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The Lagardere group is to launch a TV channel branded around its magazine Paris Match before the end of the year. Called Match Télé the station will launch on the...
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TELESPAZIO MULTIMEDIA PLATFORM
Telespazio, Telecom Italia’s satellite communications business unit, has announced the launch of a new multimedia platform for broadband satellite services. Evolv-e is a DVB-IP multimedia platform encompassing services including distance...
TM3 BECOMES NEUN LIVE
TM3, the Munich-based commercial German TV channel, will change its name to Neun Live (translated as ‘Nine Live’) on September 1. Managing director Christiane zu Salm, says the new name...
NEW SKIES IN MEXICAN-DUTCH SLOT WAR
Interspace Correspondent A dispute between Mexico and the Netherlands and their respective satellite companies over an unoccupied slot on the geostationary arc is going to be resolved in the old...
KINGSTON INMEDIA IN PROFIT
Julian Clover, Managing Editor Kingston inmedia, the satellite services division of Kingston Communications, contributed to the overall growth of the company with revenues climbing 33 per cent year on year....
CHANNEL D TO USE ASTRA'S GLOBAL SATELLITES
Channel D has signed a long term agreement with SES-Astra that will see the commercial international television service transmit to North and South America. SES stresses that this is its...
SATELLITE BROADBAND REMAINS BUOYANT
Chris Forrester, Editor There are increasing indicators that the broadband-by-satellite market can continue to expect solid growth. Two recent reports confirm the upward trend. Comsys, a London-based consulting group, in...
SPANISH TV MARKET IN GOOD HEALTH
David Del Valle, Madrid Spain’s TV market reached E4,476.6 million revenues in 2000, representing the carriage and broadcasting of TV signals around E187 million (a decrease of 4.5 per cent)...
ECHOSTAR INVESTS $50M IN STARBAND
Chris Forrester, Editor Echostar has shown its continued confidence in broadband-by-satellite through the investment of another $50 million (E58.53m) into StarBand, the Gilat Satellite Network’s offshoot. The investment was made...
DBS: "SLOWING SUBS GROWTH"
Chris Forrester, Editor A July 3 report from Merrill Lynch talks of US pay-TV DBS stocks being undervalued “as they do not properly reflect the operating leverage of their satellite...