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The arrival of new shareholders for the Italian digital platform Telepiu is close to being finalised with mobile phone operator Wind being the front runner. Although Telepiu has denied that...

The media and financial services holding company Fininvest, headed by Silvio Berlusconi, announced on July 28 that it has sold its 10 per cent stake in leading Italian digital platform...

The Swiss-based broadband multimedia software specialist The Fantastic Corporation has confirmed that it intends to launch an initial public offering on Frankfurt’s Neuer Markt, expected to be completed in the...

In what is seen as a smart tactical move by industry observers, German media company Pro-Sieben Group has managed to gain valuable analogue capacity on the Astra satellite system (19.2...

Russia’s Krunichev Space Centre has established that a welding defect in the number three engine of the rocket’s second stage was the cause of the failure of the Raguda launch...

by Katie McConnell Michael Young, Hongkong Telecom’s marketing manager, says, "The digitization of television channels has created enormous growth in the total number of satellite channels available. Multiple channel per...

by Marc Crossman Iridium’s inability to add meaningful subscribers to its network has left the company floundering in its ability to meet debt obligations. Despite the fact that three credit...

by Gerald E. Oberst Jr. After reading ITU documents for years, it was a pleasure to find in a recent paper the first candid assessment of how confusing the coordination...

by Katie McConnell International relationships in the satellite community are not at their best. The U.S. decision to transfer the exporting of satellite licenses from the Commerce Department to the...

Astrolink, the Lockheed Martin/ Telespazio/TRW-backed broadband satellite project, has closed a $900 million equity investment, initially announced in May. Astrolink secured the investment following regulatory approval for the project on...