Author: Staff Writer

BSKYB DELAYS PVR INTRO - AGAIN

BSkyB will delay introducing its second-generation PVR digibox until a ‘hard launch’ now scheduled for Christmas this year. This is the second delay for the Pace Micro Technology-built XTV box....

TELESHOPPING CHANNEL TO LAUNCH ON ASTRA

Nobis TV, a new German teleshopping and product presentational channel, will launch in both analogue and digital on Astra (19.2 degrees East) on September 1. The service, which is based...

LATIN AMERICAN LAUNCH FOR ARIANE

A Worldspace official said last week that the company plans to launch its third satellite on Ariane later this year. The craft will provide coverage over South and Central America....

STAFF CHANGING AT TELECOM ITALIA

Telecom Italia’s business unit Satellite Services, which lists Telespazio as its principal operative asset, has announced several changes to its management structure. While Salvatore Pinto, the ex-CEO of Olivetti-Wang Global...

NTL BUSINESS UP FOR SALE

NTL is considering selling its broadcast transmission business. Speaking at the Merrill Lynch TMT conference in London, CEO Stephen Carter said it is continuing with plans to create a tracking...

VSATS IN FOR A SHAKE-UP

The VSAT world, hitherto almost exclusively business-to-business or intra-business, is beginning to change. Such was the message conveyed by the third VSAT-2001 conference, mounted recently in London by ComSys. For...

PROFITABILITY AT LAST FOR GRANADA NICHE

Granada’s three GSB channels, co-owned with BSkyB, moved into profit during the six months ending March 31. The three channels, Granada Breeze, Men & Motors, and Granada Plus, increased revenue...

NEW INTERACTIVE SYSTEM ON SHOW

SES has demonstrated the capabilities of the Astra Broadband Interactive System to delegates at the Radio, Electrical & Television Retailers’ Association (RETRA) annual conference on the island of Jersey. By...

ASTRIUM SEEKS US LINK-UPS

According to US press reports, European satellite manufacturer Astrium has held talks in the last eight months over a possible link-up with Loral Space & Communications and separately Lockheed Martin....