TPS Gets Football Boost In France
French satellite pay-TV operator TPS is celebrating after the Paris Appeals Court approved a new agreement thrashed out between itself, pay-TV rival Canal+, and the Ligue Francais de Football (LFP)...
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Viaccess Ready To Fight Back
Viaccess CEO Jean-Pierre Coustel is in a belligerent mood. The French conditional access (CA) vendor has had a tough few months that culminated in one of its leading customers, satellite...
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90 degreesE: Yamal 102 D Evrasija TV [Eurasia TV] has been replaced by Oblastnoe TV from Ekaterinburg on 3600 MHz LHCP, SR 4285, FEC 3/4, VPID 308, APID 256. Several...
Italian Pay-TV Merger Completed After Regulatory OK
After receiving European Commission approval in early April, the sale of Italian pay-TV satellite operator Telepiu has been completed. As a result, Vivendi Universal [NYSE: V] has raised some much...
Inmarsat CEO Ponders Future After War
The clock is ticking for Inmarsat. The mobile satellite operator faces a June 30 deadline set by the U.S. Congress in the ORBIT Act to hold an initial public offering....
Maqsat Joins Europe*Star
Maqsat, a Dutch satellite communications provider, has joined the Europe*Star gateway program. The program, consisting of network providers, national telecom providers and independent teleport operations, provides access to Europe*Star’s satellites....
AGS, JSAT Ink Regional Pact
Americom Government Services (AGS) and Japan’s JSAT Corp. (JSAT) have signed a business collaboration agreement to support each company’s pursuit and execution of U.S. government-related satellite-based communications services in the...
New Skies, KMS Partner
New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK], a Dutch-based satellite communications company, and KMS/FalconStream, a Kuwaiti information technology firm that provides Internet connectivity services via satellite, have signed a long-term multi-transponder, multi-satellite...
Intelsat's Revenues Fall But Bright Spots Emerge
Intelsat took a hit in revenues for the first quarter of 2003, compared to the same stage last year. It had revenues of $238.9 million in the first quarter, compared...
NAB 2003: Looking Forward, Not Back
By Maury Mechanick The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas this past April was thought provoking on a number of levels. NAB is always an interesting venue...