Author: Staff Writer

Alcatel Space has signed a contract with International Launch Services (ILS) for launch of two spacecraft for GE Americom in 2002 and 2003. The contract allows for Proton launches with...

Having a second bite at the same cherry, the EU Transport Council met in Luxembourg three weeks ago to complete the job it botched late last December. Then, at a...

UPC Polska has launched its Internet access service ‘chello satelitarne’ to inhabitants of Cracow via the Polish satellite digital package of Wizja TV. Cracow is Poland’s third city to start...

Rupert Murdoch was scheduled to again meet the directors of Hughes Electronics on Monday April 23 to press his suit for DirecTV. Murdoch’s plan is to slot DirecTV into his...

Spanish satellite operator Hispasat experienced a good first quarter 2001 by recording a turnover of Pta 4.3 billion (E25.84m), a rise of 27.7 per cent compared to the same period...

The European Commission has cleared broadcasting rules proposed by European soccer’s governing body Uefa. The proposals include a ban on football broadcasts for two and a half- hours, either on...

Pace Micro Technology Americas has reached an agreement with NET SAT, Brazil’s largest satellite operator, and Gradiente, a manufacturers of electronic consumer goods in the Brazilian market, to provide 40,000...

PanAmSat Corporation says its new PAS-10 Indian Ocean Region satellite has arrived in Kazakhstan in preparation for its May launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. PAS-10 will be sent into space...

Asia’s economies continue to thunder back to life after the devastating recession that had obstructed the region’s growth in the late 1990s. In fact, as commerce in the area re-establishes...

by Gerry Oberst Some countries ban satellite dishes in an effort to restrict broadcasts from outside their borders, whether for religious, political or purely monopolistic reasons. Even in developed countries,...