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BT Broadcast Services has contracted to supply France’s TF1 (and its news channel La Chaine Info) with a dedicated satellite transmission network. BT will use Intelsat 801 and will provide...

Inmarsat’s board of directors has decided to proceed with the building of its fourth generation system at a cost of $1.4 billion. Requests for proposals have now been issued. As...

Merlin Communications has secured a deal to transmit live Scottish Premier League football not available elsewhere on satellite with Albasat. The first match, Rangers vs Dundee, went out on November...

This will be the last issue of Interspace for 1999. We would like to wish our readers all the best for the holiday season. The first issue of 2000 will...

by Marc Crossman and Anh Steininger In the satellite universe, 1999 would probably be considered the year of the dish. As a result of consolidation and a clearing of the...

by Theresa Foley Latin America remains one of the world’s hottest satellite markets despite economic problems in two of the largest nations, Brazil and Argentina, that have put the brakes...

by Gerald E. Oberst Jr. A vast number of regulatory decisions have affected the satellite industry since its inception. Many of these regulations were made in the past ten years....

by Theresa Foley Before year’s end, several satellite service providers will be carrying one Gbps worth of Internet traffic each as the demand for satellite delivery of Internet services continues....

by Theresa Foley Russia enters the new millennium planning to launch several new, modern satellites that should improve the transponder shortage of the late 1990s. However, Russia’s enormous problems in...

by Amanda L. Kazdoy Satellite industry experts tend to agree that Africa is in dire need of basic telecommunications services, particularly in rural communities. As developing regions are becoming more...