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Italian business channel Class Financial Network has released figures that show that on average 630,000 viewers tune in daily to its programmes, while advertising revenues during its first year of […]

German public broadcaster ARD has launched its main domestic television channel, Das Erste, on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite system on 13 degrees East, as revealed exclusively in Interspace 705. Since […]

France Telecom is changing one of its satellite slots, with Télécom 2C leaving its orbital slot at 3 degrees East, on which the satellite has been positioned since its launch […]

Reborn Luxembourg-based company Europe Online Networks SA, which now describes itself as a “provider of interactive entertainment services”, has launched in its first prime marketing area of Germany, choosing Berlin […]

Television Par Satelite (TPS) is France’s ‘other’ digital direct-to-home (DTH) satellite pay-TV system. While rival Canal Plus boasts a total 6.7 million French subscribers, TPS achieved its first million in […]

Poland has been at the forefront of developments in Central and Eastern Europe’s television industry since the region returned to democracy a decade ago, writes Chris Dziadul. Having begun the […]

Key D – Digital A – Analogue 78.5 degreesE: Thaicom 2&3 D – Two horse racing channels entitled SKY1 and SKY2 can be seen on 3565MHz horizontal, SR 5000, FEC […]

A group of local investors is leading a consortium putting $30 million (E34.23 m) into a new 10,000sq metre studio facility at Dubai’s newly-established Media City. Certain key contracts have […]

This past year was a mixed bag for the satellite industry. It saw a respectable rise in the number of satellites launched and an astounding increase in the number of […]

by Marc Crossman and Aileen Chen After another quarter showing insufficient growth in subscribers and in revenues, Globalstar is failing once again to prove to investors that its strategy and […]

by Theresa Foley Broadband satellite customers want a lot more than raw satellite capacity and are willing to pay a premium for bundled “end-to-end” services, according to satellite service providers […]

by Gerry Oberst Just as the conflicts raged between the British and expanding Russian empires across Central Asia in the 19th century, battles between terrestrial and satellite operators are fought […]

By Rob Fernandez The past year can be best characterized as a year of change and rebuilding. Major players in the industry will be sporting new faces and names when […]

By Theresa Foley Multimedia services over satellite have begun to change the face of the satellite industry as consumers, corporations, broadcasters and Internet companies create a new customer base with […]

By James Careless They’re the unsung heroes of the news: the dedicated, hard-working, and often ingeniously inventive people who operate SNG (satellite newsgathering) trucks out in the field. Never mind […]

by David Hartshorn For every complex problem, there’s a simple solution–and it’s wrong. The satellite industry rewrote that proverb when it successfully developed and implemented a simple process for a […]

The European Commission said it has approved Eutelsat’s proposed restructuring into a private company, including the IPO of 30 percent of its shares within two years of its privatization. The […]

Saab Ericsson Space and Stork N.V., aerospace companies in Sweden and The Netherlands, respectively, have agreed to buy Fokker Space, one of the other Dutch suppliers to the space industry. […]

Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES), operator of the Astra system, has ordered its tenth satellite, the Astra 3A, from the Boeing Satellite Systems subsidiary of The Boeing Co. [BA], formerly […]

Closer attention to detail, open dialogue from project beginning to project end throughout all mission levels and proper knowledge transference topped the list of actions to be adopted for future […]

Two employees of Lockheed Martin Comsat Mobile Communications’ earth station at Southbury, Conn., were recognized recently by the U.S. Coast Guard for coordinating emergency communications that helped to save the […]

Flash Networks Inc. of Holmdel, N.J., a supplier of data optimization and acceleration solutions, said it will provide its technology to Norsat International Inc. [NSAT] of Burnaby, British Columbia, a […]

Norsat International Inc. [NSAT] said it plans to sell its Norsat America Inc. wholly owned subsidiary in order to intensify its focus on its broadband and VSAT businesses. It has […]

Pegasus Communications Corp. [PGTV] said it plans to launch its two-way, broadband Internet access service for its rural subscribers, based on Hughes Network Systems DirecPC service, in the first quarter […]

Hong Kong-based AsiaSat (half-controlled by Astra) has negotiated a US$250 million (E297.97m) syndicated loan to part-finance the building of AsiaSat 4 and 5. AsiaSat 4 will be positioned at the […]

The Czech Republic has approved draft legislation that sees it harmonise local regulations that affect satellite and cable broadcasters. Jan Pelcova from the government office press department says various amendments […]

Intersputnik (international organisation for space communications) revealed in Moscow that it intends to launch some 100 small telecommunication satellites, each of 500kg in weight. These satellites will be used for […]

Saudi financier Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, nephew of Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd, has said that he is potentially interested in becoming an investor in News Corp’s satellite television spin-off, Sky […]

Loral Space & Communications has acquired all of a bank credit facility under which Globalstar had borrowed $500 million (E593.02 million). The purchase was financed by a new $500 million […]

BSkyB will shortly add two new dimensions to its Sky News Active channel. The first, BSkyB’s WAP-based on-screen service will start within the next two weeks, according to Dave Sparks, […]