Author: Staff Writer

POLSAT TO LEAVE

Canal+ Cyfrowy has been ordered to stop transmitting the signals of commercial broadcasters Polsat and Nasza TV. Separately, Polsat must also cease transmitting programming made by public broadcaster TVP, according...

NEWS BYTES...

Arianespace has successfully launched a dual payload on an Ariane 5 launcher. The craft put Worldspace’s AsiaStar and the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Insat 3B satellites into orbit. AsiaStar will...

RELAX FM, BIG FM ON ASTRA

The number of German-language radio services on the Astra satellite system (19.2 degrees East) continues to grow. Last Friday at 1300 CET BIG FM, the new commercial youth radio station...

MEDIASET CHANNELS DEBUT ON STREAM

Leading Italian terrestrial commercial broadcaster Mediaset has launched an action movie channel called Duel TV and a comedy channel called Comedy Life on Stream’s digital satellite platform. The launch of...

GAMEPLAY EXTOLS OPEN... VIRTUES

Gameplay, the games marketing company, has reported that a remarkable 26 per cent of its total sales between November and January were through Open… . This means that from a...

ASTRIUM MERGER APPROVED BY EC

The merger task force of the European Commission has finally approved the creation of Astrium, initially in the form of a merger of the space activities of Matra Marconi Space...

CECCHI GORI TO EXIT STREAM

Italian TV and film conglomerate Cecchi Gori Group (CGG) is expected to sell its 18 per cent stake share in pay-TV operator Stream and seek an alliance with Italian state...

TPS LAUNCHES E-MAIL SERVICE

French digital pay-TV operator TPS has launched an e-mail service for its subscribers, reports our sister publication Inside Digital TV. The service differs in several ways from the one introduced...

MC unveils expansion plan

Thematic audio service Music Choice will shortly add extra functionality to its digital satellite service. For Sky Digital from this June it will have in place extra interactivity, according to...