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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 distribution services for CCTV via its PAS-1R, PAS-9 and PAS-10 satellites and also provides CCTV with capacity on Galaxy-3C for offering direct-to- home (DTH) services...

Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. have completed the transaction to combine their respective government launch vehicle businesses under the United Launch Alliance LLC (ULA) joint venture, the companies announced Dec. 1. ULA, announced in May 2005, will combine the production, engineering, test and launch operations associated with U.S. government launches of Boeing’s Delta and...

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 Lucent Technologies. The new company is incorporated in France, with executive offices in Paris. Alcatel-Lucent trades on Euronext Paris and the New York Stock Exchange...

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.

Datapath Inc. has completed its acquisition of ILC, a privately held provider of network management software for monitoring, controlling and automating hybrid communications networks, Datapath announced Dec. 1. The purchase price was $20.7 million for the equity of ILC and a $5 million payment for outstanding debt. ILC generated revenues of $12 million in 2005,...

EMS Technologies Inc. has completed the sale of its EMS Wireless division to Andrew Corp. for about $50 million in cash, EMS announced Dec. 1. Andrew has acquired all of the operating assets of EMS Wireless, which produces base station antennas for wireless applications and in-building and repeater systems, as well as the unit’s operating...

Ultra-DNE Announces Net-Centric Network Access Platform Ultra Electronics-DNE Technologies, a provider of tactical voice and data communication solutions, announced the release of its Packetassure product line, a new series of products designed to deliver voice and video Internet Protocol (IP) network traffic over constrained U.S. military network links as simply and reliably as time-division multiplexers....

XM Satellite Radio announced Nov. 30 that American Honda Motor Co. will factory-install XM in more than 650,000 of its 2007 model year vehicles. Honda was an original strategic partner in the launch of XM, and introduced its first factory-installed XM vehicles in 2003. Honda produced more than 200,000 vehicles with XM in 2004; more...

Eutelsat Joins Forces With SES Global For Mobile Broadcasting Service SES Global and Eutelsat plan to invest $165.3 million to develop a mobile broadcasting satellite service for Europe.     The joint venture will develop and operate a commercial S-band payload that will be placed on the W2A satellite, being built by Alcatel Alenia Space. W2A...

A new report, "Deutschland Online 4," from Deutsche Telekom (DT) and German media professors warns that Germany "runs the risk of losing touch with the U.S. and Asian rivals when it comes to innovative developments based on the broadband society." Presented Nov. 29 in Berlin, the report forecasts the number of broadband connections in Germany...