Satellite Today articles from October 2001

Satellite Today archives from October 2001

Satellite TV Takes `Must Carry' To Appeals Court.
October 1, 2001... Satellite TV companies are trying to convince an appeals court that they should not have to abide by "must carry" rules that its cable TV brethren must adhere to. A lower court ruled against the satellite TV plaintiffs, concluding that they...

Former Satellite Execs Go Wireless.
October 1, 2001... ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland - Consilient Technologies' more ambitious approach than its competitors in the wireless application and data access space may come from the background of its executives, who previously worked at satellite service...

Inmarsat Postpones IPO.
October 1, 2001... Inmarsat Ventures plc announced Sept. 28 that it would be postponing its initial public offering, at the recommendation of its global financial coordinator Morgan Stanley and others due to current market conditions. The decision to postpone...

Adelphia, TVN To Offer Video On Demand.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Adelphia Communications Corp. [ADLAC] and TVN Entertainment Corp. have entered into a five year agreement under which TVN will be the primary content transport provider as well as video-on-demand (VOD) provider for Adelphia. TVN will...

Garneau Named President of Canadian Space Agency.
October 1, 2001... Canadian Minister of Industry Brian Tobin named Marc Garneau the president of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). Garneau will take over as president effective November 22. He replaces Mac Evans, who served as president for seven years....

ViaSat Receives $12 Million Terminal Order.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... ViaSat Inc. [VSAT] last Friday announced an "option exercise" and delivery order valued at slightly more than $12 million for its MIDS LVTs (multifunctional information distribution system low volume terminals) pursuant to the terms of an...

EMS Lowers Expectations.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... EMS Technologies Inc. [ELMG] Sept. 28 announced that it will not meet prior earnings expectations for the third quarter, but it expects to be profitable for the period. The company cited the general slowdown in the U.S, economy and the...

PAS 7 Satellite Loses 25 Percent Of Power.(PanAmSat Corp. )(Brief Article)
October 2, 2001... PanAmSat Corp. [SPO] reported late Friday that its PAS 7, Indian Ocean Region satellite has lost approximately 25 percent of its available power. However, the company said the bird still has enough power to continue to serve its existing...

Motient Lays Off Up To 25 Percent, Defaults On Debt.
October 2, 2001... Motient Corp. [MTNT], the owner of one of the two satellites dedicated to North American mobile services, said yesterday that it is laying off up to 25 percent of its staff, defaulting on some of its debt and canceling its proposed merger with...

OSC Gets Contract For Replacement Satellite.(Orbital Sciences Corp.)(Brief Article)
October 2, 2001... Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] said yesterday it signed a contract with Japan's Broadcasting Satellite Systems Corp. (BSat) for Bsat 2C, a replacement for the BSat2B lost in the Ariane 5 launch failure in July. BSat will be the third...

Launch Industry Faces Dismal 2001, Futron Predicts.
October 3, 2001... Launch service providers are enduring a difficult year of low demand for their services. They should only expect modest improvements next year, according to a new study by Futron Corp., a Bethesda, Md.-based consultancy. The cold reality...

Satellite Hardware Manufacturer Swales Buys Dynatherm.
October 3, 2001... Swales Aerospace, a Beltsville, Md.-based provider of satellites and related flight hardware, yesterday announced that it had acquired "a substantial portion" of the plant and contracts backlog of Hunt Valley-based Dynatherm Corp., a...

A Bird In Hand Is Worth Hundreds In Space.
October 3, 2001... Exact numbers are difficult, if not impossible to come by, but according to the U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM), there are currently "about 700" active satellites in orbit. Of those 700 satellites, about 300 are operated by U.S. entities -...

Comsat Launches Aeronautical High Speed Data Service.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2001... Comsat Mobile Communications, a business unit of Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications [LMT], will offer Inmarsat's high-speed data services to the aeronautical market, the company announced yesterday. The service, Comsat Aero High...

BitStream, NDS Sign Contract With Korean Broadcaster.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2001... Bitstream Inc. and NDS Group plc [NNDS] yesterday said they had entered into a long-term, large volume contract to license Bitstream's Korean stroke- based font for use on NDS' digital broadcasting systems deployed by Korean-based satellite...

Boeing Gets Third Contract From Japan's Space Communications.(Brief Article)
October 4, 2001... The Boeing Satellite Systems unit of The Boeing Co. [BA] said yesterday it had won a contract to build its third Superbird satellite, Superbird 6, for Japan's Space Communications Corp. (SCC). No financial details of the contract, which...

DirecTv Gets Over $1 Million In Piracy Settlements.(Brief Article)
October 4, 2001... DirecTv Inc. announced yesterday that two of the companies it sued last spring for selling signal piracy cards have agreed to pay a total of $1.163 million in damages. The companies also agreed to an injunction providing that they can be sued...

Blockbuster, NFL, DirecTv To Promote Pro Bowl Voting.(Brief Article)
October 4, 2001... Blockbuster Inc. [BBI], the National Football League and DirecTv Inc. have announced that NFL fans can vote for players to play in the 2002 Pro Bowl at more than 5,200 Blockbuster stores nationwide. As in previous years, fan votes will...

SpaceHab Unit Gets $750,000 Equity Investment.(Brief Article)
October 4, 2001... SpaceHab Inc. [SPAB], a Washington, D.C.-based supplier of commercial space services, said its Space Media Inc. subsidiary has received a $750,000 equity investment from escottVentures II LLC. escottVentures II, a Melbourne, Fla.-based...

EMS Promotes Cook To Director Of AEFH Projects.(Linda S. Cook)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2001... EMS Technologies Inc. [ELMG] of Norcross, Ga., has promoted Linda S. Cook to vice president and director of Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Projects within the company's Space and Technology Group. AEHF is the Department of...

SBCA Defends DBS Spectrum From Northpoint On Capitol Hill.
October 5, 2001... The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association is counterattacking in its campaign to thwart Broadwave/Northpoint Technology's regulatory and legislative efforts to get access to the 12.2-12.7 GHz direct broadcast satellite (DBS)...

Gilat Expects To Report $267M Loss For Third Quarter.
October 5, 2001... Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] warned earlier this week that it expects to report a loss of about $267 million, or $11.40 per share, for the third quarter, which ended Sept. 30. It also plans to layoff an undisclosed number of employees....

NASA Awards $145 Million Contract To Lockheed Martin.(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... NASA and its Jet Propulsion Laboratory have selected Lockheed Martin Space Systems - Astronautics Operations for a $145 million contract to design and build the next generation of Mars exploration satellite, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter....

DigiVision Chooses Service Power Software For Scheduling Jobs.(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... ServicePower, an English developer of field service scheduling software, announced that it has signed an initial contract worth $250,000 with DigiVision Satellite Services to provide its intelligent, Web-centered scheduling program to...

Alcatel Space To Build Bird For Brazil's Star One.(Brief Article)
October 8, 2001... Alcatel Space has won a contract to build a new Ku-band spacecraft for Star One, a satellite carrier majority owned by Brazilian long-distance carrier Embratel. Financial details of the contract were not disclosed. This will be the first...

HNS Europe Signs DirecWay VSAT Deal With Dutch Firm.(Brief Article)
October 8, 2001... Hughes Network Systems Europe has signed an agreement to supply its DirecWay VSATs for two-way Internet and virtual private network connectivity to Hertzinger Datanet, a Dutch provider of high-speed data via satellite. Pieter Hertzinger,...

FCC Approves SES' Purchase Of GE Americom.(Brief Article)
October 8, 2001... The Federal Communications Commission last week approved the transfer of all of GE American Communications' licenses to SES Global, the new holding company created by Societe Europeenne des Satellites to hold the GE Americom licenses and 80...

OSC Gets $22M Contract For New Fuel System.(Brief Article)
October 8, 2001... Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] said last week it won a $22 million development contract from the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (ASMDC) to design and develop a new liquid propellant system for a target missile that will be used to...

IDC Gets Order From U.S. Aerospace Contractor.(Brief Article)
October 8, 2001... International Datacasting Corp. [IDC] of Ottawa said it had won a new contract, initially worth about $637,600, to supply its SuperFlex satellite datacasting system to an undisclosed U.S. aerospace customer. The system is used for...

NTIA Takes Defense Spectrum Off 3G Table.(National Telecommunications and Information Administration)(Brief Article)
October 9, 2001... A week after the mobile wireless industry was rebuffed in trying to get the 2500 -2690 MHz band reallocated for third-generation (3G) services, its chances for using the 1770 MHz -1850 MHz band for 3G also took a hit. The National...

PanAmSat Names Space Industry Veteran To Head Indian Office.(Brief Article)
October 9, 2001... PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] of Wilton, Conn., said it has appointed Narasimhachari Sampath, a veteran of nearly three decades in the Indian space industry, to the new position of managing director in India. From a new sales office in Mumbai...

Titan 4B Launches NRO Satellite Into Low-Earth Orbit.(National Reconnaissance Office)(Brief Article)
October 9, 2001... A Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built Titan 4B rocket successfully launched a National Reconnaissance Office satellite Friday at 5:21 EDT from Vandenberg Air Force Base, near Lompoc, Calif. The Titan 4 is the nation's largest launcher, capable of...

Lockheed Martin Launches Four Small Birds From Alaska.(Brief Article)
October 9, 2001... At the other end of the spectrum of launchers, the Space Systems Co. - Astronautics Operations unit of Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] recently launched four small scientific and educational satellites from the Kodiak launch complex on Kodiak...

Airinc Names Means To Head Sales and Marketing.(Stephen E. Means)(Brief Article)
October 9, 2001... Airinc Inc. of Annapolis, Md., which operates voice and data communications systems for airliner and airline communications, promoted Stephen E. Means to vice president for marketing and sales. Means had been staff vice president for...

Large Indian ISP Signs With New Skies For More Capacity.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... New Skies Satellites [NSK] said it has signed a contract with Data Access Ltd., a large Indian ISP, to increase its capacity for Internet connectivity using the NSS 703 satellite. Data Access, operating under the "Now" brand name, has been...

Carl Vogel Joins Charter As CEO, Steps Into Battle With EchoStar.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... Carl Vogel, a long-time executive in the DBS and cable TV businesses, was appointed yesterday as the new president and CEO of Charter Communications Inc. [CHTR], the large cable multi-system operator controlled by Microsoft co-founder Paul...

FCC Authorizes Communications With Inmarsat Satellites.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... The Federal Communications Commission yesterday granted Comsat Mobile Communications, part of Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT], and Stratos Global Communications [STG.TO] authority to use their U.S. earth stations to communicate with satellites of...

EMS To Commercialize APL Technologies.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... EMS Technologies Inc. [ELMG] of Norcross, Ga., announced yesterday that it has signed a technology licensing agreement with the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University. The APL, located in Howard County, Md., is one of the...

EchoStar Adds Public TV Channel To Local Programming.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... Echostar Communications Corp. [DISH] said yesterday it has added the New York area's leading public TV station, Thirteen/WNEW New York, to its New York- area local programming. The broadcaster's antenna was located on one of the World...

Conexant Introduces New Chip For DBS Receivers, PVRs.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... Conexant Systems Inc. [CNST] of Newport Beach, Calif., yesterday introduced a single-chip, dual-stream demodulator for DBS receivers and personal video recorders (PVRs). The company said it is designed specifically "to process dual...

AIRTV Teams With Tenzing To Provide In-flight E-mail.(Tenzing Communications Inc. )(Brief Article)
October 11, 2001... New York-based startup AIRTV and Tenzing Communications Inc. have formed a strategic alliance to provide high-speed e-mail, Internet content and TV programming to airplanes. AIRTV is building its own S-band satellite system to deliver...

CMC Electronics Gets Qantas Order For 19 Satcom Antennas.(Qantas Airways Ltd.)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2001... CMC Electronics Inc. of Ottawa, formerly BAE Systems Canada, said yesterday it landed a U.S. $1.3 million order for 19 of its CMA-2102 high gain satellite communications antennas from Qantas. The Australian airline said it will equip six...

EarthLink Extends Discount On Satellite Internet Hardware.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 11, 2001... EarthLink Inc. [ELNK] of Atlanta yesterday extended is promotional discount on the initial cost of the two-way satellite Internet service it provides in conjunction with Hughes Network Systems. The initial offer of $300 off the price of...

WorldSpace Adds 4 Content Providers For Direct Media Service.(Brief Article)
October 11, 2001... WorldSpace Corp., the Washington, D.C.-based developer of a world- spanning satellite radio network, said yesterday it had added four new providers of non-radio content as part of its WorldSpace Direct Media service. When connected to a...

Boeing Dedicates Delta 4 Complex At Cape Canaveral.(Brief Article)
October 11, 2001... The Boeing Co. [BA] dedicated its new Space Launch Complex 37, which is designed to handle the new Delta 4 rocket, at Cape Canaveral, Fla., earlier this week. The complex is designed to prepare a Delta 4 launcher in less than 30 days,...

Intelsat Lays Off 10 Percent Of Workforce.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2001... Intelsat is cutting 10 percent of its jobs due to its recent privatization and the economic slowdown, company officials said. "We had about 900 people working here, so 10 percent is approximately 90 jobs, said Susan Gordon, a spokeswoman...

FCC To Consider Extension Of 1992 Satellite Access Rule.(Federal Communications Commission considers Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2001... The Federal Communications Commission yesterday said it would look into extending the clause in the 1992 Cable Television Consumer Protection Act that requires cable TV operators who produce some of their own programming to make those programs...

Telesat Gets $20 Million Contract With Ford.(Telesat Canada to maintain Ford Motor Co.'s VSAT network)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2001... Telesat Canada has signed a deal worth more than US$20 million to expand, operate and maintain Ford Motor Co.'s [F] VSAT network with its North American dealers. The enhanced system, which is available to dealers immediately, allows them...

Comtech Gets $1.1 Million Modem Order.(Comtech Telecommunications Corp. receives contract from Arrowhead Space and Telecommunications Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2001... Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [CMTL] of Mellville, N.Y., said yesterday its Comtech EF Data unit in Phoenix has won a $1.1 million contract for Comtech Model BEM-7659 modems. The modem is mounted in a rack chassis that allows 10...

Stratos Releases Satellite Calling Cards Usable On Many Networks.
October 12, 2001... Stratos Global Corp. [SGB] of Toronto said yesterday it has released flexible, prepaid calling cards that can be used across a wide range of satellite networks - Inmarsat's A, B, M and mini-M, TMI Communications' MSat and Iridium. The...

ILS Launches NRO Satellite On Atlas 2AS.(International Launch Services launches National Reconnaissance Office satellite)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2001... International Launch Services said an Atlas 2AS successfully launched a National Reconnaissance Office satellite from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday night. The rocket lifted off at 10:32 p.m. and the payload separated 29 minutes later. It...

Sirius, Top Officers Charged In Shareholder Suit.(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... A class action shareholder lawsuit filed against Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] and its top executives charges them with inflating the value of the company's stock by falsely claiming they were able to launch commercial satellite radio service...

GE Americom, Unitel Hellas Agree To Service Exchange.(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... GE American Communications of Princeton, N.J., announced last Friday that it had signed a cooperative exchange and services agreement with Unitel Hellas S.A., a teleport operator in Greece. Under the agreement, GE Americom's customers on...

DirecTv Adds Four Channels To Family Pack.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 15, 2001... DirecTv Inc. said last week it would add four family-oriented channels to its Family Pack programming, which is an option that can be added to existing programming packages for $5 per month. The four new channels are: the Discovery...

Japanese Space Agency Licenses Microprocessor For Satellite Uses.(MIPS Technologies)(Brief Article)
October 15, 2001... The Japanese National Space Development Agency (NASDA) said last week it has licensed microprocessor technology developed by MIPS Technologies [MIPS] of Mountain View, Calif., for satellite applications. The microprocessor core, which...

Motient Takes Steps To Consolidate Satellite Assets, Restructure.(Brief Article)
October 16, 2001... Motient Corp. [MTNT] said yesterday it had completed several steps in its financial restructuring and the consolidation of its satellite assets - mainly the AMSC 1 satellite - with those of TMI Communications and Company, the Canadian owner of...

Swales Aerospace Opens Second West Coast Office.(Brief Article)
October 16, 2001... Swales Aerospace, a builder of scientific satellites for NASA, and a supplier of satellite subsystems, said yesterday it has opened a new office in the Los Angeles suburb of El Segundo to seek more commercial contracts. The new office is...

IDC Calls Off Purchase From BroadLogic Network Technologies.(Brief Article)
October 16, 2001... International Datacasting Corp. [IDC.TO] of Ottawa said yesterday it had called off its purchase of BroadLogic Network Technologies' Satellite Express line of receivers for video transmission via the Internet and satellite. The companies...

Integral Systems Concludes Stock Repurchase.(Brief Article)
October 16, 2001... Integral Systems Inc. [ISYS] of Lanham, Md., said yesterday it had concluded its stock repurchase program, having bought back about five percent of its outstanding common shares. It had repurchased them under a suspension of the normal...

Iridium Satellite Hires Charlene King As Executive Vice President.(Brief Article)
October 16, 2001... Iridium Satellite LLC announced yesterday that it has named Charlene King to the new position of executive vice president for marketing and channel management, effective Oct. 8. She is responsible for Iridium's service partner relationships,...

Margolese Quits As Sirius CEO; Firm Postpones Service Launch.
October 17, 2001... David Margolese, the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] resigned suddenly yesterday, leaving the leadership of the company in the hands of a two-man Office of the Chief Executive. At the same...

PanAmSat's Profits Exceed Expectations, But Cost Cutting Continues.
October 17, 2001... PanAmSat Corp.'s [SPOT] third-quarter 2001 profits exceeded previous guidance and included an announcement of plans to undertake a massive $2 billion refinancing program. Net income for the quarter was $19.5 million, or 13 cents per share,...

TeleSystems Gobbles Up Bankrupt SSET's Assets, Restarts Production.
October 17, 2001... The VSAT manufacturing assets of bankrupt SSE Telecom (SSET) of Fremont, Calif., have been bought by TeleSystems International Corp. and its two principal owners. SSE Telecom's assets have been reorganized as TSI Tek, and the firm has...

PanAmSat Names Liebow To Senior VP For Marketing.
October 17, 2001... PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] has named Michael S. Liebow, a former IBM Corp. [IBM] executive, to the newly created position of senior vice president for marketing. He joined the company last May, but his appointment was not announced until earlier...

DirecTv Latin America Names Pratola Manager Of Southern Cone Region.
October 17, 2001... DirecTv Latin America has named Carlos Pratola general manager of its Southern Cone region, which includes Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. Pratola succeeds Douglas B. Carter, executive vice president for the Southern Cone, who had...

EchoStar Adds English-Language Korean Channel.
October 17, 2001... EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] has added Arirang TV, the only English-language Korean channel to its programming lineup, effective Oct. 18. The channel is available as an a la carte service for $14.99 per month. The channel's...

Hughes Electronics Rides Cost-cutting To Improved Results.(Brief Article)
October 18, 2001... Painful job cuts of at least 10 percent at all Hughes Electronics Corp. [GMH] business units and other steps to improve financial performance lifted the company's third quarter results. Each Hughes unit "met or exceeded" its financial...

Enterprises May Drive Demand For Satellite Services.(Brief Article)
October 18, 2001... Faced with reduced travel budgets and the need to improve employee efficiency, businesses are likely to increase their use of streaming media services in the next several years. That, say some analysts, could cause the demand for...

Globalstar Distributor Nabs Contract From Italian Navy.(Elsacom S.p.A.)(Brief Article)
October 18, 2001... The Italian distributor of Globalstar's mobile satellite service provider has received a contract from the Italian Navy to install Globalstar fixed maritime phone units on its vessels. Financial terms weren't disclosed. Several Globalstar...

European Micro-satellite To Hook Into Internet.(Brief Article)
October 18, 2001... India's polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) will launch the European Space Agency's micro-satellite PROBA into polar orbit from India's Shriharikota launch base as a piggyback payload later this month. Weighing only 100 kilograms (220...

Satellites To Play Role In MDA Navy Contracts.(MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.)(Brief Article)
October 18, 2001... Earth imaging and intelligence satellites will play a role in the command, control and communications services MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates will provide to the Canadian Navy under a contract announced earlier this month, a company...

EchoStar May Sweeten Bid For Rival DirecTv.(Brief Article)
October 19, 2001... EchoStar Communications [DISH] is reportedly negotiating with investment bankers to borrow more than $5 billion to add to its original all-stock offer to buy DirecTv owner Hughes Electronics [GMH] from its parent, General Motors [GM]. Hughes...

PanAmSat CEO Wants To Boost Profitability Amid Cost-cutting.(Joe Wright)(Brief Article)
October 19, 2001... PanAmSat Corp.'s [SPOT] "basic business" is as strong as any company in the industry, said Joe Wright, who joined the satellite services provider as chief executive officer about six weeks ago. "We tend to be video-oriented with most of...

XM Lines Up $66M Financing Package.(Brief Article)
October 19, 2001... XM Satellite Radio Inc. [XMSR] yesterday said it reached agreement on the basic terms of a $66 million funding package, which includes $35 million in new debt financing with Boeing Capital Services Corp. and $31 million in restructured...

ViaSat Receives $2.5M USAF Contract.(Brief Article)
October 19, 2001... ViaSat Inc. [VSAT] yesterday announced it had received a $2.5 million indefinite order/indefinite quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force to add more capability to the Air Force's joint communications simulator and Link-16 terminal simulator...

Globalstar Extends Data Services To Telit Phone Units.(Brief Article)
October 19, 2001... Globalstar L.P. and Telit Mobile Terminals SpA yesterday announced the introduction of data communications software for Telit Model Sat 550 or Sat 600 Globalstar phones. The new software will allow Telit customers to access the Internet and...

Globecomm Receives Three Contracts Totaling $2.3 Million.
October 19, 2001... Hauppauge, N.Y.-based Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM] yesterday said it has been awarded three contracts worth a total of $2.3 million for satellite earth station infrastructure. One of the contracts calls for Globecomm to provide and install...

QuickBird Imagery Satellite Successfully Launched On Delta 2.(Brief Article)
October 22, 2001... DigitalGlobe, the Longmont, Colo., remote sensing company that was known as EarthWatch Inc. until it changed its name last month, launched its QuickBird satellite last Thursday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, near Lompoc, Calif. The...

GE To Take Less Cash For Americom, As SES Withdraws NYSE IPO.(Brief Article)
October 22, 2001... Societe Europeenne des Satellites, which is in the process of buying GE American Communications, has agreed to give GE Capital, the immediate corporate parent of Americom, a bigger stake in the resulting company, SES Global, in return for...

Intelsat Opens Global Sales And Marketing Headquarters.(Brief Article)
October 22, 2001... Intelsat last Friday officially opened the new headquarters for its Intelsat Global Sales & Marketing Ltd. subsidiary in Chiswick Park, a western suburb of London. The new headquarters will be home to approximately 40 employees. "A...

SkyStream Names Casalena VP of Worldwide Sales And Field Operations.(Tony Casalena)(Brief Article)
October 22, 2001... SkyStream Networks has appointed Tony Casalena to the position of vice president for worldwide sales and field operations. He is responsible for managing and scaling SkyStream's global direct and channel sites, system engineering and field...

Eutelsat's Atlantic Bird 2 Goes Live.
October 22, 2001... Eutelsat S.A.'s Atlantic Bird 2 was brought into full commercial service last Friday. The satellite, launched on Sept. 25 and located at 8[ordinal indicator, masculine]W, is reinforcing Eutelsat's capacity for satellite newsgathering, TV...

OpenTV, French Publisher To Create Interactive TV For DirecTv Latin America.(Brief Article)
October 23, 2001... OpenTV Inc. [OPTV] and an interactive TV subsidiary of the French publisher Lagardere said yesterday they have agreed to work with DirecTv Latin America to create turnkey interactive channels for the DBS broadcaster. Lagardere is the...

Malaysia's Binariang Signs Contract With Transvision For Teleport Services.(Brief Article)
October 23, 2001... Transvision International Teleport of Hawaii said yesterday it has signed an agreement with Binariang Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. to provide teleport and Internet services to the Malaysian satellite carrier. Transvision said it will...