Author: Staff Writer

The number of TV homes reached by the Astra platform increased by 3.39 million to reach a total of 78 million in 1999, according to figures released by Astra operator...

D – Digital A – Analogue 105.5 degreesE: Asiasat-1 & 3S D Asiasat-3S was launched successfully aboard a Russian Proton rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on March 21. It will...

Iridium’s bankruptcy is still having reverberations. Iridium’s creditors have begun their own claims against Motorola, which they allege, created the system and has failed in its legal duties to maintain...

Cartoon Network is to launch a new channel featuring classic cartoons from the Hanna-Barbera library. The channel, Boomerang, will start broadcasting on May 27 from 0600-2400. It will be available...

Institutional investors made a profit by selling shares in UK cable operator Telewest Communications stock last week, no doubt taking advantage of its high share price, and ahead of its...

Arab Radio and Television (ART) is planing to bring at least four Arabic language channels to 28.2 degrees East. An ART insider suggested that it has considered renting transponder space...

In a letter sent to the Belgian government, the European Commission urged Belgium to abolish all taxes levied on satellite dishes and to refund any taxes already paid. It estimates...

Spain’s leading digital pay-TV platform, Canal Satelite Digital (CSD), says it plans to reach one million subscribers and launch 20 new digital channels this year. Currently, the venture has 865,000...

Canal+ Cyfrowy has been ordered to stop transmitting the signals of commercial broadcasters Polsat and Nasza TV. Separately, Polsat must also cease transmitting programming made by public broadcaster TVP, according...

Arianespace has successfully launched a dual payload on an Ariane 5 launcher. The craft put Worldspace’s AsiaStar and the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Insat 3B satellites into orbit. AsiaStar will...