Focus: Broadcasting

The final Arianespace launch of 2006 is scheduled for Dec. 8, as an Ariane 5 is slated to place SES Americom‘s AMC-18 satellite and WildBlue Communications‘ WildBlue-1 satellite into orbit....

Space Communications Ltd. has sold more than 50 percent of the total capacity on its Amos-3 satellite, which is slated for launch in the third quarter of 2007, the company...

Sirius Satellite Radio announced Dec. 4 that it was updating its year-end 2006 subscriber guidance in light of lagging holiday retail sales. "While strong, this year’s retail sales results since...

XM Satellite Radio and General Motors (GM) announced Dec. 5 that the automaker will build more than 1.8 million 2007 vehicles with factory-installed XM Radio. GM was the first automaker...

China Central Television (CCTV), the national broadcaster of the People’s Republic of China, has renewed a multiyear contract with Intelsat for global distribution of programming, Intelsat announced. Intelsat provides program...

Arqiva, which recently reached an agreement to acquire BT‘s satellite broadcast business for 25 million British pounds ($47.9 million), hopes the acquisition will provide a springboard to a stronger position...

Multichoice Hellas is one of the leading pay-TV operators in Greece and the direct-to-home (DTH) operator is playing a key role in bringing new digital services to Greek customers through...

Alcatel-Lucent, a global communications provider of Internet Protocol (IP) TV, broadband access, carrier IP, IMS and next-generation networks, launched operations Dec. 1 after completion of a merger between Alcatel and...

Echostar Communications Corp. issued a Nov. 30 statement detailing its agreement with Pappas Telecasting Cos. to continue carrying 16 local TV stations owned or operated by Pappas.

2006 saw the culmination of the Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) consolidation process begun in 2004, and also brought ferment in the Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) sector with Inmarsat’s and Globalstar’s...