Author: Staff Writer

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...

Static2358 hopes to make inroads into the lucrative U.S. market this year. Static, which operates the highly successful PlayJam channel on BSkyB, wants to bring the concept of multiplayer gaming...

Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 83 degreesE: Insat 2E & 3B D – The Hindi language channel Asianet is present on 3694 MHz vertical, SR 4340, FEC 3/4,...

Last week saw the launch of the latest Star Wars film, “Attack of the Clones.” Appropriately, the film was “beamed” from space to the Ritzy Theatre in London’s Leicester Square,...

German commercial TV channel RTL II intends to launch a sister service in 2004 that shows Japanese cartoons 24 hours a day. According to RTL II’s managing director Josef Andorfer,...

Hispasat has gained permission from the regulatory authorities to offer commercial satellite services in Paraguay. The authorization was obtained from the National Commission of Telecommunications (CONATEL). The deal was signed...

The launch of DirecTV’s DirecTV 5 satellite failed to take place as scheduled on May 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It was scheduled to blast off on May...

In a development that further increases the already large number of free-to-air TV channels targeting German viewers, several new TV stations have launched or are about to launch in Europe’s...