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The satellite TV channel of Montenegro’s state broadcaster RTV Crna Gora has celebrated one year on the air, announcing plans to extend its global coverage as well as help to...

The satellite launch market, in the doldrums in 1999, is showing signs of picking up this year, according to Jean-Marie Luton, head of Arianespace. Despite a fall in revenue of...

Canal Plus’ total subscriptions reached 13,628,050 at the end of December, a 17 per cent increase over the previous year. International subscriptions grew by 29 per cent. A total of...

Following its $3.75 billion deal with Hughes, Boeing Space & Communications is set to emerge as the world’s largest space group. Hughes is turning towards the more profitable business of...

105.5 degrees E Asiasat-3S A. Sahara TV, an Indian channel with studio facilities in Bombay (Mumbai) and Delhi, is to lease a 36 MHz C-Band transponder here to relay its...

Canalsatellite was fined and ordered to pay damages of Fr750 (Euro 114) plus costs of Fr700 each to seven subscribers by a court in Marseilles last week for not having...

Telenor intends to invest up to DM2 billion (Euro 1 billion) in Germany within the next three years. A new subsidiary, Telenor Deutschland, will offer a large variety of services,...

According to managing director Dieter Gorny, German music channel Viva’s flotation is now planned for late summer. At a presentation of Viva Zwei’s revised schedule he said that the channel...

European Radio Network (ERN), a subsidiary of London-based World Radio Network (WRN), has launched EuroMax on Astra (19.2 degrees East), replacing WRN’s German-language service. EuroMax Deutsch re-broadcasts selected German-language programmes...

The U.S. civil space program closed a chapter of space exploration when NASA officially ended all attempts at contacting the Mars Polar Lander Jan. 17 after a month-long effort in...