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Teledesic, one of the satellite broadband ventures of cellular pioneer Craig McCaw, has announced that it has narrowed the choice of its prime satellite construction contractor to Alenia Spazio of...

Julian Clover Managing Editor Sky Digital is doing its utmost to squeeze out the remaining analogue subscribers ahead of the closure of its three remaining analogue channels at midnight on...

Jorn Krieger Munich Turkish pay-TV operator DigiTurk has started to offer a selection of channels to viewers outside its domestic market. According to a spokesman, DigiTurk Euro will targets the...

In an aim to counteract the growing competition from the new owners of its former cable networks in the prospering market for broadband Internet access, Deutsche Telekom has signed a...

Starspeeder, the Internet via satellite service operated by Luxembourg-based media company Communication and Banking Equipment Luxembourg (CBL), has run into difficulties. Both its Austrian sales partner Skysurf (http://www.skysurf.at) and its...

Media merchant bank Veronis Suhler, in its 15th annual Communications Industry Forecast, said there will be a marked spending slowdown in most media industry segments this year. However, the firm...

Chris Forrester Editor Einstein TV is suffering cash-flow problems and may close unless an influx of fresh funding can be sourced. WhereitsatTV, a music-based channel is also reportedly about to...

Despite pulling out of the prestigious Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, UK media minister Tessa Jowell is widely expected to shortly announce approval for the BBC to go ahead and...

CNN has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Dubai’s ‘tax free’ Media City zone to open a news-gathering bureaux in the city, its fifth in the Mid-East. The international news...

Compiled by Mike Fallon Interspace’s In-Depth Study of European Staellite Activity D=Digital A=Analogue 78.5 degreesE: Thaicom 2 & 3 D The Anjuman Channel from Reminiscent Television has started on 3600MHz...