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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...

Echostar Communications Corp. [DISH] released its latest settop box on Jan. 8, and plans to begin retailing the new unit in February for $499. The receiver, dubbed Echostar 5000, features...

Horsham, Penn.-based Toner Cable Equipment Inc. announced that it now is a distributor of Ortel Corp.’s [ORTL] 3100/4100-series fiber optic link system, which enables satellite anten nas to be located...

Last month, Chatsworth, Calif.-based Schaeffer Magnetics Inc. delivered two solar array drive assemblies, related electronic controls and a lens-cover actuator to TRW Inc. [TRW], which is building the Lewis remote...

The Argentine Nahuelsat consortium said last week that Princeton, N.J.- based GE American Communications Inc. [GE] agreed to buy a stake in the Latin American satellite venture. GE Americom, a...

Richmond, British Columbia-based Radarsat International and the Canadian Space Agency signed an agreement with Japanese space agency NASDA whereby NASDA will receive remote sensing data from Canada’s Radarsat satellite at...

Keystone Communications Corp. announced it has leased three additional C-band transponders aboard the Galaxy 4 spacecraft to expand its occasional-use C-band transponder capacity by 50 percent. The new transponders will...

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) elected Patricia Ruggieri, Sony Electronics Inc.’s national marketing manager-DSS products, as chairwoman-reception systems segment of its manufacturer’s commit tee. SBCA also named Ruggieri...

DBS subscribership increased by 83.7 percent, or 2 million new subscribers, in 1996, according to newly released figures from the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association. There are now more than...

The U.S. Air Force last month narrowed to two the field of companies vying for the right to develop the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV). Following a 15-month process, Lockheed...