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The operators of medium and large cable networks can provide their customers with high speed Internet access through the soon to be launched SatXpress. The Cologne-based company vsatnet.com is offering […]

by Gerry Oberst A small provision in the recent Intelsat privatization law adopted by the United States in mid-March this year could have large implications for the international satellite field. […]

Jean-Marie Messier, the chairman of French utility and communications giant Vivendi, has requested that Italian pay-TV platform Stream should be excluded from Rupert Murdoch’s planned global satellite holding Platco. The […]

Gene Curcio, a California-based telecommunications entrepreneur who is leading the $50 million (52.47) bid of Venture Partners. to acquire the assets of the failed Iridium LLC satellite constellation, said he […]

By Katie McConnell Halfway through the first year of the 21st century (or halfway through the last year of the 20th century, depending on which philosophy you subscribe to), the […]

Zee TV will launch a bouquet of 15 television channels in C-Band later in June, Zee Telefilms chairman Subash Chandra said last Tuesday (June 6). The 15 channels would include […]

German music channel Viva is planning a major expansion into new business areas. The ambitious plans include a broadband Internet and e-commerce platform for young people, TV- over-the-Internet services and […]

Italian publisher L’Espresso, industrial group De Benedetti and rock star Vasco Rossi are contemplating the launch of new thematic digital TV channels for the Italian TV market. The administrative council […]

by Theresa Foley If you’ve ever tried watching live video on your Internet terminal at home, chances are that unless you are one of the lucky two million U.S. broadband […]

Stream has reached an agreement with leading Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset for the digital TV platform to acquire key Italian pay-TV rights to next season’s Champions League football tournament. The […]

by David Hartshorn Those not already fluent in Spanish and Portuguese would be well advised to invest in a crash course. While Latin America has traditionally comprised less than 15 […]

The ITU did its best to please every last delegate at its World Radiocommunication Conference, writes Chris Bulloch The International Telecommunication Union held its first-ever World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) outside […]

Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity, compiled by Mike Fallon Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 145 degreesE: Gorizont-21 & 33 D – The last of the Gorizont […]

by David Hahn, Thomas T. Griffith and Stefan J. Van Rafelghem Imagine having the ability to upload instructions to a satellite or other space system via electronic mail. Or retrieving […]

German public broadcaster ARD is to extend the interactive content on its free-to-air digital package. The Euro 2000 football competition will allow the approximate 70,000 households equipped with OpenTV digital […]

British TV personality Noel Edmonds has revealed plans to launch a series of new channels kicking of with a business-to-business channel Biz4BizTV.com‚ that will launch in about a year. Edmonds […]

Italian public broadcaster RAI has established a holding company that will combine its Internet and satellite TV units (Interspace 694). Announcing the initiative on May 8, RAI president Roberto Zaccaria […]

By Theresa Foley The face of competition for satellite services in Latin America is changing. Restructurings at Satmex and Embratel are transforming those companies into more effective players. At the […]

RTL Television continued to be Germany’s most watched television channel in May. According to the latest GfK figures, the Cologne-based channel reached an average audience market share among viewers of […]

By Peter Brown At the Internet Protocol (IP) via satellite cafe, voice over IP (VoIP) has slipped quite quietly onto the menu. Is VoIP via satellite ready for the main […]

By Rob Fernandez For the satellite industry, the developing regions of the world offer a particularly fertile market for its unique telecommunications services. Latin America is one region that is […]

Canal+ has officially confirmed its interest in a merger of Poland’s two leading digital satellite platforms Cyfra+ and Wizja TV. Although there have been suggestions of a meeting of minds […]

By Mark Crossman and Anh Steininger Panamsat has finally outlined its long-awaited Internet strategy, Net/36, and this will be very positive for the company’s growth prospects going forward. Unfortunately, investors […]

The foreign services platform Fremdsprachenplattform (FSP) which wants to provide independent German cable operators with international radio and television channels from September, will use capacity on Eutelsat’s new ‘Hot Bird’ […]

The Atlas 3A rocket, powered by new Russian-built RD-180 engine, successfully completed its maiden flight May 24 by carrying the Eutelsat W4 satellite into the proper orbit after liftoff from […]

Spot Image Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of Spot Image system, has licensed the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), formerly the Defense Mapping Agency, to release Spot Image’s older images […]

A combined “national team” has been established by three major satellite manufacturers–the Lockheed Martin Space Systems subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT], the Hughes Space and Communications subsidiary of Hughes […]

High-resolution satellite imagery could pose a realistic threat to U.S. national security. Industry companies currently commercializing these pixels claim no long-term adverse effects will occur. “After seven months of operations, […]

Arianespace’s sales and net income for 1999 slipped slightly from 1998 levels, the France-led launch organization reported at its annual meeting May 30. Sales for 1999 fell to about $908.5 […]

Ames Research Center–Information technology development, flight research, experimental aircraft development, early aircraft design; Dryden Flight Research Center–X-plane flight tests, early Space Shuttle tests, early Space Shuttle landings, current X-craft flight […]