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Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 78.58E: Thaicom-2&3 D – Tara, a new Bangla language channel, has launched on 3555MHz vertical, SR 13333, FEC 3/4, VPID 512, APID 640 […]

Sky Digital is planning a two stage upgrade in its digibox functionality. The first step, referred to as ‘enhancements’ rather than an actual second generation involves the introduction of TiVo […]

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 […]

EUTELSAT is in a quandary. Still smarting by the ‘loss’ of six crucial transponders to SES from its EuroBird slot, destined to be co-located at 28.2-29 degrees East alongside SES’s […]

Disney Channel UK has confirmed it will launch ‘Toon Disney’, already a popular channel in the United States, this autumn on SkyDigital and digital cable. It will form part of […]

EMS Technologies Inc has completed live, closed-loop, broadband satellite access tests as part of an SES/Astra Broadband Interactive project. The tests used the Digital Video Broadcast – Return Channel via […]

The European Commission (EC) has started proceedings against Telefonica, the principal shareholder in DTH digital platform Via Digital, and Sogecable, owner of rival digital DTH operator Canal Satelite Digital, alleging […]

SkyDigital has started targeting subscribers to its cheapest pay-TV package – the big basic Family Package, which costs pounds13 and does not offer access to premium channels – with a […]

Germany’s media authorities have urged Kirch Group to issue conditional access modules (CAMs) for its Betacrypt encryption system, used by Premiere World. According to the authorities, the goal of consumers […]

Nilesat is now carrying ten free-to-air news channels. Al Jazeera, beamed from Qatar, is the latest addition and was added on May 1. Also on Nilesat is the top-rated news […]

ENDING bizarre battle about German women channel TM3 and its most valuable asset, the Champions League rights, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has bought fellow shareholder Herbert Kloiber’s 34 per cent […]

PRO SIEBEN MEDIA AG managed to increase both turnover and profit during the first quarter of this year. Chairman Urs Rohner said that the media company, which operates general entertainment […]

SINCE its launch on March 6, Recrut Interactif, the classified job ads supertext service on TPS, has proved to be a great success with subscribers, claimed Bachir Ghalayini, Director of […]

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 […]

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 […]

Alcatel Space announced that it has completed and delivered to Hughes Space and Communications [GMH] the first of two communications payloads for the two XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] spacecraft. The […]

Global VSAT Forum 2000: LATIN AMERICA will be this year’s only worldwide VSAT industry meeting devoted to examination of the VSAT industry’s growth and opportunities in Latin America. The meeting […]

The “dot com” revolution is continuing to gain momentum and by all indications finally has moved into the forefront of the satellite industry. High-profile software companies are investing in satellite […]

Intelsat demonstrated an advanced interactive, multimedia, Ku-band satellite terminal that combines digital video and Internet Protocol (IP) traffic into a single data stream at the ITU Americas Telecom conference and […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] announced the completion of funding commitments and the final equity partner in its Gilat-To-Home DBS service – the investment bank ING Furman Selz Investments. Total […]

Globalstar L.P. [GSTRF] and Qualcomm Inc. [QCOM], partner the Globalstar system, demonstrated Internet access through the satellite system at the ITU Americas Show in Rio de Janerio last week. A […]

Disney Channel Europe is to be divided into up to four separate channels, rolling out initially in the UK, France and Germany. It is not yet clear exactly how the […]

Key: D – Digtal A – Analogue 105.5 degreesE Asiasat-1 & 3S D. Ekushey TV, the first independent TV network in Bangladesh, has commenced test transmissions on 3749 MHz vertical, […]