Author: Staff Writer

Sports TV channel Galaxie Sport has been granted a satellite licence to operate in the Czech Republic. The channel should launch in May and is already in talks with cable...

Andrew Corp., of Orland Park, Ill., has received Europe*Star approval for the Ku-band versions of its various earth station antennas. These Ku-band antennas are suitable for use in multinational private...

Sogecable CFO Fernando Martinez believes that probability of consolidation in the Spanish pay-TV market in the near term is “very high.” He told Interspace: “It is very high because all...

Deutsche Telekom has decided to switch the Astra satellite it will use to offer its satellite-based broadband T-DSL service. Instead of offering the service on the soon-to-be- launched Astra 3A...

Hispasat believes the Latin American market will offer rich pickings over the next few years. In fact, the Spanish-based satellite operator sees its main challenge as developing multimedia and broadband...

Sports broadcaster ESPN has signed a play-out contract with Kingston inmedia for its new ESPN Classic Sport channel. It is scheduled to launch this month, and will immediately have carriage...

All India Radio (AIR) started transmissions last month of its digital satellite radio service for the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, according to local reports. “Though AIR has been running...

Zee Telefilms’ (ZTL) board has completed a major corporate restructuring involving some 11 broadcasting/multimedia subsidiaries, including E-connect India, Zee Multimedia Worldwide, BVI and Asia TV, USA will cease to exist....

The satellite manufacturing industry has been dogged in recent months by execution problems, leading many manufacturers to take a long, hard look at themselves to improve quality of services. Randy...

Discovery Networks Europe has secured a five-year deal for direct-to-home (DTH) digital distribution in Poland with Nowa Cyfra Plus, the pay-TV broadcaster that resulted from the merger of Cyfra Plus...