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CANAL+ has revealed it has allocated €255 million to fund a write-off programme of its first generation boxes. On a net basis this means €168 million is being used against...

Polsat and the largest Polish computer company Optimus have formed a new e-commerce venture. The two companies each have 50 per cent of the shares in eMarket, which will operate...

Leading Italian pay-TV operator Tele+ has increased its subscription fees, from the beginning of May. The cheapest package, Digi, will now sell at L21,000 (€10.85) , while the Basic package...

A Polish court has found that public broadcaster TVP cannot after all take a stake in the Cyfra+ digital satellite platform. The court was ruling on a complaint from TVP...

Alcatel Space announced that it has completed and delivered to Hughes Space and Communications the first of two communications payloads for the two XM Satellite Radio spacecraft. The second payload...

Cosmonauts Sergei Zaletin and Alexander Kalery have found at least one air leak in the Mir Space Station after two weeks of tests on board the Russian laboratory. Although ground...

Energy Conversion Devices Inc. [ENER] announced that it has been awarded a $750,000, two-year, cost-sharing contract by the U.S. Air Force to further advance its proprietary photovoltaic (PV) space technology....

Members of the Sea Launch Failure Review Oversight Board met the week of April 16 to hear briefings from the independent teams that are investigating the March 12 launch failure....

One of the ways to boost subscriber rates in business is to offer service to the mass public. Recognizing this potential, XM Satellite Radio [XMSR], one of the two companies...

While Spot Image Corp. refocuses its business model in part to become more Internet savvy, the Raleigh, N.C.-based Aerial Images Inc., operator of TerraServer.com already is providing an Internet portal...