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BSkyB Denies Broadband Launch Rumours

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...

Transponder Monitor

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 Ups Hispasat Stake

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...

Globalstar's Results

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...

Intelsat In Kazakhstan

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...

New Polish Channels

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...

Alcatel's Broadband Future

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...

PanAmSat Looks Across Atlantic Ocean

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 Tackles Pay-TV Piracy Problems

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...