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Eutelsat has increased its stake in Hispasat to 27.69 percent from 21.15 percent. Eutelsat initially signed an agreement with Hispasat last August to take a 21.15 percent stake. The increased...

Mobile phone and data service provider Globalstar announced earlier this month that it had 66,000 subscribers at the end of 2001, an increase 12 percent over the previous quarter. The...

Intelsat has signed a 10-year agreement with Katelco, the authorized provider of satellite direct-to-home (DTH) services in Kazakhstan, to deliver television and high-speed Internet services to the business and residential...

Polish TV channels Tele 5 Poland and Polonia 1 have been launched on an Astra satellite located at 19.2 degrees East longitude under a deal between SES Astra and Polish...

Sky Radio Hessen, the commercial radio station through which U.S.-Australian media entrepreneur Rupert Murdoch last year entered the German radio market, has finally put its long-planned satellite distribution into reality....

The high-profile dispute between NDS and Canal+ Technologies has put the spotlight firmly back on the issue of satellite smart card piracy. But, will this dispute have wider ramifications for...

The battle between German music channel VIVA and its Italian partner Rete A has further intensified with VIVA initiating legal action against Rete A. VIVA is charging Rete A with...

Sirius Satellite Radio, the U.S. satellite radio player, has announced some strong fourth quarter results, which has allowed it to sort out its financial future, as well as accelerate the...

Germany’s highly competitive free-to-air TV market will soon gain two new entrants: Tele 5 and TV 50 plus. While the latter is a new channel, Tele 5 is the revival...

Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 83 degreesE Insat 2E D – A new independent regional TV channel for India is testing on 3525 MHz vertical, SR 24800, FEC...