Author: Staff Writer

Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity, compiled by Mike Fallon Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 83 degreesE: Insat-2E D – Doordarshan’s DD1 General Hindi service is available...

UK teleport operator Kingston TLI has won the contract to beam the B4U movie channel to the Middle East. B4U stands for Bollywood For You; Bollywood is the popular name...

German general interest channels Sat 1, Pro 7 and Kabel 1 will get new managing directors after the planned unification of Sat 1 and Pro Sieben Media. According to a...

Financially troubled Globalstar took the unusual step of deliberately defaulting on a $250 million bank credit line to get an additional six months of cash for its faltering satellite phone...

German news channel n-tv majority owned by CNN/Time Warner, announced improved financial figures at a press conference in Berlin. According to managing director Kenneth Jautz, 2000 marks a business year...

Scandinavian Pay-TV operator Viasat is taking additional capacity on NSAB’s Sirius at 5 degrees East to simultaneously launch a digital TV platform in the Baltic region alongside the already announced...

Despite official announcements that BSkyB will not shutdown its analogue service until 2001 it is now clear that Sky is well underway in a gradual switch-off. The latest announcement is...

SES-Astra has signed up Kokua Communications as its first European Ka-Band return path client. SES says there are other major announcements pending. The deal calls for Kokua to use capacity...

NTV-Plus, Russia’s DTH satellite pay-TV system, has begun transmitting from Eutelsat’s W4 satellite at 36 degrees East. A total of 19 transponders on W4 are switched into a high-power fixed...

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is one of a group of private investors involved in a $1 billion refinancing of London-based ICI, the bankrupt LEO outfit that was taken under the...