Satellite Industry News

TAMPA, Fla. (October 27, 2023) – DOW Technologies, the leading independently owned technology distributor, has expanded its partnership with LG across DOW’s territory. The agreement makes LG’s full line of TVs available to DOW’s customers, bolstering DOW’s lineup of top selling TV brands.

CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global leader in satellite communications, today announced key financial developments that are expected to materially enhance Viasat's cash generation profile. As a result of these developments, Viasat now expects to reach the inflection point of sustainable positive free cash flow during the first half of calendar 2025, rather than the second half, as previously announced, excluding the positive impact of satellite insurance proceeds.

Consumers today want more choice and value for the news, entertainment, and sports they’re willing to pay to receive in their homes. And DIRECTV aims to provide it.

On October 14, the Greatest Intersectional Rivalry in College Football, the Jeweled Shillelagh Rivalry Presented by DIRECTV, will take place in Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana.

TAMPA, Fla. (October 3, 2023) – DOW Technologies, the leading independently owned technology distributor, has expanded its partnership with KICKER as the new authorized distributor in Florida. This agreement expands DOW’s distribution of KICKER in the Southeast.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- For the sixth year in a row DISH Network has been named #1 in Customer Satisfaction among Cable/Satellite TV Service Providers Nationally, in the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Television Service Provider Satisfaction Study. DISH has earned more J.D. Power customer satisfaction awards than any other cable/satellite TV service brand nationally.

DIRECTV and Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) have officially reached a comprehensive new multi-year distribution agreement covering 176 Nexstar-owned local television stations and the company’s national cable news network, NewsNation. This follows the return of the television stations and NewsNation to DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM and U-verse on the morning of Sept. 17.

TAMPA, Fla. (August 16, 2023) – DOW Technologies, the leading independently owned technology distributor, hosted their fourth DOW Elite Dealer Retreat July 31 and August 1 at the Ritz-Carlton Reynolds, Lake Oconee, Georgia. DOW brought in over 250 customer attendees representing 141 companies to attend the two-day event.

CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, today announced it has received awards totaling over $80 million to develop Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) systems for ground, maritime, and space applications. 

LITTLETON and ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Aug. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DISH Network Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH) and EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for DISH Network to combine with EchoStar Corporation in an all-stock merger at a fixed exchange ratio. The transaction was negotiated and recommended by Special Committees of Independent Directors of both companies and unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies.

Germantown, MD, July 29, 2023 – Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS) company, today announced its JUPITER™ 3 ultra high-density satellite has successfully launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from historic Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A in Florida. Also known as EchoStar XXIV, JUPITER 3 was built by Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto, CA, and is engineered to deliver gigabytes of connectivity to customers across North and South America.

DIRECTV launched a new campaign today under its existing brand platform “TV Without Compromise,” featuring football icon and tight end Travis Kelce reinforcing DIRECTV as the home for the ultimate sports experience without compromise. This campaign, “Overly Direct Sportsperson,” builds on the initial “Overly Direct Spokesperson” campaign featuring actor Brian Cox earlier this year.

Capping off a successful Soccer Champions Tour (SCT), a first-of-its-kind showcase of the best European soccer clubs on U.S. soil the past 10 days, DIRECTV combined its role as the presenting sponsor with its commitment to give back to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) across the country. The entertaining tour of the best-of-the-best soccer players was capped off by DIRECTV’s sizeable $27,000 donation to RMHC through a “Goals for Good” philanthropic campaign.

Two years ago, DIRECTV announced a planned separation from AT&T, and a lot was accomplished since renewing the status as a standalone company. Let’s take a moment to reflect on the culture that has been built.

CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, today announced the launch of its Black ICE Software Defined Radio (SDR) family of modem solutions. The Black ICE SDR modem solutions enable the integration of commercial off-the-shelf and custom waveforms, allowing secure data transmission for mission-critical operations.

The first Win DIRECTV For Life Sweepstakes took place in January 2023 and one grand prize winner, Susanna from Illinois, won free DIRECTV service for Life! We received so much positive interest and feedback from customers about the possibility of winning DIRECTV for life that we decided to bring it back a second time and take it up a notch to spread the DIRECTV love. 

DIRECTV announced plans to provide NFL RedZone to all Sports Pack subscribers starting in August 2023. With NFL RedZone, DIRECTV customers can continue to catch every touchdown from every game, every Sunday afternoon during the regular season, which is the perfect Fantasy Football companion.

Germantown, MD, July 18, 2023 – Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS) company, today announced that Africa Mobile Networks (AMN), which delivers services for the biggest Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in Africa, has selected the Hughes JUPITER™ System ground platform to backhaul 2G, 3G and 4G cellular network traffic in Madagascar and Nigeria. AMN will deploy Hughes JUPITER gateways and remote terminals to connect several hundred cellular towers via satellite, enabling its operator customers to reach more subscribers in hard-to-reach areas and help bridge the digital divide in the region. 

DIRECTV today announced a multi-year renewal of its affiliation agreement with NFL Media that will extend its existing carriage of NFL Network on DIRECTV (via satellite) and will add distribution of NFL Network via DIRECTV STREAM and U-verse.

LITTLETON, Colo. - July 17, 2023 –  DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) filed its 5G Network Buildout Status Report with the FCC on July 14, 2023. This filing certifies, as of June 14, 2023, DISH offered 5G broadband service to over 73 percent of the U.S. population, or more than 246 million Americans nationwide.