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DARS: Sirius explains all

Sirius Satellite Radio has not enjoyed the best of press during the past few months. Some of the major anxieties addressed by a conference call last week included being late...

Static says games cut Sky's churn by 1.5%

UK-based Static 2358 recently extended its portfolio of carriers by rolling out its Playjam interactive games channel on US cable network Cablevision following two months of trials. Interspace spoke to...

Transponder Monitor

Compiled by Mike Fallon 90 degreesE: Yamal 102 D. The Russian channel STS (Set Televizionnykh Stantsiv) has been able to reach potential viewers in Russia’s Far East for the first...

Briefs

According to their latest quarterly results (Q1/2002 to September 30), the News Corp-owned subscription specialists NDS now have 25.7 million digital TV subscribers. NDS’s revenue was up 10 percent to...

RAI hosts TV summit

A summit of leading European pubcasters held in Rome late last month agreed to increase co-operation in both the programming and satellite TV sectors. On the initiative of Italy’s RAI,...

Paris Match for C+

France’s Lagardere group is to launch a new channel named Match TV based on the concept of the well-known glossy news magazine Paris Match. The service, which will be available...

Thomas Cook to launch channel

Travel agents Thomas Cook will launch a new travel-based service in December this year. Named Thomas Cook TV, it will be available initially as a free-to-air digital satellite channel uplinked...