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Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity, compiled by Mike Fallon Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 83 degreesE: Insat-2E D – Doordarshan’s DD1, the national service, has been...

Dutch public broadcaster NOS and the local Amsterdam channel AT5 agreed with Chello broadband Internet for transmissions in broadband quality. Chello, owned by UPC, is the only one who offers...

Here is the problem: you are a broadcaster needing to quickly organise an ENG unit and satellite uplink in some far-off spot for a news feed or sports event. Your...

Satellite transmissions of Albanian Television (TVSh) resumed via Eutelsat on August 15 after a six-month break. Previously, the programmes went out on Eutelsat W2 at 16 degrees East. The broadcasts...

Italian Serie A football club Napoli has succeeded in obtaining an away win in its battle with Milan-based pay-TV operator Tele+ over TV rights. A Milan court ruled in favour...

Communications company Inmarsat Ventures Ltd reported pre-tax profit of $63.4 million (E70.50m) on revenue of $210.6 million (E234.18m) for the first half year of 2000 ended June 30. This represents...

A Starsem Soyuz-Fregat rocket carried out the launch of the final two Cluster 2 scientific satellites for the European Space Agency (ESA) from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Liftoff on Aug....

Comsat Corp.’s [CQ] 38-year existence as an independent company came to an end this month when Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] completed its purchase of Comsat, following final approval from the...

iSky, a Denver, Colo., company that is developing a Ka-band satellite system for two-way Internet access has changed its name to WildBlue Communications, claiming that the name “embodies the frontier...

A commercial Delta 3 rocket will be launched next week with a simulated payload that The Boeing Co. [BA], the U.S. Air Force and the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research...