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The first fruits of Pace Micro Technology’s acquisition of French manufacturer Xcom were revealed at Mediacast in London last month, and the much-heralded ‘basic’ receiver turned out to be anything...

Does the French space agency CNES aim to supplant the ESA in developing new communications satellite technologies? Earlier this year, CNES evolved a plan (TCS-21, Technology for Communications by Satellite)...

The number of two-way broadband Internet via satellite services keeps growing, with the latest new entrant being Galaxy 2000, operated by UK-based dealer Bentley Walker. The service which was recently...

Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity, compiled by Mike Fallon D = Digital A = Analog 100.5 degreesE: AsiaSat 2 D AsiaSat 2 capacity is to be used by...

UPC’s Polish digital DTH platform Wizja TV has started transmitting Telewizja Polska’s (TVP’s) two national channels TVP1 and TVP2. Although the move has been criticised by TVP – which was...

The BBC and UK cableco NTL are set to launch a new sports channel named British Sport. The service, which will be created by NTL subsidiary Premium Television and backed...

Advent International has invested $12million in the London-based multichannel operator Zone Vision. The money will be used to boost the company’s expansion, especially of its Romantica, Reality TV and adult...

Italian police made 364 raids on as many Rome commercial venues during a recent Juventus-Roma soccer match and subsequently levelled charges against 143 owners of bars and restaurants for using...

Swiss encryption specialists Nagra Kudelski has bought Lysis Int. for SF110 million (E62.8). Lysis provides content owners and broadcasters with software designed to create and operate value-added content including VOD...

Discovery Channel claims it has now topped 15 million subscribers in Latin America and the Iberian peninsular. In a separate development, GlobeCast has won a contract to distribute Trinity Broadcast...