Satellite Today articles from June 2001

Satellite Today archives from June 2001

Orbital Steps Up Pace Of Non-Core Assets Disposal.(Orbital Sciences Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Orbital Sciences [ORB] said it reached a major milestone in its divestiture of its non-core assets, having sold most of its remaining shares of its MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [MDA.TO]...

Tachyon Names Gercenstein To Take Over Reins.
June 1, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Tachyon Inc. of San Diego, which provides Internet connectivity via satellite, has new leadership. Mark Gercenstein has been appointed president and CEO, following the retirement of company...

MCHI Loses Big LEO License After Missing Key Milestone.(Mobile Communications Holdings Inc. )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... By Paul Dykewicz, pdykewicz@pbimedia.com Mobile Communications Holdings Inc. (MCHI), a Washington-based company planning to deploy the proposed Ellipso mobile satellite service (MSS) system, lost its license yesterday after the FCC found it...

EarthWatch Licenses Software To Northrop Grumman Unit.(PRB Systems)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com EarthWatch Inc. of Longmont, Colo., and Northrop Grumman's PRB Systems have established a software partnership to allow imagery from EarthWatch's QuickBird 2 satellite to be integrated into PRB...

Spot Image Delivers Images In Four Hours.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Spot Image Corp. said it has completed trials in which imagery was delivered from the Spot 1 and Spot 2 remote sensing satellites to a user in four hours or less. The trials were carried out...

Tweeter To Sell Pegasus Internet Service.
June 1, 2001... Pegasus Communications [PGTV] and the Tweeter Home Entertainment Group [TWTR] said that Tweeter will sell Pegasus' Internet access service, Pegasus Express Powered by DirecPC, in its 102 stores. The hardware and service are now available...

BSS Promotes Livanos To Second In Command.
June 4, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Boeing Satellite Systems has promoted Dr. Alexis Livanos to executive vice president and second-in-command to the president of the company, Randy Brinkley. He is not responsible for all of BSS's...

Ahrens-Townsend Succeeds Bucher As Norsat Drives For Profits.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Norsat International Ltd. [NSAT] has promoted Mark Ahrens-Townsend as its new president and CEO, following a restructuring of the company and the resignation of Robert H. Bucher as president and...

Intelsat Opens First African Office.
June 4, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Intelsat, which has scheduled its privatization for next month, has opened an office in South Africa, its first on that continent. It is located in Sandton, a suburb of Johannesburg. The...

XM Satellite Promotes Patsiokas.
June 4, 2001... XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] has promoted Dr. Stelios (Stell) J. Patsiokas, to senior vice president for technology and engineering, from senior vice president for technology. In his new position, Patsiokas is responsible for all of the...

Telenor Gets Contract For NATO Communications.(Brief Article)
June 5, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Telenor ASA [TELN], the largest Norwegian telecom carrier, said today it has won a $14.9 million contract to provide satellite communications between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's...

Intelsat Begins Service For Small Island ISPs.(Brief Article)
June 5, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Intelsat said it has inaugurated an inexpensive 64 Kbps service for ISPs serving small island nations and territories in the Pacific Ocean basin. It said the service uses demand assigned...

L-3 EMP Systems Wins Antenna Contract.(from Swedish Space Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 5, 2001... The EMP Systems Division of L-3 Communications [LLL] said it won a competitively bid contract to supply a new 13-meter (42.7-foot) antenna for the Swedish Space Corp. EMP Systems also will install the antenna at SSC's Space Operations...

Radyne ComStream Gets $1.1 Million Contract.(from Titan Wireless Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 5, 2001... Radyne ComStream [RADN] of Phoenix said it won a $1.1 million contract from Titan Wireless Inc. for its RCS 10 satellite modems and switching systems, to be installed as part of an expansion project in Africa. They will be installed in...

Michael Pley Promoted To Head Com Dev Space.(Brief Article)
June 5, 2001... Com Dev International [CDV] of Cambridge, Ontario, announced it has promoted Michael Pley to president of Com Dev Space, one of its two major operating units, from vice president for space programs. In his new position, Pley is responsible...

Correction.(Brief Article)
June 5, 2001... Our story in the June 4 issue of SATELLITE TODAY erroneously described the new position of Dr. Alexis Livanos at Boeing Satellite Systems. In fact, he is now responsible for all of BSS' business plans, including those of the Spectrolab and...

Loral Cyberstar Provides Heavenly Communication.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com The Cyberstar subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications [LOR] announced yesterday that it has won a contract to supply satellite-based multicast services to The Christian Church, a small,...

Globalstar Notified Of Delisting.(from Nasdaq National Market)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. [GSTRF] has been notified that it may be delisted from the Nasdaq National Market because the price of its stock has fallen below the minimum requirements for...

Boeing Proposes Satellite-Based Air Traffic Control System For FAA.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2001... By Paul Dykewicz, pdykewicz@pbimedia.com The Boeing Co. [BA] today announced a proposal to replace the existing air traffic management system operated by the Federal Aviation Administration with a satellite-based version aimed at bringing...

EchoStar To Broadcast Next-Generation Ali - Frazier Fight.(EchoStar Communications Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2001... EchoStar Communications [DISH] said it will broadcast Ali vs. Frazier 4 the professional fight between Laila Ali, the daughter of Muhammad Ali, and Jacqui Frazier-Lyde, the daughter of "Smokin' Joe" Frazier, Friday night. The price of...

SES Eyes Spanish Satellite Operator.(Brief Article)
June 7, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES), owner of the Astra system and holder of stakes in other systems in Europe and around the world, is discussing the possibility of further expanding its...

DoJ Wouldn't Block EchoStar-DirecTv Deal, Analyst Predicts.(Brief Article)
June 7, 2001... By Paul Dykewicz, pdykewicz@pbimedia.com A potential purchase by EchoStar Communications [DISH] of Hughes Electronics [GMH] appears to be picking up momentum but still is not as likely as a deal with Rupert Murdoch's SkyGlobal, Rob...

Pegasus Conducts Piracy Probe.(Brief Article)
June 7, 2001... Pegasus Communications [PGTV] said a year-long investigation of signal piracy in Texas, where it has some 215,000 subscribers to its DirecTv DBS service, resulted in the Federal Bureau of Investigation seizing thousands illegal reception...

StarBand Lays Off 15 Percent Of Its Employees.(Brief Article)
June 8, 2001... By David Williams, dwillliams@pbimedia.com StarBand Communications, which operates a satellite-based, direct-to- consumer Internet access service, laid off 15 percent of its employee base yesterday, as it searches for additional financing...

NSA Certifies Encryption Device For Iridium Phones.(Brief Article)
June 8, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com The National Security Agency has certified a security module designed by Motorola Inc. [MOT] to protect "top secret" conversations on Iridium Satellite LLC's satellite-based phone system. ...

Globalstar USA Introduces VPN Data Service.(Brief Article)
June 8, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Globalstar USA/Caribbean, the Globalstar service provider for the United States and the Caribbean Basin, has announced its subscribers can now securely access their companies' virtual private...

Wegener Gets Orders For 200-Plus Unity IRDs, Compel System.(Brief Article)
June 8, 2001... A major TV network has ordered more than 200 of Wegener's Unity integrated receiver/decoders (IRDs) and its Compel network management and control system, the Duluth, Ga.-based corporation said yesterday. Wegener did not identity its...

Clarke Foundation Honors Intelsat's Santiago Astrain.(Brief Article)
June 8, 2001... Santiago Astrain, Intelsat's first chief executive as its secretary general and later its director general, received the first Arthur C. Clarke Foundation lifetime achievement award earlier this week at the Smithsonian's Air and Space...

Arianespace Successfully Launches Intelsat 901.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... By Nick Mitsis, nmitsis@pbimedia.com Intelsat and Arianespace SA officials were all smiles June 9 when an Ariane 44L launch vehicle flawlessly lifted the Intelsat 901 spacecraft into orbit. The launcher left Earth at 2:45 a.m. EDT from...

Satellite Industry To Hit Almost $100 Billion In Revenue This Year.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 11, 2001... By Paul Dykewicz, pdykewicz@pbimedia.com Direct-to-home (DTH) or DBS satellite services are driving industry revenues to unprecedented heights and nearly half of the total is expected to come from fast-growing satellite services, according...

Harris Gets $300 Million AF Contract.(US Air Force)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Harris Corp. [HRS], of Melbourne, Fla., said today it has won a seven- year, $300 million contract to supply multi-band satellite communications terminals to the U.S. Department of Defense. ...

PanAmSat's Net-36 Gets Catholic Internet Contract.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT], of Greenwich, Conn., said its Net-36 Internet connectivity arm has signed a contract to deliver to ISPs the religious programming of EWTN Global Catholic Network, formerly...

PanAmSat Opens New Customer Service Center.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] said it has opened a new $30 million global customer service center in Ellenwood, Ga., outside Atlanta. It replaces the company's network operations center in Long Beach, Calif. The new 90,000-square-foot center...

EchoStar Passes Six Million Subscribers.(EchoStar Communications Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH], of Littleton, Colo., announced today that its DBS Dish Network has passed six million subscribers. The milestone comes only about seven months after the Dish Network passed five million customers, the...

Wegener's Stock To Remain On Nasdaq Small Cap Market.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... Wegener Corp. [WGNR] said Nasdaq has notified it that it will remain listed on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market, since its stock price has recovered to a closing price of more than $1.00, the cutoff price to continue to trade on Nasdaq. During...

Hughes Cuts Projected Subscriber Growth For DirecTv.(Hughes Electronics Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 12, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Hughes Electronics Corp. [GMS] yesterday cut the projected subscriber growth of its DirecTv unit for the current quarter by as much as 50 percent. Even under the company's most optimistic...

Satellite Internet Needs To Hitch A Ride With DBS, Analysts Say.(direct broadcast satellite)(Brief Article)
June 12, 2001... By Fred Donovan, fdonovan@pbimedia.com ARLINGTON, Va. -- Satellite Internet providers will need to piggyback off the success of direct broadcast satellite (DBS) services if they ever expect to become a viable business, concluded a panel of...

Verestar Names Dickinson To Head Competitive Networks Solutions.(Sheridan Dickinson)(Brief Article)
June 12, 2001... Verestar, the Fairfax, Va.-based teleport and network services subsidiary of American Tower Corp. [AMT], has named Sheridan Dickinson president of its new Competitive Networks Solutions division. The division includes the activities of...

Wyoming Highway Patrol To Use Satellite-Based Data System.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2001... Radio Mobile Solutions Inc., a supplier of specialized wireless information systems for law enforcement agencies and utilities, will use TMI Communications' MSat mobile satellite to deliver service under a recent contract with the Wyoming...

Telocity Changes Brand Name To DirecTv DSL.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2001... Telocity, the nationwide supplier of high-speed, DSL Internet service that Hughes Electronics Corp. [GMH] bought last April, said it is changing its name and the name of its service. The company will be known as DirecTv Broadband Inc.,...

XM Satellite Radio To Carry CNBC Audio.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2001... XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] of Washington, said it has agreed with CNBC, the financial news, cable TV arm of NBC, to dedicate a channel of XM's lineup to continuous live audio of CNBC's programming. The new channel will meet the interest of...

HNS, C-Com Satellite Launch DirecPC In Canada.(Hughes Network Systems)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2001... By David Williams, dwillliams@pbimedia.com Hughes Network Systems, a Germantown, Md.-based unit of Hughes Electronics Corp. [GMH], and C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. [CDNX: CMI], a small value-added reseller based in Ottawa, Canada, have...

Earth-Bound Brethren Are Key To Broadband Satellite Hopefuls, Execs Say.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2001... By Fred Donovan, fdonovan@pbimedia.com ARLINGTON, Va. - Companies that want to offer broadband satellite services will need to integrate their service with the existing terrestrial infrastructure that is delivering broadband to businesses...

Cidera Chairman Offers Bold Predictions About Satellite Technology.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2001... By Paul Dykewicz, pdykewicz@pbimedia.com ARLINGTON, Va. - Digital television most likely will never end up in the living rooms of most Americans, even though satellites can deliver the service seamlessly, predicted Doug Humphrey, the...

Boeing, Three Airlines Announce Internet-Via-Satellite Plan.(Brief Article)
June 14, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com The Boeing Co. [BA] has signed the first three customers for its satellite-based Connexion by Boeing service, which will provide in-flight Internet connectivity to airline passengers and aircrews...

Auto Parts Maker Goes High Tech With USA Teleport Merger.(Brief Article)
June 14, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com They've gotten tired of the same old grind at Margate Industries Inc. [CGUL], an automotive supplier in Yale, Mich. Margate is in the business of grinding, cleaning and finishing metal parts for...

New Skies Gets Taiwanese Contract For Internet Service.(New Century Info Comm)(Brief Article)
June 14, 2001... New Skies Satellites [NSK] said it signed a contract with New Century Info Comm, a new telecom carrier in Taiwan, to provide the carrier with 64 Mbps of capacity on its NSS 513 satellite. The contract is for one year; its value was not...

Globalstar Shares Move To Nasdaq SmallCap Market.(Brief Article)
June 14, 2001... Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. [GSTRF] announced yesterday that trading of its shares has moved to the Nasdaq SmallCap Market. The company had been traded on the Nasdaq National Market, but failed to meet the minimum requirements for...

Teleglobe Signs Internet Contract With ChinaSat.(China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 14, 2001... Montreal-based Teleglobe Inc. said it has signed a contract with China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corp. (ChinaSat), a Beijing-based ISP, to provide high-speed Internet connections to the North American Internet backbone. ...

Airbus, Tenzing Follow Boeing's Lead On In-Flight Internet.(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... By Dave Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Following hard on the heels of the Connexion venture announcement from The Boeing Co. [BA] and three major U.S. airlines, Airbus and Tenzing Communications Inc. announced yesterday that they will...

Loral Skynet To Provide Antennas For Telstar 7, 13.(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... By Dave Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com The Loral Skynet unit of Loral Space and Communications [LOR] said it would provide between 200 and 250 free C-band antennas or feed horn kits to ensure that cable TV operators can get programming...

Telesat, McKibben Launch C-band Service.(Telesat Canada, and Los Angeles-based teleport operator McKibben Communications)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Telesat Communications Services, an agent for Telesat Canada, and Los Angeles-based teleport operator McKibben Communications have launched a turnkey video transmission service using C-band capacity on the Telesat F1 satellite. The...

Pegasus Opens New Customer Care Center.(Pegasus Communications Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Pegasus Communications Corp. [PGTV] opened a new customer care center earlier this week in the Kansas City suburb of Lexana, Kan. About 170 people are employed at the 50,000-square-foot center, which handles subscribers to both of the...

Globalstar Canada Introduces New Data, Messaging Services.(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Globalstar Canada, the service provider in that country for Globalstar LP, has introduced two new services - direct dial-up data access and short messaging service (SMS). The company already offers direct Internet data access, which...

DBS Industries Shows Electricity Management Over Iridium System.(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... DBS Industries Inc. [DBSS] of San Francisco, a developer of low-cost data services to remote locations, said yesterday it had demonstrated the use of its system over Iridium Satellite Inc.'s satellite system to control the air conditioning...

Proton Launch Successful For SES's Astra 2C.(International Launch Services)(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com International Launch Services (ILS) successfully launched the Astra 2C satellite on Friday night (U.S. time) aboard a Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch went...

Inmarsat Ventures Gets $610 Million Credit Facility.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Inmarsat Ventures plc of London said today that it had completed the syndication of a five-year, unsecured, revolving line of credit totaling $610 million. The credit facility was...

Thuraya Plans Full Commercial Service Next Month.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Co. plans to start full, commercial services to more than 20 countries next month on its regional mobile communication satellite system. The system is...

Comsat Mobile Communications Gets Maritime Safety Award.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... Comsat Mobile Communications (CMC) was presented the prestigious Maritime Safety Award by The Seamen's Church Institute at its 24th Annual Silver Bell Awards Dinner last week in New York City. The plaque, mounted on a large life ring, cites...

ILS Gets First Inmarsat 4 Launch On Atlas 5.(International Launch Services to launch Inmarsat satellite)(Brief Article)
June 19, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com International Launch Services (ILS) and Inmarsat Ventures Ltd. said today that Inmarsat's board has approved using a Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] Atlas 5 to launch the first of its Inmarsat 4...

ICO Bird Launched To Test System.(International Launch Services launches ICO Global Communications satellite)(Brief Article)
June 19, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com An Atlas 2AS rocket successfully launched an ICO Global Communications satellite, designed for mobile communications, early this morning from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch...

Demand From Residents, Not SOHOs, Will Fuel GEO Bird Growth.(demand for increase in geostationary satellites)(small office and home office market)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 19, 2001... By Paul Dykewicz, pdykewicz@pbimedia.com The demand for residential, last-mile data services will push the need for in-orbit commercial geostationary satellites to beyond 500 in 2010, up from barely more than 200 spacecraft this year,...

XM Reaches Out To Techies; CNET Gets National Coverage.(XM Satellite Radio and CNET Networks Inc. radio channel)(Brief Article)
June 19, 2001... XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] has signed an agreement with CNET Networks Inc. [CNET] to create a CNET Radio Channel to provide XM subscribers with the latest technology news, analysis and commentary. The channel will feature morning and...

HNS Launches New Brand For Satellite Broadband, VSAT Services.(Hughes Network Systems, Very Small Apertue Terminals)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2001... By Paul Dykewicz, pdykewicz@pbimedia.com The challenge of marketing satellite broadband and VSAT services to three different customer niches has spurred Hughes Network Systems (HNS), a unit of Hughes Electronics Corp. [GMH], to streamline...

StarBand Debuts Model 360 Modem, Plots Wholesale Shift.(StarBand Communications Inc., Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com StarBand Communications Inc., the U.S. consumer and small business Internet access company backed by Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF], has introduced its third-generation satellite modem, the...

Gilat Gets Major Asia Pacific VSAT Contracts.(Brief Article)
June 20, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] of Petah Tikva, Israel, announced contracts this week to supply VSAT networks in China, India and Australia. The value of the contracts were not disclosed. ...

Paris Air Show Proves Lucrative For Arianespace.(Arianespace, PanAmSat Corp., Inmarsat Ventures Ltd., Boeing Co., Mitsubishi Electric Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 21, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Arianespace announced three new contracts at the Paris Air Show this week, including one contract to launch three new satellites for PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] over the next several years. The...

Transvision Opens Hawaii Teleport To Serve Asia Pacific.(Transvision International)(Brief Article)
June 21, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Transvision International, a provider of transportable satellite uplinks, has opened a new teleport in Hawaii designed for communications with satellites serving Asia and the Pacific Rim. The...

Global Crossing To Link DirecTv Centers With Fiber.(DirecTv Inc., Hughes Electronics Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 21, 2001... Bermuda-based Global Crossing Ltd. [GX] said it has signed a contract with DirecTv Inc. to provide fiber optic-based broadband connectivity between DirecTV's broadcast centers in Los Angeles and Castle Rock, Colo. The Hughes Electronics...

PanAmSat Signs Distribution Contracts With South Korean Broadcasters.(Dacom, iSkyCom, Onse Telecom)(Brief Article)
June 21, 2001... PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] said it has signed contracts with three South Korean broadcasters - Dacom, iSkyCom and Onse Telecom. The company said its PAS 2, PAS 8, PAS 9 and Galaxy 11 satellites, together with its Napa, Calif.-based teleport,...

Alcatel, Astrium To Pump $427M Into AlphaBus Development.(Alcatel Space; communication satellite contracts)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com In a partial consolidation in the satellite manufacturing business, Alcatel Space and Astrium today announced an agreement to jointly develop a new bus for heavy communications satellites. But...

Court Rejects DBS Challenge To Must-Carry Rules In SHIVA.(federal court rules against the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association; Satellite Home View Improvement Act)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com A federal court has rejected the DBS industry's challenge to the "carry one/carry all" provisions of the Satellite Home View Improvement Act (SHIVA). Judge Gerald Bruce Lee of the U.S. District...

Boucher Says Mitre Test Inconclusive, Asks FCC For More Interference Testing.(how multichannel video data and distributions services will affect DBS broadcasting)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... By Gregory Twachtman, gtwachtman@pbimedia.com Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), in a June 20 letter to FCC Chairman Michael Powell, asked the chairman to require further testing of the potential interference that terrestrial multichannel video...

Telesat Canada Licensed For New Bird At 118.7[degree]W.(new satellite to be launched by 2003)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Industry Canada, the spectrum regulator in that country, yesterday awarded Telesat Canada, a license for a new C- and Ku-band satellite at the 118.7[ordinal indicator, masculine]W slot. The company...

Verestar Had Trouble With Two Acquisitions, Sees Slowdown.(Verestar Inc.; revenue falls below forecasted level)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Verestar Inc., formerly ATC Teleports Inc., has been having trouble with two of last year's acquisitions and is facing a downturn in some of its business. The difficulties were announced yesterday...

PanAmSat's Net-36 Adopts Sentriq Anti-Piracy System.(to secure and manage programming broadcast to the Internet)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com PanAmSat's [SPOT] Net-36 Internet subsidiary and the Sentriq Division of Mindport have announced that Net-36 will use Sentriq's digital rights system to secure and manage subscription and...

Integral Gets Telstar 8 Job, Will Partner With Agilent.(Integral Systems Inc.; Agilent Technologies Inc.; to supply software to Loral Skynet Ltd.)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Integral Systems Inc. said the Loral Skynet unit of Loral Space and Communications [LOR] has chosen it to supply the primary and backup control software for its Telstar 8 satellite. The company also will provide software for the planning...

Telesat Canada's New Investment In WildBlue Takes It To 20 Percent Stake.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Telesat Canada, the increasingly international Canadian satellite operator, has made an additional investment in Ka-band start-up WildBlue Communications Inc. of Denver, increasing its stake in the...

Datron's Airplane Antennas Attract Titan's $51.2 Million Offer.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedai.com Titan Corp. [TTN] of San Diego and Datron Systems Inc. [DTSI] of Vista, Calif., which holds a patent on antennas for airplanes to connect with the Internet via satellite, announced today that Titan...

Sirius Radio Manufacturers Get Sample Chip Sets.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... Agere Systems Inc. [AGR.a], the recently spun-off semiconductor manufacturing operations of Lucent Technologies Inc. [LU], announced today that it has shipped engineering samples of the chip sets for radios that will receive broadcasts from...

Com Dev Space Books $14.1 Million In Orders.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... Com Dev International [CDV] of Cambridge, Ontario, said its Com Dev Space unit has booked orders worth a total of more than U.S. $14.1 million for core products, such as satellite multiplexers and switches, since the beginning of May. The...

Turner, Sequeiros Elected Chairman, Vice Chairman Of Intelsat.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... Intelsat said its board of governors has elected Robin L. Turner, the director of satellite investment at Cable and Wireless Global Operations, as its chairman for the next year. He also is the alternative governor for the United Kingdom and...

DirecTv President Leaves Amid Hughes Executive Shuffle.(Roxanne S. Austin)(Brief Article)
June 26, 2001... The fast-rising career of Roxanne S. Austin at Hughes Electronics Corp. [GMH] has brought her to the presidency of DirecTv Inc., replacing the suddenly departing Odie Donald as the DBS broadcaster's top lieutenant to Chairman and CEO Eddy W....

Hotelevision To Add Echostar's Dish Network.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2001... Hotelevision Inc. of New York City, which provides in-room TV programming to 325 hotel properties, said it has signed an agreement with Echostar Communications Corp. [DISH] to add Dish Network programming to the 10-channel package it currently...