Telesat Canada

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Series of satellite dishes in the southern part of Edmonton, Alberta.
Series of satellite dishes in the southern part of Edmonton, Alberta.

Telesat Canada is a Canadian satellite communications company owned by BCE Inc. and founded on May 2, 1969. The company is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario as well as having offices in the United States and Brazil.

Telesat launched Anik A1 in 1972 as the world's first domestic communications satellite in geostationary orbit, operated by a commercial company.

Telesat carries Canada's two major DBS providers signals: Bell ExpressVu and StarChoice, as well as more than 200 of Canada's television channels.

On December 18, 2006, Loral Space & Communications announced that it, along with Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), would acquire Telesat for US$2.8b.[1]

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  1. ^ Loral Space & Communications (2006-12-18). Loral and PSP Investments agree to acquire Telesat Canada. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-12-12.

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