Topic - satellite

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Communications, Internet

Google Joins Third World Broadband Effort

Search giant supports plan to launch 16 satellites to provide high speed internet to 3 billion people in Africa, South Asia and Latin America.
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General news, Media, Internet

Clearleap Gets a $9M Jump

The startup claims it has a “new model” for bringing Internet video to TV sets.
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Communications

Iridium in $2B Satellite Launch

Firm plans to replace its old fleet with one that supports IP at 15 times the bandwidth.
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Media

Search Heads To Interactive TV

Zodiac launches local search and click-through advertising on TVs.
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Media

Al Jazeera’s New “Net”-work?

Jilted by U.S. broadcasters, Arab news channel looks to Internet TV.
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Media, Communications

Sirius Frees Howard Stern

The King of All Media will again breathe the air of free radio for two days to debut Sirius Internet.
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General news, Media

UK Biz Channel Gets Backing

American game-and-movie-rental company invests in a London TV station.
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Media, Communications

Globalstar Seeks $100M in IPO

The firm wants to offer wireless service in areas where it's unavailable now.
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Media, Internet

FastStats: VoIP’s Buzz Grows

VoIP awareness rising; Sirius web site leads XM’s; Net banking adoption to slow.
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Media, Communications

AT&T Makes TV Debut

After months of network building, software planning, and testing, the largest phone company in the U.S. offers video services.
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Media, Communications

Cable TV Faces Decency Rules

À la carte channel selection viewed as one option to rein in cable’s content after a half-century of freedom.
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General news, Internet

Google Earth Finds Roman Ruins

Google’s satellite-mapping service helps an Italian computer programmer find an ancient Roman villa near his home.
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Communications

Satellite Slimdown

University of Toronto researchers see ‘nano’ satellites as the digital imagery answer to kludgy Google Earth.
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Media, Communications

Sirius Has Wearable MP3 Radio

Satellite radio provider debuts portable device with MP3 and WMA capability.
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Communications

Stratos Buys Xantic for $191M

Deal between two remote communications companies creates one of world’s largest satellite providers.
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Media, Communications

XM Acquires WCS Wireless

XM Satellite Radio is acquiring WCS Wireless in an all-stock deal worth approximately $192 million.
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Media, Communications, Internet

Sirius Boosts Capacity

New modulation technology gives the satellite radio company the capacity to offer advanced services.
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Finance

IPO Watch: Bucks and Bailouts

The week of May 16 lists a couple of carryovers and two fresh faces—Citi Trends and Boise Cascade.
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Media, Communications

AOL Links with XM

The ISP looks to satellite to beef up its radio offering, and to convince new customers it’s not the dial-up dinosaur of the past.
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Media, Communications, Finance

Startup Brings Radio to Phones

MSpot links with Sprint to offer NPR, Market Watch and challenge satellite radio.
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