Author: Staff Writer

The directors of the 15 local German media authorities have granted permission to three closed user groups company TV channels at their latest meeting in Schwerin. Telekom TV is a...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd’s subsidiary Gilat Europe has been awarded a deal to provide a broadband satellite communications network of up to 2,000 sites by Telpress SRL. Rome-based Telpress is...

Xantic, formerly Station 12 and SpecTec – which is owned by KPN of the Netherlands (65 per cent) and Australia’s Telstra (35 per cent) – has signed an agreement with...

Interspace’s in Depth Study of European Satellite Activity, Compiled by Mike Fallon D – Digital A – Analogue 68.5 degrees E PAS-4 & 7 D: The Asian version of Zee...

Money Channel CEO Tony Hobman says he wants to dispel the “daft” rumours that his service is about to seek an emergency rights issue from shareholders. Hobman, in a March...

Satellite operators’ hopes of seeing a drastic drop in space launch costs – up to 90 per cent was the objective – through the introduction of Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLVs)...

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Ltd (AsiaSat) reported promising figures for its final results for the year ended December 31, 2000 – but the lagging US economy seems to be taking...

MTV and UPC Polska are preparing to launch three new digital music channels in Poland next month via UPC Direct’s satellite platform. The new channels to be aired on the...

The future of Germany’s pay-TV market might lie in the hands of BSkyB. There is growing speculation in the German media industry about the consequences of a clause which is...

Radhakrishna Rao, Interspace’s correspondent in Bangalore, India, delivers a timely overview of the current prospects for DTH India is not a newcomer to the area of direct satellite broadcasting technology....