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TRANSPONDER MONITOR

Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity, compiled by Mike Fallon Key D – Digital A – Analogue 134 degreesE Apstar-1A D – Macau TV, from the former Portuguese colony...

TELEDESIC NAMES CEO

ICO-Teledesic Global Ltd, the new holding company that controls Craig McCaw’s satellite assets, has announced that Greg Clarke has joined the company as chief executive officer. Clarke was CEO of...

ORF ISSUES SMARTCARDS FROM SEPTEMBER

Austrian public broadcaster ORF has delayed the launch of its marketing campaign for the digital satellite feed of its domestic TV channels ORF1 and ORF2 on Astra (19.2 degrees East)...

BAVARIAN SATELLITE LICENCES

Bavarian media authority Bayerische Landeszentrale fur neue Medien (BLM) has licenced a range of thematic pay-TV channels for nationwide satellite transmission over a period of eight years. Fox Kids will...

NEWS BYTES...

Italian pay-TV platform Stream has fired director general Giovanni Minoli after only six months. Stream’s recently appointed CEO, Lucia Morselli, said three grave errors had contributed to Minoli’s downfall –...

EADS Gets Off To A Rocky Start

Shares in the world’s third-largest aerospace company had a turbulent start in the first day of trading July 10, opening up almost 6 percent at $17.86 but quickly plummeting below...