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ITN has named August 1 as the launch date for the ITN News Channel. Describing the venture as the “World’s first fully convergent digital news channel” ITN chief executive Stewart...

Europe Online founder Candace Johnson – and still President of the Board – has brought in Dennis Hightower, most recently president of Disney Consumer Products in Paris, as CEO “to...

Institutional investors have unloaded their holdings in Globalstar in a telling sign that they expect the company ultimately to file for bankruptcy, a panel of industry analysts have said. The...

A survey conducted by Makno on behalf of pubcaster RAI has shown there to be 2,300,000 Italian DTH households, representing 12 per cent of total TV households. More than 1,800,000...

Telefonica-backed Antena 3 TV has moved the transmissions of its international channel to the Hispasat 1C satellite (30 degrees West). Antena 3 Internacional, which is aimed at North America, was...

EMS Technologies has received an order for more that 15,000 broadband, Ka-Band, two-way VSat terminals from a European-based company that will provide service via one of the SES-Astra satellites. EMS...

With this in-depth study of Sky Global Network’s plans, drawn from analysts comments plus Sky Global’s June 20 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Interspace begins what will...

Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity, compiled by Mike Fallon Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 78.5 degreesE: Thaicom-2&3 D – Asian Multimedia Network (AMN), which is due...

Neibal Group International of Abu Dhabi has signed a contract with Thailand’s Shin Satellite to transmit the first Urdu digital television channel to broadcast family entertainment. The channel, a joint...

Phoenix Satellite TV, the Hong Kong-based satellite and cable broadcaster part-owned by News Corp, says it intends raising HK$785.2 million ($100.8 million) in its upcoming IPO, offering stock at HK$1.08,...