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The merger between Spanish satellite pay-TV platforms Via Digital and Sogecable moved a step nearer completion after the European Commission announced earlier this month that it was up to the […]

The third satellite owned and operated by Saudi Arabia will be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in November.According to Prince Turki ibn Muhammed,who is in charge of the country ‘s […]

EchoStar VIII,a direct broadcast satellite built for EchoStar by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L),was successfully launched on Aug.22.EchoStar VIII is located at the 110 degrees West longitude orbital position.It is designed to […]

Pramer ,a wholly-owned unit of Liberty Media and one of Latin America’s largest cable programmers, has signed a deal with New Skies Satellite to expand Pramer ‘s capacity on the […]

Premiere, the ill-fated pay-TV broadcaster majority owned by troubled German media company Kirch Group, now considers itself saved from the risk of having to file for insolvency after a milestone […]

Neun Live, the successful German viewer participation channel that replaced the ill-fated women’s channel TM3 in September 2001, has revealed plans to expand into other European countries. According to Neun […]

Premiere, the ill-fated German pay-TV broadcaster majority owned by troubled media company Kirch Group, has recently gained fresh support from the receiver manufacturers. Joining Humax, Galaxis, TechniSat, Hirschmann and Samsung, […]

D = Digital A = Analog 83 degreesE: Insat 2E & 3B D Jeevan TV has officially launched in clear MPEG-2 on 3645 MHz vertical, VPID 513, APID 660. This […]

Canal Satelite Digital (CSD), the satellite pay-TV satellite platform of Spain’s Sogecable, gained less than 80,000 subscribers during the fiscal year ended June 2002. The poor performance of Canal Satelite […]

PanAmSat has launched a video-on-demand (VOD) and a digital store & forward (DSF) service that aims to reduce the costs involved in distributing video content. The two new services upgrade […]

BSkyB’s latest results only serve to reinforce its role as the standard bearer for pay-TV operators in Europe. Its six million subscribers as of June 30 were ahead of most […]

New Skies Satellites expects to clear any debt it picks up through its satellite rollout programme by the end of 2004. The operator, which has recently launched its NSS-7 satellite, […]

LAS VEGAS–A major thrust for satellite radio is to convince consumers that commercial-free music channels are worth a monthly subscription fee and equipment costs. XM Satellite Radio offers most of […]

NDS and Kudelski could be in a two-way fight for Canal+ Technologies, the conditional access (CA) vendor put up for sale by Vivendi Universal. NDS CFO Rick Medlock denied any […]

Fox Kids Europe (FKE) has announced that CEO Ynon Kreiz will leave FKE in November this year. Kriez has been CEO of FKE for over five years. During his time […]

BT Openworld is stepping up its effort at selling broadband satellite services. In a recently commissioned survey of 190 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), BT Openworld revealed that two-thirds of […]

Hughes Networks Systems (HNS) has unveiled a new digital satellite recorder for U.S. satellite broadcaster DirecTV. The recorder, which will retail for $200, has dual tuners, enabling customers to record […]

Peter J. Brown The transformation of teleports is ongoing and a variety of trends and market forces are impacting this vital sector of the global telecommunications industry. Is the curtain […]

James Careless In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, and the “Iron Curtain” was raised from Eastern Europe. With the end of the Soviet Union, it seemed self-evident that free markets […]

Peter J. Brown The need for network origination, occasional use and ad hoc services, along with a long list of video, data and voice distribution services, including Direct-To-Home (DTH) and […]

People ALCATEL Appoints Vice President Gérard Continente has been appointed vice president, Asia-Pacific, at Alcatel Space. Prior to this appointment he was satellite business development regional director for Alcatel Space. […]

by Armand Musey Investors in satellite and satellite-related stocks went through some tough times in the first half of the year that left plenty of investors and industry observers alike […]

by Gerry Oberst Despite the financial malaise in some parts of the satellite industry, many commercial initiatives remain to provide access to Internet and digital television services. As the satellite […]

by Richard DalBello Not to be outdone by George Lucas, the FCC is working on its own blockbuster trilogy this summer. You might call it The Spectrum Wars. Though its […]

Theresa Foley Just as Europe led the way for the rest of the world in making GSM a global open standard for mobile telephony, European industry is now pioneering the […]

The merger between rival satellite pay-TV platforms Canal Satellite and TPS in France has moved a step closer after French broadcasting giant TF1 gained control of TPS. TF1, along with […]

D = Digital A = Analog 83 degreesE: Insat 2E & 3B D Asianet continues on 3695 MHz vertical, SR 4339, FEC 3/4, VPID 308, APID 256 in free-to-air MPEG-2. […]

This year will see a strong boost for two-way Internet via satellite access, placing the technology on the verge of conquering the mass market. While both trials and regular services […]

Vivendi Universal’s decision to restructure Canal+, with an emphasis retaining its French assets, is a further indication that the operator’s pan-European ambitions have dramatically been curtailed. Vivendi will transfer its […]

TelecomWeb makes its new satellite play with the relaunch of its satellite channel as SATELLITE TODAY, offering the industry’s most comprehensive source for news, analysis, research and business opportunities. Visit […]