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Celebrate Our Anniversary! We don't look a year over 20, but Satellite News was actually launched 25 years ago. So look for special features, issues and events all year long. […]

www.netune.com Applications: Principal product is ShowRunner for the film industry and now ShowRunner Direct, which is geared toward episodic TV. Both offer digital dailies, store and forward and real-time collaboration. [...]

Profero has been given the interactive task for Flextech Sales to produce its new sales presentation. Profero won the account after fending off competition from above-the-line [...]

Iridium Satellite L.L.C., the much-hyped global satellite service that was saved from a fiery end by an eleventh-hour sale, will quietly relaunch its service today with a targeted b-to-b campaign. [...]

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. -- TelVue Corp. last week said it now serves more than 20 million cable TV and direct-broadcast satellite subscribers with its automatic number identification telecommunications and Internet [...]

Sirius Satellite Radio sees several promising market segments to target when it begins service this summer. Staff Reporter Gail Kachadourian discussed Sirius' plans with Doug Wilsterman, Sirius' vice president of [...]

Infolibria and Intelsat are combining content distribution, IP multicast and satellite uplinks to make it easier and less expensive to host real-time streaming-media events such as that recently held by […]

Although Iridium, the company, crashed and burned like Skylab, suitors are lining up for its subscribers and satellites. American Mobile Satellite is offering Iridium's 55,000 former subscribers a $400 rebate […]

KVH Industries [KVHI] wants the 55,000 Iridium LLC [IRID] customers left without service due to the company's folding of operations last week. KVH is offering Iridium customers a $500 credit […]

Globalstar USA, the exclusive provider of satellite-based communications services in the US, has received authorization from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to market satellite phone service on a limited basis [...]

Having witnessed Iridium's failed global campaign from Ammirati Puris Lintas, satellite phone company Globalstar is gradually rolling out its ads instead of starting with a large-scale blitz. Ads begin appearing [...]

The white-collar crowd offers a world of opportunity for data-intensive companies. Both AMS and BSWD are focused on capturing it. Practically every company fancies itself a data player, hut then […]

Encore Media Group LLC is trying to cozy up to potential premium-movie customers by offering a free Starz!-branded fleece blanket to new direct-broadcast satellite subscribers. In a partnership with EchoStar [...]

Fear over Y2K effects has become quite a boon for the satellite telecommunications industry, even during a time when a negative cloud looms over the industry in light of Iridium [...]

MIAMI--While radio may show little concern for potential Internet and satellite rivals, it is clear the burgeoning new media see radio's disenfranchised listener as gold. During a panel at the […]

How does the U.S. market play into Telstra's future? We are emphasizing our continued expansion into the Pacific Rim and North America. The activity will appear in a couple of […]

Tandberg and Inmarsat PLC seek to enlarge their market share in the US government contracting market by offering videoconferencing and mobile satellite services. Tandberg is pitching its videoconferencing equipment to the US Department of Defense, while Inmarsat is offering its mobile satellite services to both civil and military agencies.

Abu Dhabi-based global mobile satellite service provider Thuraya said that it has inked a commercial deal with telecommunications operator Connect Telecom. Dubai-based Connect Telecom would promote ThurayaIP as part of […]

Sirius Satellite Radio said Tuesday that it has formalized an exclusive, long-term relationship with Ford Motor Co., ensuring that various brands of its automobiles will be equipped with Sirius radios [...]

Aerosat Takes Off U.S. participation is rounding out the field in satellite provision of aeronautical services. Worry over air safety is a fact of life for today's air traveler. Overcrowding […]

Combining Satellite and Fiber-Optic Technologies Improves International Services and Cuts Costs Satellite and fiber-optic technologies are combining to improve the performance of international data links while bringing down the cost. [...]

These gizmos will appeal to tech geeks and yachtsmen alike CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? The portable RapidSat 700 ($11,990) satellite-communication system may be the coolest piece of electronic safety [...]

Satellite companies this week are planning to bolster their case against spectrum auctions with a study of potential auction impacts on their business. The Satellite Industry Association (SIA), a collection [...]

ST. PAUL, Minn. - USSB, one of two Digital Satellite System broadcasters, this week kicks off a $30 million fall marketing campaign in support of DSS - effectively doubling last [...]

A new Russian company is hoping to find an East Asian partner to help market a communications satellite network. Global Information Systems Inc claims it has sufficient financing from Russian banks and needs a partner with ground station and network system experience.

Proponents of mobile marketing hang their hats on push marketing by location. For now, the possibilities seem endless. However, the benefits of pinpoint location marketing are no longer the exclusive [...]

Have you heard the one about the salesman who tried to peddle Corvettes in the jungle? Fat chance! Too often, U.S. high technology companies make the same mistake. They take […]

As other defense contractors retrench as a result of Pentagon budget cuts, analysts say two area companies -- Loral Electronics Systems of Yonkers, N.Y., and Sikorsky Aircraft of Stratford, Conn. [...]