should have said that Application Center Ltd. Oberpfaffenhofen is launching the competition, with Bavarian Ministry for...

German pay-TV operator Premiere reported nearly 3.5 million customers in Germany and Austria, the company announced May 10. Premiere added more than 50,000 subscribers in the period ending March 31...

Integral Systems Inc. cited decreased shipments in its space communications systems segment, along with increased bid and proposal costs and legal costs associated with a previously disclosed investigation by the...

SkyNet-5A, the first of three military communications satellites for the U.K. Ministry of Defense, has entered service, Astrium announced May 10. Through subsidiary Paradigm Secure Communications, Astrium is the prime...