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In an effort to reduce its operational costs, the highly indebted Kirch Group has implemented a far-reaching cost savings plan, which will affect not only its core business, but also...

In a move that could breath new life into Deutsche Telekom’s aging DFS Kopernikus 1 FM3 satellite, the Greek-Cypriote consortium Hellas-Sat has decided to take over the bird and move...

Although U.S. satellite operators have bitten the bullet and gone ahead with the development of large Ka-band satellite systems, Europeans operators are merely dipping their toes in the higher frequency...

Last year will not go down as one of the greatest for satellite operators. In fact, with capacity pricing pressure and harsh operating conditions, the game for many was about...

Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 100.5 degreesE: Asiasat 2 D – Pakistan TV (PTV) have announced that they are to launch a dedicated news channel on July 1....

Canal+ Technologies CEO Francois Carayol is looking to take participate actively in the consolidation of the conditional access (CA) system and middleware industry consolidation. He told the PricewaterhouseCoopers’ European Media...

Arianespace has been boosted by the announcement of three new contract awards for the DirecTV-7s, iPSTAR-1 and Star One C1 satellites. “We are pleased that despite the market downturn, we...

New Skies gained revenues of $51.8 million in the first quarter of 2002. This was an increase of $600,000 over the same quarter last year. The Dutch satellite operator also...

AsiaSat has postponed the launch of its AsiaSat 4 satellite, scheduled for this month, until next year. The Asian satellite company hopes to announce a new date in the next...

In a move that comes as no surprise, troubled German media company Kirch Group has placed its Kirch Pay-TV unit into insolvency. Premiere, Kirch Group’s ill-fated pay-TV broadcaster whose heavy...