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PanAmSat issued somewhat mixed second quarter results, July 12. The Connecticut-based satellite operator revised its 2001 numbers to show consolidated full-year revenues in the range of $825 to $835 million,...

Jorn Krieger, Munich In a landmark decision, the Swiss Upper House has ruled that Swiss local broadcasters Radio Top and Radio Framboise have to encrypt their satellite signals to comply...

Journalist Walter Issacson (49), a former managing editor of Time magazine has been named chairman and chief executive officer of the CNN News Group. The appointment comes only days after...

As Italy celebrates the 10th anniversary of pay-TV, Tele+ is getting ready to merge with rival operator Stream, in order to create a single Italian DTH satellite platform. Branislav Pekic...

Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity Compiled by Mike Fallon D – Digital A – Analogue 78.5 degreesE: Thaicom 2&3 D: Despite announcing that it would be using Intelsat...

Star India, the Indian arm of the Murdoch controlled Star TV is scouting for strong Indian partners for its proposed forays into the DTH business, writes Radhakrishna Rao in Bangalore....

Competition is fierce in Latin America, as satellite operators and service providers mine what is perceived as rapidly growing demand for both narrowband and broadband services. Is this market big...

The results are in for our annual satellite survey and the numbers look encouraging. Satellite industry revenues grew by a healthy 17 percent between1999-2000, topping $83 billion. The 238 Western-built...

by Gerry Oberst Part of the “fiction” in science fiction is the apparent ease with which advanced civilizations, or even the near future of our own civilization, can regulate the...

by Armand Musey As DBS subscriber growth slows, DirecTV’s dependence on retail distribution is becoming increasingly expensive. We estimate that cost inflation in the retail channel has caused DirecTV’s subscriber...