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Russia’s NTV is now wholly under new management, headed by Boris Jordan. He claims that some $750 million is unaccountably “missing” from the station’s total debt burden of $1.6 billion....

MURDOCH TRYING AGAIN OVER DIRECTV

Rupert Murdoch was scheduled to again meet the directors of Hughes Electronics on Monday April 23 to press his suit for DirecTV. Murdoch’s plan is to slot DirecTV into his...

EC ACCEPTS UEFA FOOTBALL 'BAN'

The European Commission has cleared broadcasting rules proposed by European soccer’s governing body Uefa. The proposals include a ban on football broadcasts for two and a half- hours, either on...

PACE PACT WITH NET SAT AND GRADIENTE

Pace Micro Technology Americas has reached an agreement with NET SAT, Brazil’s largest satellite operator, and Gradiente, a manufacturers of electronic consumer goods in the Brazilian market, to provide 40,000...

PANAMSAT PAS-10 GEARING UP FOR MAY LAUNCH

PanAmSat Corporation says its new PAS-10 Indian Ocean Region satellite has arrived in Kazakhstan in preparation for its May launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. PAS-10 will be sent into space...

EITB BREAKS INTO EUROPE

Basque Country-based regional channel EiTB is now reaching the whole of Europe via the Astra satellite system. The channel started test transmissions on April 23 distributing the signal of TV...

JAPANESE DEBUT FOR IRDETO ACCESS

Irdeto Access has sealed its first sale in Japan and will supply its M-Crypt DVB conditional access system to Astem Co Ltd. The Japanese company will use the Irdeto system...