Author: Staff Writer

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...

by David Hartshorn There are a lot of resumés in the mail these days. They appear cheek-to-jowl in mail slots among press releases that are littered with euphemisms like “rationalizing...

by Gerry Oberst Earlier this year, the major satellite companies in Europe issued a position paper on regulatory issues facing the industry. This “satellite principles 2002” was an outgrowth of...

Or, Is That What That Dish-Shaped Thing Actually Does? By James Careless Admit it: most people can’t explain how a satellite earth station works in plain English, including many technicians...

To hell and back: when it comes to satellite news gathering (SNG) in Afghanistan, that phrase is an understatement. Yet the life-and-death risks run by SNG crews rarely make the...

by Armand Musey The growth of satellite industry is being increasingly driven by the proliferation of direct-to-home (DTH) satellite services. Currently millions of people watch some form of DTH service...

The enormous radome at Andover, ME, is gone. It was erected and operated by Bell Labs and AT&T Long Lines in the early 1960s as part of the Telstar project....