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[22] [23] It owns a fleet of satellites, with others under construction, and operates additional satellites for other entities. Telesat carries Canada's two major DBS providers signals: Bell Satellite TV and Shaw Direct, as well as more than 200 of Canada's television channels.
Loral hold a 64% economic interest and a 331/3% voting interest in Telesat Holdco, the ultimate parent company of the resulting new entity. At the same time, Telesat Canada merged with Loral Skynet, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications. [11] This resulted in the transfer of all of the assets of Loral Skynet to Telesat.
It entered service June 2005 (used in testing before that). Its Ka-band resources are operated by ViaSat. The satellite itself belongs to Telesat. WildBlue-1 was launched in December 2006 from Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. It weighed 4,735 kilograms or 10,439 pounds. [75] WildBlue-1 became operational in early 2007. [76]
Michel Forest to succeed David Wendling as Chief Technology Officer Asit Tandon joins as Chief Network and Information Officer. OTTAWA, Ontario, Jan. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT), one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, today announced that Michel Forest will be its new Chief Technology Officer following the retirement of David ...
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BCE also spun off operating units that it did not consider to be core to its business, including Emergis in 2004, and Bell Globemedia and Telesat Canada in 2006. On February 1, 2006, stating the need to remain competitive, Bell Canada announced job cuts of 3,000 to 4,000 employees by the end of 2006. [14]
Hughes Communications was founded in 1971 under the name Digital Communication Corporation (DCC) [8] by a group of seven engineers and a lawyer led by John Puente and Dr. Burton Edelson, [9] who all previously worked together at Comsat Laboratories. [10]