Dish completes triple tranche rights issue
DTH giant Dish TV has completed the third tranche of its US$232m rights issue, raising around US$90m in the process....
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Liberty ends talks with WorldSpace
Liberty's role as a white knight to beleaguered satellite radio company WorldSpace has come crashing to a halt. Strategic transaction...
Sat-GE undergoes rebrand
Sat-GE, the satellite operator that was spun out of SES as part of the transaction with General Electric, has changed...
ISRO’s new rocket engine ready to fly
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch the country's first rocket powered by a domestically built cryogenic...
Krishnan moves to take Astro private
Pay-TV operator Astro All Asia Networks (AAAN) will go private after its holding company, Astro Holdings, made a US$758m buyout...
EU says no to Iranian jammers
The European Union has put pressure on Iran to cease its practice of jamming satellite broadcast transmissions from international operators....
ICO completes rights issue
ICO Global has completed its US$30m fully backstopped rights offering. The satellite operator is issuing 42,870,000 new shares at US$0.70...
Cellular One snaps up offshore satcoms expert
Offshore telecommunications provider Broadpoint has been acquired by MTPCS, the parent company of US-based mobile operator Cellular One, for an...
Globo to sell majority of Sky Brazil stake to DirecTV
Brazilian communications group Globo Comunicacoes e Participacoes has exercised its right to sell part of its 26% stake in Sky...
Satmex turns to Lazard to secure new satellite funding
Mexican satellite operator Satmex has retained Lazard as its sole adviser to conduct a comprehensive review of the company's capital...
