Author: JJ McCoy

DirecTV Inc. announced April 3 that Ellen Filipiak has been named senior vice president for customer service. Filipiak will report to John Suranyi, president of DirecTV Sales and Service, and...

[4/4/07] Stating that the potential merger of Sirius Satelllite Radio and XM Satellite Radio “is the paradigm for why anti-trust laws and FCC competitive mandates were enacted in the first...

Setanta Sports pulled off an upset of sorts on March 30 when it outbid BSkyB in an auction for soccer broadcasting rights in the United Kingdom. In a deal worth...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. is providing a broadband satellite network including more than 3,000 VSATs for deployment at one of Europe’s large retail chains, Gilat announced. The network, based on...

DigitalGlobe, a commercial high-resolution satellite imagery and geospatial information products provider, has joined the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), NASA and the Medallion Foundation to launch a research...

Jean-Jacques Dordain, the director general of the European Space Agency (ESA), believes that space technologies can help reduce the digital divide in Europe, but that it is up to others...

[4/2/07] Intelsat Ltd. will increase its capital expenditures in 2007 to cover accelerated construction and launch plans to meet demand for transponder capacity around the globe, Intelsat COO Jim Frownfelter...

DirecTV Inc. expended its local high-definition (HD) offerings to Greenville, S.C.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Jacksonville Fla.; and Spokane, Wash., the company announced March 28. The additions bring DirecTV local HD broadcast...

XM Satellite Radio expanded its XM NavTraffic information service to six new markets — Fresno, Calif.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Montreal; Salt Lake City; Toronto; and Vancouver, British Columbia, the company announced.

EMS Satcom, added its CNX-300 Mobile Access Router to its CNX Cabin gateway series of airborne networking devices. The product, which provides Ethernet, Wi-Fi, hub and terminal adapter services with...