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Attention will focus on China Telecom Broadcast Satellite Co. Ltd., China Eastern Telecommunications Co. Ltd., and Xinno Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. in the third quarter when they initiate broadband network […]

As the DARS segment of the satellite industry strengthens and pushes forward, financial analysts continue to gain confidence in the sector. “We believe many of XM Radio’s execution risk factors […]

Globalstar L.P.’s [GSTRF] revenues this year probably will not be so important for the company’s solvency but will be important for investor and industry perceptions, especially with the final nail […]

Turkey’s long-awaited digital platform is set to launch at the end of this month. But the collapse of the partnership between its two principal backers and the failure to secure […]

Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 80 degrees E:Express-6 D – The new Russian Express-6A was launched successfully in the early hours of March 12 aboard a Proton rocket […]

Inmarsat Holdings Ltd. has released its first financial results since becoming a private limited company last April. The company reported total revenues for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1999 […]

Alcatel Space has contracted with Jersey-based AirTV Holdings Ltd to build satellites to deliver live TV programming to aircraft passengers. Alcatel Space’s operating arm, Spacecom, will be a strategic partner […]

Radio Television Espanola (RTVE), France Télévision and RAI plan to launch a new thematic channel on arts and lifestyle in the Mediterranean. It will also offer programming on travel, cuisine, […]

NTL is to invest pounds50 million in broadcast services over the next four years, with an immediate commitment of pounds10 million. The money will be used in part to buy […]

* Satellite Media Services (SMS) is now offering Internet access speeds of up to 155Mbps over satellite. SMS is using IP over SONET rather than ATM in order to reduce […]

Canal Plus-owned Italian pay-TV operator Telepiu is expected to make a loss in 2000 but subscriber figures continue to rise. Canal Plus’ Italian unit incurred losses of Euro187 million in […]

The UK subsidiary of the Norwegian telecommunication company Telenor has officially opened its new UK headquarters. Telenor (UK) Ltd’s Central London facility is situated close to Russell Square. The rooftop […]

Phillips Business Information, owner of Cable Europe, has unveiled ambitious plans for a major exposition in Paris this autumn. The event will take place from October 30 to November 1 […]

SBS Broadcasting is taking a one third stake in Polish commercial channel TVN. According to an agreement reached last week, SBS will acquire Dutch-registered Strateurop International, a subisidiary of TVN’s […]

Swiss public broadcaster SRG has cancelled its contract with neighbouring Austrian public broadcaster ORF for carriage of its German-language domestic TV channel for DTH viewers within ORF’s digital package on […]

German public broadcaster ZDF has incorporated three new services within its free-to-air digital package available on Astra (19.2 degrees East), transponder 77 (11.954 GHz H, SR 27.500, FEC 3/4), and […]

Three radio stations from Germany have joined the growing number of broadcasters that air their programmes via DTH satellite. Wiesbaden-based Party Radio – The Bomb can be found within Deutsche […]

Hispasat has secured the first licence granted to a foreign satellite operator in Brazil. The company will serve the country via the recently launched Hispasat 1C. Hispasat also intends to […]

Munich-based movie rights trading company Kinowelt Median AG intends to become a shareholder in TM3. According to industry sources, talks have been held between Kinowelt’s board and Herbert Kloiber, whose […]

Via Digital has extended interactive services related to football. Subscribers can watch Champions League matches from different angles, repeats of the match and three matches at the same time on […]

Astrolink LLC announced that it has named Roland Bopp vice president of international business development. Bopp will be responsible for assisting in the development and launch of Astrolink in the […]

Six proposals out of 49 submitted will undergo close examination through the next six months as the European Space Agency’s science advisors move toward the selection of flexi- missions for […]

Nippon Iridium Corp., a satellite cell phone service operator using the Iridium LLC system, set in motion moves to close its service by applying to the Ministry of Posts and […]

Alcatel Space inked a contract with Jersey-based AirTV Holdings Ltd. To build a satellite system for the global live television broadcasting network dedicated to the commercial and private aviation markets. […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] successfully launched its ground-based Taurus rocket, carrying the U.S. Energy Department’s Multispectral Thermal Imager (MTI) satellite into its targeted orbit in a mission that originated from […]

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] and ATX Technologies Inc. announced an alliance aimed at integrating ATX’s two-way cellular communications and location-based technologies with Sirius Radio’s satellite audio entertainment to offer a […]

Netherlands-based chello broadband n.v. a European provider of broadband Internet services to residential and business subscribers is looking for a partner to pursue its planned expansion into Latin America. That […]

Even with the national launch of Globalstar’s service, Wall Street still is showing signs of concern over the satellite telephony provider’s future. Earlier this week, Merrill Lynch downgraded the stock, […]

Globalstar USA, a subsidiary of Vodafone Airtouch plc [VOD], announced the full commercial availability of mobile satellite services in the United States. The service is available throughout the entire United […]

McCaw certainly has proven his investment and visionary prowess in the world of wireless. Time will tell if he can extend his magic touch to satellites, but he appears well […]