Author: Staff Writer

INMARSAT ISSUES RFPS FOR BROADBAND INMARSAT-4

The planned Inmarsat fourth-generation satellite system, for broadband traffic at up to 431Kbit/s, has been the subject of Requests for Proposals (for manufacturing) issued earlier this month. Inmarsat says that...

TRANSPONDER MONITOR

Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 62 degrees E: Intelsat-602 D – Radio station Alpha Sports from Greece has launched on 11072 MHz horizontal, APID 257 (left channel). Another...

BOEING TAKES SKYBRIDGE SHARE

The Boeing Company will take an equity share in the Skybridge 80-satellite LEO system. Additionally Boeing will take responsibility for launch service provision for the constellation using its Delta Launch...

TELE+ RELEASES LATEST SUB FIGURES

Leading Italian pay-TV operator Telepiu has released the latest subscriber figures for its analogue and digital services. According to company president and CEO Michel Thoulouze, Telepiu has 500,000 analogue and...

SKY TO SHOW FOOTBALL FROM IRELAND

BSkyB last Friday signed a Pounds 4.5m agreement to show Republic of Ireland home games up to June 2002, over the BSkyB satellite system. The Sky agreement does not affect...

RINGIER CAN ENTER SWISS SAT 1

Swiss publishing house Ringier can take a stake in Sat 1 Schweiz AG, the company which has been producing a window for Swiss cable viewers as part of the German-based...

BT HANDLES TF1 BACKBONE

BT Broadcast Services has contracted to supply France’s TF1 (and its news channel La Chaine Info) with a dedicated satellite transmission network. BT will use Intelsat 801 and will provide...

STREAM PREPARES FOR YEAR 2000

Italian pay-TV operator Stream has plenty of reasons to celebrate the year that is closing, which brought it new shareholders as well as very encouraging subscriber figures. According to figures...

INMARSAT'S NEXT GENERATION APPROVED

Inmarsat’s board of directors has decided to proceed with the building of its fourth generation system at a cost of $1.4 billion. Requests for proposals have now been issued. As...