Author: JJ McCoy

The European Commission (EC) has given the green light to the Thales acquisition of Alcatel’s stakes in Alcatel Alenia Space and Telespazio. "This merger creates a complex vertical structure in...

Pending a meeting this week in Ukraine of the Sea Launch Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB), and based on company estimates, the launch provider is anticipating its return to flight...

Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.), chairman of the House committee on science and technology, released an April 2 letter to President George W. Bush calling for the removal of Robert Cobb...

EchoStar Communications Corp. and Google have entered into a partnership agreement to introduce the first automated system for buying, selling, delivering and measuring television ads on Dish Network’s 125 national...

Arqiva has completed its acquisition of BT Satellite Broadcast Services. Arqiva announced in November 2006 that it was going to acquire the company in a cash deal worth 25 million...

Alcatel Alenia Space has been awarded a 9 million euro ($12.0 million) contract by Globalstar Inc. to upgrade the latter’s Control Network Facility, Alcatel Alenia Space announced April 3. The...

Eutelsat has confirmed that an Arabic version of the channel France 24 launched April 2 across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. French and English versions of the channel...

Comsat has activated a broadband satellite service in Venezuela through acquisition of its state-of-the-art Viasat Linkstar platform to operate via the Intelsat-705 satellite, Comsat announced April 3. The satellite –...

Globecomm Systems Inc. and UTStarcom Inc. have created a nationwide demonstration network linking multiple picocells serving their office buildings, with all the backhaul and call control provided via satellite through...

Lon Levin, co-founder of XM Satellite Radio and satellite industry veteran, has joined Slacker Inc. as senior advisor, Slacker announced April 3. Levin is an entrepreneur and executive with over...