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GALILEO GETS GREEN LIGHT BUT ONLY E100M FOR STARTERS
Having a second bite at the same cherry, the EU Transport Council met in Luxembourg three weeks ago to complete the job it botched late last December. Then, at a […]
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CHELLO SATELLITE SERVICE LAUNCHED IN CRACOW
UPC Polska has launched its Internet access service ‘chello satelitarne’ to inhabitants of Cracow via the Polish satellite digital package of Wizja TV. Cracow is Poland’s third city to start […]
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MURDOCH TRYING AGAIN OVER DIRECTV
Rupert Murdoch was scheduled to again meet the directors of Hughes Electronics on Monday April 23 to press his suit for DirecTV. Murdoch’s plan is to slot DirecTV into his […]
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HISPASAT ON FIRM STANDING TO FACE EURO CHALLENGE
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat experienced a good first quarter 2001 by recording a turnover of Pta 4.3 billion (E25.84m), a rise of 27.7 per cent compared to the same period […]
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EC ACCEPTS UEFA FOOTBALL ‘BAN’
The European Commission has cleared broadcasting rules proposed by European soccer’s governing body Uefa. The proposals include a ban on football broadcasts for two and a half- hours, either on […]
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PACE PACT WITH NET SAT AND GRADIENTE
Pace Micro Technology Americas has reached an agreement with NET SAT, Brazil’s largest satellite operator, and Gradiente, a manufacturers of electronic consumer goods in the Brazilian market, to provide 40,000 […]
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PANAMSAT PAS-10 GEARING UP FOR MAY LAUNCH
PanAmSat Corporation says its new PAS-10 Indian Ocean Region satellite has arrived in Kazakhstan in preparation for its May launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. PAS-10 will be sent into space […]
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EITB BREAKS INTO EUROPE
Basque Country-based regional channel EiTB is now reaching the whole of Europe via the Astra satellite system. The channel started test transmissions on April 23 distributing the signal of TV […]
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JAPANESE DEBUT FOR IRDETO ACCESS
Irdeto Access has sealed its first sale in Japan and will supply its M-Crypt DVB conditional access system to Astem Co Ltd. The Japanese company will use the Irdeto system […]
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TRANSPONDER MONITOR
Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity, compiled by Mike Fallon Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 68.5 degreesE: PAS-4 & 7 D – The replacement for PAS 4 […]
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NEWS BYTES…
Alcatel Space has signed a contract with International Launch Services (ILS) for launch of two spacecraft for GE Americom in 2002 and 2003. The contract allows for Proton launches with […]
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Asian Economic Tigers Re-Awaken Satellite Industry Pounces On Market Potential
Asia’s economies continue to thunder back to life after the devastating recession that had obstructed the region’s growth in the late 1990s. In fact, as commerce in the area re-establishes […]
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Regulatory Review: Local Restrictions On Earth Stations
by Gerry Oberst Some countries ban satellite dishes in an effort to restrict broadcasts from outside their borders, whether for religious, political or purely monopolistic reasons. Even in developed countries, […]
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Digital HD Has Arrived, Via Satellite
For that sports bar you would like to own in Florida, or that Cinema Center you want installed in your California home, stand up and cheer for the TV technology […]
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Streaming and Caching: Bandwidth Efficiency Is Top Priority
Streaming media is much more than the Internet’s answer to TV. Data, audio and graphics can be streamed, and not just video. Satellite started embracing streaming two years ago, and […]
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Dollars And Sense: Awaiting The Fate Of Hughes Electronics
To tie the knot with the Aussie media mogul, Rupert Murdoch, or not to tie the knot. That is the question facing the GM board, which controls the fate of […]
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Broadband Beat: Fighting To Stay In The Broadband Game
by Theresa Foley Broadband satellite projects will find it difficult, if not impossible, to raise the large amounts of capital this year necessary to build out their systems, which cost […]
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Video Compression Looks To Expand In 2001
Digital video compression is one of those technologies that just keeps getting better. The reason? As programmers and manufacturers become increasingly familiar with video compression, they’re finding new ways to […]
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Global VSAT Review: Entomology, Meteorology And Policy Reform
You’ve got to wonder about Chaos Theory. You know: A butterfly flaps its wings in Japan and sets off a series of events that causes a hurricane in Jamaica. Last […]
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EUTELSAT SAYS “COME INTO OUR STREAMING PLAYGROUND”
Eutelsat is taking a dramatic initiative in aggregating content for a bold new streamed video service. Unlike SES/Astra, which sees two-way television as a B2B application, Eutelsat is driving forward […]
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EUTELSAT’S TRANSITION BOARD TAKES SHAPE
Eutelsat elected its supervisory 15-person board on March 21 for an initial three year term. Its four-person management directorate will be elected in May. The election was not without its […]
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SKYBRIDGE TURNS INSIDE-OUT
Two weeks ago Interspace reported that Alcatel affiliate SkyBridge had denounced reports that it was pla nning to abandon – or at least postpone – the launch of its planned […]
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GENERALI SOUNDS A WARNING
Generali Global’s biennial space insurance conference, held recently in Rome, tended to be a repeat of the wake-up call of two years ago in Florence. CEO Benito Pagnanelli said that […]
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TELEKOM-SPARKASSEN-BAHN RECEIVE GREEN LIGHT
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 […]
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TELPRESS AWARDS BROADBAND DEAL
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 […]
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IP ACTION STATIONS FOR XANTIC
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 […]
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TRANSPONDER MONITOR
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 […]
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NEWS BYTES
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 […]
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NASA bins two reusable launchers
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) […]
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AsiaSat’s good result soured by sluggish US economy
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 […]