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NEWS BYTES...

By | July 18, 2001
Star India, the Indian arm of the Murdoch controlled Star TV is scouting for strong Indian partners for its proposed forays into the DTH business, writes Radhakrishna Rao in Bangalore....

WIZJA AND CYFRA IN POLE POSITION

By | July 18, 2001
Chris Dziadul, Contributing Editor Although the long-awaited merger between Poland’s two digital platforms Wizja TV and Cyfra+ now looks closer than ever, it is still anything but a foregone conclusion....

SPANISH TV MARKET IN GOOD HEALTH

By | July 18, 2001
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

By | July 18, 2001
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"

By | July 18, 2001
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...

NTL BUSINESS UP FOR SALE

By | June 20, 2001
NTL is considering selling its broadcast transmission business. Speaking at the Merrill Lynch TMT conference in London, CEO Stephen Carter said it is continuing with plans to create a tracking...

VSATS IN FOR A SHAKE-UP

By | June 20, 2001
The VSAT world, hitherto almost exclusively business-to-business or intra-business, is beginning to change. Such was the message conveyed by the third VSAT-2001 conference, mounted recently in London by ComSys. For...

PROFITABILITY AT LAST FOR GRANADA NICHE

By | June 20, 2001
Granada’s three GSB channels, co-owned with BSkyB, moved into profit during the six months ending March 31. The three channels, Granada Breeze, Men & Motors, and Granada Plus, increased revenue...