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Eagle River Investments, Craig McCaw’s investment management firm, has confirmed it will not pursue an investment in Iridium. Instead Eagle River said it will focus its satellite communications investments on...

Italy’s Telepiu entered the new millennium with more than 1,480,000 subscribers, out of which more than one million have chosen its digital satellite platform D+. Telepiu currently operates both digital...

As Dubai prepares to launch digital terrestrial, one of the most lucrative markets in the Middle East now faces a confusing plethora of multichannel options. Interspace assesses the latest entrants...

Key: D = Digital A = Analogue 100.5 degrees E: Asiasat-2 D. MSTV is the name of a new channel originating from Taiwan which has just started to broadcast test...

Interspace understands Eutelsat to be completing plans to commercialise new positions at 4 degrees East and 33 degrees East. It is believed that Eutelsat I-F5 will be moved to the...

Australia’s Telstra has formed an alliance with BT Broadcast Services to provide joint broadcasting solutions for news, sports and special events. The deal comes ahead of the Sydney 2000 Olympic...

Granada wants to set up a television network in Germany. The general entertainment channel is expected to launch as a digital pay-TV service with the necessary broadcast licence to be...

Sogecable reported its full year results on February 24, with revenues of Ptas 152 billion (Euro 914 million) and operating losses of Ptas 6.9 billion. Total subscribers, including analogue, stood...

Exigent International Inc. [XGNT] recently announced that its subsidiary Software Technology Inc. has been approved by the U.S. State Department for use by DACOM, one of the largest telecommunications company’s...

British Science Minister Lord Sainsbury announced a GBP 9 million program to help United Kingdom companies exploit opportunities in the satellite communications industry. Under the three year SATCOM program, U.K....