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by Armand Musey Recently, Hughes Network Systems (HNS) held a press and investor luncheon in New York to unveil DirecWay, its next generation of two-way broadband satellite services. In our...

By Peter J. Brown The idea behind the creation of content delivery networks (CDNs) is that as more and more rich media arrives on the scene, the Internet cannot cope...

By David Hartshorn VISA, Reuters, Peugeot, Argyle, and Weat are birds of a feather. While they hark from different European commercial arenas–credit, financial services, automotive, retail and utilities, respectively–each is...

by Gerry Oberst In February 2001, U.K. officials formally published an action plan to help drive forward national broadband networks. Their report, entitled “U.K. Online: The Broadband Future,” recognized that...

Telespazio, Telecom Italia’s satellite communications business unit, has announced the launch of a new multimedia platform for broadband satellite services. Evolv-e is a DVB-IP multimedia platform encompassing services including distance...

TM3, the Munich-based commercial German TV channel, will change its name to Neun Live (translated as ‘Nine Live’) on September 1. Managing director Christiane zu Salm, says the new name...

Interspace Correspondent A dispute between Mexico and the Netherlands and their respective satellite companies over an unoccupied slot on the geostationary arc is going to be resolved in the old...

Julian Clover, Managing Editor Kingston inmedia, the satellite services division of Kingston Communications, contributed to the overall growth of the company with revenues climbing 33 per cent year on year....

Channel D has signed a long term agreement with SES-Astra that will see the commercial international television service transmit to North and South America. SES stresses that this is its...

Chris Forrester, Editor There are increasing indicators that the broadband-by-satellite market can continue to expect solid growth. Two recent reports confirm the upward trend. Comsys, a London-based consulting group, in...