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Discovery Signs 5-year Poland Contract

Discovery Networks Europe has secured a five-year deal for direct-to-home (DTH) digital distribution in Poland with Nowa Cyfra Plus, the pay-TV broadcaster that resulted from the merger of Cyfra Plus...

Transponder Monitor

Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 93.5 degreesE: Insat 2C D – A mass exodus of channels has occurred here as most of the activity transfers to the new...

Sat Switch Saves $400,000 Per Year

Burma’s Myawady Television began using Indonesia’s Palapa C2 satellite March 1, a change which will save the company about $400,000 a year, according to the broadcaster. The channel has been...

Sirius Readies Its Catch-Up DARS Strategy

Valentine’s Day represented a special day for the digital audio radio service (DARS) sector with a somewhat soft marketing launch of Sirius’ system in Phoenix, Houston, Denver and Jackson, Miss.....

Transponder Monitor

Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity, compiled by Mike Fallon D = Digital A = Analogue 80 degreesE: Express 6A D: Russia’s TV Tsentr can be found on two...

Cyfra+ Unveils Polish Channel Line-up

Cyfra+ has unveiled its new channel line-up in Poland. The “new” Cyfra+ (called Nowa Cyfra+ in Polish) is a combination between the old Cyfra+ and UPC’s satellite platforms. It is...

New Satellite For Bulgaria?

Call for the building and commercialisation of a new satellite for Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus emerged from a ministerial meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Feb. 14. According to a memorandum...

China's Dish Police Active

Reports are emerging that Chinese authorities are cracking down on the illegal use of satellite dishes. Shanghai is a particular focus of attention. Dish-ownership is tightly controlled and so-called “work...