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Italian electricity utility Enel has received the necessary go-ahead from the EU to take a 30 per cent in Canal Plus-led digital platform Telepiu, but is facing criticism from leading...

Youth channel Rapture has joined the Sky Digital line up on Astra, increasing its carriage by a third to approximately 5.7 million homes including analogue satellite and cable. Rapture, owned...

Telenor is upgrading its presence in the UK with a move to new offices that will also include its own uplink facilities. The new offices in Bernard Street, central London,...

Two channels for France specialising in tourism, but with very different approaches, are on the launch pad. VTV International, based in Madrid, has launched Tele Vacances in France. The channel...

A new satellite market study (Handbook of Satellite Services in Europe, Microcom Systems Pounds 285) suggests the recent problems affecting Iridium and ICO Global Communications will have a short-term effect...

Regional Czech satellite TV station Galaxie started transmissions on November 18 on satellite and cable according to local reports. It has also been reported that channel could be a target...

The proposed merger between Carlton Communications and United News & Media (UN&M) – besides managing to infuriate both BSkyB and Granada – could bring together two UK broadcasters with a...

The Adam Faith-backed Money Channel, due on air in February, reported losses for its first half-year Pounds 638,000 for the six months to September 30, in line with company expectations....

Italian pay-TV operator Telepiu is facing major problems in supplying its new subscribers with the Goldbox receivers needed to receive its digital bouquet. In order to resolve the problem, Telepiu...

Japan’s ministry of transport lost its multi-functional Transport Satellite on November 15 when its H-II launcher suffered a first stage shut-down four minutes after lift-off. The 2.9 tonne MTSat-1 was...