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Blass Communications/Public Relations Agency Near Albany, N.Y., area seeks PR Counselor Candidate with a minimum of 3 years agency, corporate communications or trade association experience. Account mix includes healthcare, consumer and trade. Strategic planning, writing… Continued

Primestar’s new CEO, Carl Vogel, moved quickly to restructure the company he began leading June 10 with his recent decision to cut 275 out of 2,200 corporate jobs. Three senior vice presidents are among the… Continued

DirecTv Inc. [GMH] and Thomson Multimedia will cooperate on the development and distribution of advanced direct broadcast satellite (DBS) receivers and digital television services. The joint effort is designed to upgrade DBS receiver technology for… Continued

ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd. [ICOGF] added a further $690 million to its coffers through the sale of senior notes and an initial public stock offering (IPO), but the stock’s $12 price per share fell… Continued

Comsat Corp. [CQ] filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Md., against three former executives who recently left to join a competitor, Stratos Mobile Networks. The lawsuit alleges the former employees misappropriated… Continued

The direct broadcasting satellite (DBS) industry has a chance to further persuade consumers to make the switch from cable television, thanks to a range of new products that enable viewers to receive satellite TV while… Continued

Legislation aimed at blocking the proposed hike in satellite copyright fees was amended with five new provisions during a markup last Tuesday (8/4) before the House Judiciary Committee. Congressional sources predict the amendments will hurt… Continued

Satellite stocks proved to be more resilient than the rest of the stock market last week when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 299.43 points Tuesday before recovering a small portion of its loss with… Continued

New Skies Names Consultant As First CEO New Skies Satellites N.V., the for-profit, Amsterdam-based company spun off by Intelsat to provide video and other telecommunication services via satellite, named broadcasting consultant Robert Ross as its… Continued

A Pegasus rocket successfully deployed eight low-Earth-orbit satellites for Orbcomm Global L.P. in a mission out of NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility, Va., Aug. 2. The Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] rocket was released from Orbital’s… Continued