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Intelsat has signed a 10-year agreement with Katelco, the authorized provider of satellite direct-to-home (DTH) services in Kazakhstan, to deliver television and high-speed Internet services to the business and residential […]

Polish TV channels Tele 5 Poland and Polonia 1 have been launched on an Astra satellite located at 19.2 degrees East longitude under a deal between SES Astra and Polish […]

The broadband joint venture between SES Global, Alcatel Space and Gilat Satellite Networks is expected to take the European broadband market by storm. After all, the world’s biggest satellite operator […]

U.S.-based PanAmSat is looking to expand using its $900 million in cash and available bank credit. And Europe would be a natural arena for that expansion. The operator, which announced […]

Germany has strengthened the laws against the growing problem of pay-TV piracy by penalising the sale of devices that can be used to illegally decrypt pay-TV signals. According to the […]

The bankruptcy of German media company Kirch Group won’t have any direct consequences for Teleclub for the moment since the Swiss pay-TV channel, in which Kirch Group owns a 40 […]

BSkyB has no intention at this stage of entering into the UK broadband market, the satellite broadcast said. U.K. press reports had indicated that BSkyB would follow the lead of […]

Last week, BT Wholesale announced plans to a start a six-month trial of a hybrid satellite Internet service. This comes hot on the heels of another satellite Internet service launch […]

Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 78.5 degreesE: Thaicom 2&3 D – A new-to-satellite channel, Travel Thailand TV, has launched on 3574 MHz, SR 6310, FEC 1/2, VPID 512, […]

Eutelsat has increased its stake in Hispasat to 27.69 percent from 21.15 percent. Eutelsat initially signed an agreement with Hispasat last August to take a 21.15 percent stake. The increased […]

Mobile phone and data service provider Globalstar announced earlier this month that it had 66,000 subscribers at the end of 2001, an increase 12 percent over the previous quarter. The […]

Sky Radio Hessen, the commercial radio station through which U.S.-Australian media entrepreneur Rupert Murdoch last year entered the German radio market, has finally put its long-planned satellite distribution into reality. […]

The high-profile dispute between NDS and Canal+ Technologies has put the spotlight firmly back on the issue of satellite smart card piracy. But, will this dispute have wider ramifications for […]

The battle between German music channel VIVA and its Italian partner Rete A has further intensified with VIVA initiating legal action against Rete A. VIVA is charging Rete A with […]

Sirius Satellite Radio, the U.S. satellite radio player, has announced some strong fourth quarter results, which has allowed it to sort out its financial future, as well as accelerate the […]

Germany’s highly competitive free-to-air TV market will soon gain two new entrants: Tele 5 and TV 50 plus. While the latter is a new channel, Tele 5 is the revival […]

Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 83 degreesE Insat 2E D – A new independent regional TV channel for India is testing on 3525 MHz vertical, SR 24800, FEC […]

WorldSpace has announced that Andy Raswork is to become its new COO. He will report directly to WorldSpace CEO Noah Samara. Prior to joining WorldSpace, Raswork was president and CEO […]

Sports TV channel Galaxie Sport has been granted a satellite licence to operate in the Czech Republic. The channel should launch in May and is already in talks with cable […]

Andrew Corp., of Orland Park, Ill., has received Europe*Star approval for the Ku-band versions of its various earth station antennas. These Ku-band antennas are suitable for use in multinational private […]

Sogecable CFO Fernando Martinez believes that probability of consolidation in the Spanish pay-TV market in the near term is “very high.” He told Interspace: “It is very high because all […]

Deutsche Telekom has decided to switch the Astra satellite it will use to offer its satellite-based broadband T-DSL service. Instead of offering the service on the soon-to-be- launched Astra 3A […]

Hispasat believes the Latin American market will offer rich pickings over the next few years. In fact, the Spanish-based satellite operator sees its main challenge as developing multimedia and broadband […]

D = Digital A = Analog 78.5 degreesE: Thaicom 2&3 D Yes TV has started a digital service on 3538 MHz vertical, SR 3300, FEC 3/4, VPID 4132, APID 4133 […]

Formed in 1996 to serve the growing demand for television broadcasting capacity between Turkey and Turkish speaking communities abroad, EurasiaSat’s business has been affected by the recent collapse of the […]

Arianespace is getting set to launch the Astra 3A satellite on March 28. While hoping for another successful launch, the recent reliability problems and delays in terms of the delivery […]

MTV has taken a huge step forward with its broadband strategy by announcing that the MTV Live channel, its 24-hour service made for broadband technology, is getting set for launch […]

The economic instability in Argentina should not be used as a barometer for the region. This was the message coming from leading speakers at the Latin America session at PBI […]

Africa may be a market that is well-suited to satellite services, but it still a tough market to crack. This was the message coming out of a session at PBI […]

Sports broadcaster ESPN has signed a play-out contract with Kingston inmedia for its new ESPN Classic Sport channel. It is scheduled to launch this month, and will immediately have carriage […]