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BSkyB will shortly add two new dimensions to its Sky News Active channel. The first, BSkyB’s WAP-based on-screen service will start within the next two weeks, according to Dave Sparks,...

A new satellite battle is set to ignite the Italian market, but this time it will not involve pay-TV operators Tele+ and Stream. Internet via satellite pioneer Netsystem.com is set...

The Federal German Cartel Office, Bundeskartellamt, has launched an intensified investigation into Deutsche Telekom’s plan to acquire 51 per cent in Beta Research, Kirch Group’s d-box technology subsidiary. In a...

New Skies Satellites NV, the satellite communications company, reported record revenue, operating income and net income in its third quarter 2000 results. Revenues for the three-month period ended September 30,...

Revenues at satellite service provider Kingston Mediastream (KMS) rose 46 per cent year-on-year (up GBP13.2m) in its half-yearly results declared on November 28. The figures were released as part of...

TF6, the 24 hour general entertainment channel for under 50s formed when French terrestrial channels TF1 and M6 merged their projects last September, is to launch on December 18. The...

Content protection and management company Irdeto Access has started legal proceedings in the UK against an alleged counterfeiter accused of selling fake pay-TV smart cards over the Internet, writes Steven...

Media Most’s flamboyant CEO Vladimir Gusinsky is still on Moscow prosecutor general’s ‘most wanted’ list of alleged financial fugitives, according to local Russian reports. This legal threat plus associated financial...

D – Digital A – Analogue 90 degreesE: Yamal 102 D – Tumen TV from Russia is new on 3575MHz LHCP, SR 4355, FEC 3/4, VPID 308, APID 256 in...

The Israeli cabinet approved on November 20 the launching of five thematic commercial channels – Russian/Amharic, Arabic, Israeli heritage, news, and Israeli/Middle Eastern music. The free-to-air channels, which will be...