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Don’t be surprised to see transactions similar to the Hughes/Boeing merger occur in the coming year. With many satellite companies struggling to maintain the bottom line, they will need strategically […]

Jefferson Hofgard has been named director of international policy for The Boeing Co. [BA] Space and Communications Group in Washington, D.C. He will be responsible for coordinating export policy and […]

by Bill Roberts Anyone who pulled out a cell phone during the recent Kosovo crisis risked being mobbed by anxious crowds desperate to get in touch with family and friends. […]

by Peter J. Brown The global satellite industry continues to roll out new broadband services at a steady pace, while watching the competition closely. As wired and terrestrial wireless players […]

by Jimmy Schaeffler Since the first quarter of 1994, when U.S. Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) companies began to provide services to the U.S. public, a monthly average of almost 175,000 […]

By Theresa Foley The satellite business had a less than stellar year in 1999 raising money in the financial markets. It failed to break new records, as some experts had […]

Its History and Use in Science and Industry By Robert Nelson On September 23, 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter was lost during an orbit injection maneuver when the spacecraft crashed […]

by Theresa Foley For satellite multimedia, content to be carried over new platforms has been slow to emerge–until now. Customers of SES Multimedia S.A. and The Fantastic Corp. are introducing […]

By Cynthia Boeke In a year of significant technical and business turmoil in some high-profile sectors of the satellite market, GE American Communications (GE Americom) represents, in many ways, the […]

by Theresa Foley Investors looking for new satellite stock issues last year came up practically empty-handed as only one satellite IPO, from XM Radio, was issued, but the private equity […]

by Gerald E. Oberst Jr. The ITU has once again been asked to square the circle and plan orbital slots and frequencies for broadcasting satellite services (BSS). The rising acrimony […]

by Marc Crossman and Anh Steininger Will 2000 be the year mobile satellite services (MSS) come back into favor? The answer, of course, depends upon Globalstar. So far, Globalstar is […]

For those heading to Satellite 2000, look for Leslie Taylor. She will be moderating the "Law and International Regulation" panel discussion on Feb. 1 and participating in the "Satellite Statistics: […]

It has been a rocky road for the satellite industry during the past few years. From the high-profile failure of PamAmSat’s [SPOT] Galaxy IV bird to the recent troubles of […]

Premiere World is planning to increase the amount and variety of programmes shown on pay-per-view. Subscribers will be able, from this autumn, to order selected top sports events via PPV. […]

In an ongoing row between CLT-UFA, TM3 minority shareholder Herbert Kloiber and News Corp about German television rights of the Champions League, the latter has moved ahead with his plans […]

After an engagement that lasted six months, the Lagardere group finally signed the deal under which it bought into Canalsatellite the week before last, resulting in a pooling of resources […]

CNBC Europe is to version its satellite feeds on a regional basis across Europe. A five minute hourly opt-out, branded as CNBC Nordic, will launch in the spring. The UK […]

The satellite TV channel of Montenegro’s state broadcaster RTV Crna Gora has celebrated one year on the air, announcing plans to extend its global coverage as well as help to […]

The satellite launch market, in the doldrums in 1999, is showing signs of picking up this year, according to Jean-Marie Luton, head of Arianespace. Despite a fall in revenue of […]

Canal Plus’ total subscriptions reached 13,628,050 at the end of December, a 17 per cent increase over the previous year. International subscriptions grew by 29 per cent. A total of […]

Following its $3.75 billion deal with Hughes, Boeing Space & Communications is set to emerge as the world’s largest space group. Hughes is turning towards the more profitable business of […]

105.5 degrees E Asiasat-3S A. Sahara TV, an Indian channel with studio facilities in Bombay (Mumbai) and Delhi, is to lease a 36 MHz C-Band transponder here to relay its […]

Canalsatellite was fined and ordered to pay damages of Fr750 (Euro 114) plus costs of Fr700 each to seven subscribers by a court in Marseilles last week for not having […]

Telenor intends to invest up to DM2 billion (Euro 1 billion) in Germany within the next three years. A new subsidiary, Telenor Deutschland, will offer a large variety of services, […]

According to managing director Dieter Gorny, German music channel Viva’s flotation is now planned for late summer. At a presentation of Viva Zwei’s revised schedule he said that the channel […]

European Radio Network (ERN), a subsidiary of London-based World Radio Network (WRN), has launched EuroMax on Astra (19.2 degrees East), replacing WRN’s German-language service. EuroMax Deutsch re-broadcasts selected German-language programmes […]

Leading Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has set out ambitious plans for global expansion, together with European partners, as well as for the launch of new pay-TV channels for the Italian […]

The digital package planned under the name Asia Channel, aimed at people from Asian countries living in Europe, intends to launch this spring. In an exclusive interview with Interspace, managing […]

The U.S. civil space program closed a chapter of space exploration when NASA officially ended all attempts at contacting the Mars Polar Lander Jan. 17 after a month-long effort in […]