Author: Staff Writer

Calling all marketers: The Commerce Department invites U.S. companies to participate in its Aerospace Product Literature Center (APLC) to be located at the U.S. pavilion at this year’s Paris Air...

DirecTv Inc. [GMH] announced it is the first DBS operator to reach the Caribbean, with service launches this month in Barbados as well as Trinidad & Tobago. Caribbean Communications Network...

Cambridge, Ontario-based Com Dev International Ltd. received a $5 million contract this month from Alcatel Espace to supply switches, multiplexers and related equipment for Alcatel’s Multimedia Asia (M2A) satellite payload...

Thailand-based Asia Broadcasting and Communications Network Ltd. (ABCN) contracted with Telesat Canada for Telesat to operate its L-Star broadcasting and communications satellites for up to two years. Telesat will direct...

Odyssey Telecommunications, the Big Low-Earth-orbit venture backed by TRW Inc. [TRW] and Teleglobe Inc., announced its first local partnership this month, a memorandum of understanding with China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite...

State-owned operator China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corp. (Chinasat) selected Loral Space & Communications Ltd. [LOR] unit Space Systems/ Loral (SS/L) to build Chinasat 8, a hybrid satellite. The satellite, which...

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA), working with a local retailer from Meade, Kansas, announced Jan. 15 it petitioned the FCC to preempt an "aggressive" Meade ordinance limiting satellite...

Haven’t seen enough DBS ads recently? Philadelphia-based Primestar Partners plans to uncork a $150 million marketing campaign this spring to lead up to its planned launch of 65 additional channels...

Tel Aviv, Israel-based VSAT manufacturer Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] completed its purchase of Melbourne, Fla.-based paging and satellite hardware manufacturer Skydata Inc. Gilat paid with approxi mately 8 percent...

Fiber-optic and satellite operator Vyvx Inc. announced Jan. 8 that it completed its purchase of MGS Services Inc., Viacom Inc.’s [VIA] broadcast adver tising distribution provider. MGS duplicates commercials and...