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In a move reflecting the slow growth of digital television in Germany, Deutsche Telekom has decided to close down its loss-making digital pay-TV platform MediaVision. The bouquet, which was launched […]

EchoStar Communications and a satellite industry trade group lost their bid for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments on satellite “must carry” rules that require direct broadcast satellite (DBS) […]

Eutelsat has launched a new IP-based communications network between its Paris headquarters and its three European satellite suppliers. The fully satellite-based interactive network enables Eutelsat and its suppliers to track […]

MTV Networks International has signed deals with Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, CTV in Canada, Channel 10 in Australia and TV New Zealand for terrestrial broadcast rights for MTV’s […]

Telenor Plus and Canal+ have settled their dispute surrounding the sale of Nordic digital television platform, Canal Digital. Telenor will acquire Canal+’s 50 percent stake in Canal Digital for 290 […]

In recent days, rumours have been circulating that troubled mobile satellite provider Globalstar is in talks with Inmarsat for a possible bailout. Fuelling this rumour is the fact that Globalstar […]

Nordic Satellite AB (NSAB) is still evaluating options concerning the possible launch of its planned Sirius 4 satellite. NSAB CEO Lennart Hallkvist told Interspace in an exclusive interview that the […]

NDS has acquired interactive TV application software company VISIONIK in a deal worth up to $14 million. VISIONIK has built its reputation in recent years on enhanced TV shows and […]

Canal+ Horizons, the African subsidiary of French pay-TV group Canal Plus, has launched a digital package to DTH viewers on the African continent. The bouquet uses the NSS-7 satellite (21.5 […]

Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 83 degreesE: Insat 2E&3B D – Doordarshan’s DD8 for Andhra Pradesh in South East India on 3980 MHz vertical, SR 5000, FEC 3/4 […]

Embratel has launched Business IP Sat, a new satellite Internet service designed to tap into the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) markets in Brazil. The services are aimed at SMEs […]

AsiaSat is making a further investment in SpeedCast, a broadband enabler of satellite-based services in the Asia Pacific region. AsiaSat is injecting a further $4 million by way of cash […]

In an effort to reduce its operational costs, the highly indebted Kirch Group has implemented a far-reaching cost savings plan, which will affect not only its core business, but also […]

In a move that could breath new life into Deutsche Telekom’s aging DFS Kopernikus 1 FM3 satellite, the Greek-Cypriote consortium Hellas-Sat has decided to take over the bird and move […]

Although U.S. satellite operators have bitten the bullet and gone ahead with the development of large Ka-band satellite systems, Europeans operators are merely dipping their toes in the higher frequency […]

Last year will not go down as one of the greatest for satellite operators. In fact, with capacity pricing pressure and harsh operating conditions, the game for many was about […]

Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 100.5 degreesE: Asiasat 2 D – Pakistan TV (PTV) have announced that they are to launch a dedicated news channel on July 1. […]

Canal+ Technologies CEO Francois Carayol is looking to take participate actively in the consolidation of the conditional access (CA) system and middleware industry consolidation. He told the PricewaterhouseCoopers’ European Media […]

by Armand Musey Last month, we wrote how satellite television services are becoming the principal economic driver of the global satellite industry and what a merger of Echostar and Hughes […]

by Richard DalBello The answer may be 36,021 km + (1000 * CR * A/m). As to the question, well, we have to go back a couple of decades to […]

Theresa Foley The dust has cleared from the mobile satellite services (MSS) bankruptcies of the last few years, leaving a three-way contest among steady-sailing Inmarsat and its two restructured post-bankruptcy […]

by Gerry Oberst The Financial Times calls it “a white elephant preparing for take-off.” The Wall Street Journal calls it a “duplicative system that replaces one that already exists and […]

By Nick Mitsis The landscape of competition and regional satellite services growth within Latin America continues to change. Alongside the growing capacity rate, more satellite companies are increasing their business […]

By Peter J. Brown When it comes to delivering Internet-based content and providing high-speed IP data services over satellite, the satellite industry’s radars are sweeping the sky, searching for the […]

Arianespace has been boosted by the announcement of three new contract awards for the DirecTV-7s, iPSTAR-1 and Star One C1 satellites. “We are pleased that despite the market downturn, we […]

New Skies gained revenues of $51.8 million in the first quarter of 2002. This was an increase of $600,000 over the same quarter last year. The Dutch satellite operator also […]

AsiaSat has postponed the launch of its AsiaSat 4 satellite, scheduled for this month, until next year. The Asian satellite company hopes to announce a new date in the next […]

In a move that comes as no surprise, troubled German media company Kirch Group has placed its Kirch Pay-TV unit into insolvency. Premiere, Kirch Group’s ill-fated pay-TV broadcaster whose heavy […]

BSkyB is on a roll at the moment. The demise of ITV Digital can only be good news for the satellite operator as it continues to cement its position as […]

Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR idée suisse has decided to cease its usage of the Astra Digital Radio (ADR) system in favour of the MPEG-2/DVB standard. The ADR transmissions “will […]