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Basque Country-based regional channel EiTB is now reaching the whole of Europe via the Astra satellite system. The channel started test transmissions on April 23 distributing the signal of TV...

Irdeto Access has sealed its first sale in Japan and will supply its M-Crypt DVB conditional access system to Astem Co Ltd. The Japanese company will use the Irdeto system...

Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity, compiled by Mike Fallon Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 68.5 degreesE: PAS-4 & 7 D – The replacement for PAS 4...

Alcatel Space has signed a contract with International Launch Services (ILS) for launch of two spacecraft for GE Americom in 2002 and 2003. The contract allows for Proton launches with...

Asia’s economies continue to thunder back to life after the devastating recession that had obstructed the region’s growth in the late 1990s. In fact, as commerce in the area re-establishes...

by Gerry Oberst Some countries ban satellite dishes in an effort to restrict broadcasts from outside their borders, whether for religious, political or purely monopolistic reasons. Even in developed countries,...

For that sports bar you would like to own in Florida, or that Cinema Center you want installed in your California home, stand up and cheer for the TV technology...

Streaming media is much more than the Internet’s answer to TV. Data, audio and graphics can be streamed, and not just video. Satellite started embracing streaming two years ago, and...

To tie the knot with the Aussie media mogul, Rupert Murdoch, or not to tie the knot. That is the question facing the GM board, which controls the fate of...

by Theresa Foley Broadband satellite projects will find it difficult, if not impossible, to raise the large amounts of capital this year necessary to build out their systems, which cost...