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German multimedia company Global Electronic Transfer (GET) and Fujitsu Siemens Computers have formed a long-term technical co-operation. The firm based in Oberhaching near Munich intends to bring 1 million units...

Italian business channel Class Financial Network has released figures that show that on average 630,000 viewers tune in daily to its programmes, while advertising revenues during its first year of...

German public broadcaster ARD has launched its main domestic television channel, Das Erste, on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite system on 13 degrees East, as revealed exclusively in Interspace 705. Since...

France Telecom is changing one of its satellite slots, with Télécom 2C leaving its orbital slot at 3 degrees East, on which the satellite has been positioned since its launch...

Reborn Luxembourg-based company Europe Online Networks SA, which now describes itself as a “provider of interactive entertainment services”, has launched in its first prime marketing area of Germany, choosing Berlin...

Television Par Satelite (TPS) is France’s ‘other’ digital direct-to-home (DTH) satellite pay-TV system. While rival Canal Plus boasts a total 6.7 million French subscribers, TPS achieved its first million in...

Poland has been at the forefront of developments in Central and Eastern Europe’s television industry since the region returned to democracy a decade ago, writes Chris Dziadul. Having begun the...

Key D – Digital A – Analogue 78.5 degreesE: Thaicom 2&3 D – Two horse racing channels entitled SKY1 and SKY2 can be seen on 3565MHz horizontal, SR 5000, FEC...

A group of local investors is leading a consortium putting $30 million (E34.23 m) into a new 10,000sq metre studio facility at Dubai’s newly-established Media City. Certain key contracts have...

This past year was a mixed bag for the satellite industry. It saw a respectable rise in the number of satellites launched and an astounding increase in the number of...