Month: February 2000

Modern Times Group stayed in the black for the financial year 1999. “During the two last years we have produced a swing of more than half a billion kronar from...

Complaints about a programme on Flextech-owned Bravo were upheld by the ITC this week. Real TV broadcast in October showed a story where a 13 year-old boy died in a...

A major solar flare on February 17 had the potential to do some serious damage to both geostationary and LEO satellites. When the superheated mass, known as a coronal mass,...

Japan Satellite TV (JSTV) the analogue Japanese-language subscription service for expatriate executives living in Europe is to switch from analogue to digital transmission. Digital broadcasts are expected to start in...

Canalsatellite made a flurry of announcements at the Milia event in Cannes (February 14-18) concerning its interactive services. A service for betting on horse races is to launch in April,...

Rupert Murdoch is considering a spin-off of the global satellite operations of his News Corp. Ltd. [NWS] empire. The media mogul is in the process of reorganizing the News Corp....

An experimental rocket, launched last week by Russia, has been recovered by search teams after it successfully returned to Earth using Inflatable Reentry and Descent Technology (IRDT). However, those teams...

The first Atlas 5 conical interstage adapter arrived at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 10, and is being inspected by the launch operations team supporting Atlas Missions. Following...

Satellite industry analysts are viewing the successful launch of the Asia Cellular Satellite (ACeS) satellite, Garuda 1, as a promising sign for major backer PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara [PSNRY] of...

Hauppauge, N.Y.-based satellite Internet service provider NetSat Express announced an agreement with <ST>Cisco Systems Inc. [CSCO]<E> that will enable Cisco to build out its Internet infrastructure hardware in underdeveloped countries....