Author: Staff Writer

ENCOURAGING START FOR POLAND'S TV4

NEW launch TV4 is reaching 61 per cent of Polish television households since its launch on April 1. TV4, which has acquired the satellite and terrestrial feeds from Nasza TV...

UPC WAITS TO ROLL OUT CARPET ON EUROHITS

UPC, has delayed the official launch of its digital headend-in-the-sky (‘Euro HITS’) platform to September because of delays in completing the facility. While the platform itself has been operational for...

ICO EMERGES FROM BANKRUPTCY

Tuesday 16 May is the day chosen by the US Bankruptcy Court in Wilmingon, Delaware, to discharge the former ICO Global Communications company from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, under which it...

EUROPESTAR AIMING FOR AUTUMN

EuropeStar, the Loral Global Alliance partner, 51 per cent owned by Alcatel Spacecom, is confident of beating the year-end deadline (when its reservation of its German- registered slot at 45...

VIA DIGITAL SHARES CRISIS

The regional channel RTVV (Radiotelevisio Valenciana) has announced that it will pull out of the Telefonica-led platform Via Digital in which it holds a 1.11 per cent stake. The channel...

MERLIN PARTNERS DERA

Merlin Communications has entered into a partnership with the UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) to launch a new service aimed at Asian satellite operators. Born out of 20...

EUTELSAT WINS MULTICHOICE AFRICA

Multichoice has confirmed it will start a digital service to sub-Saharan Africa using Eutelsat (Interspace 692). The service will launch late June 2000, following the deployment and testing of the...