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BSkyB has signed a deal with Exel, creating a new distribution centre, as the broadcaster continues to attempt to keep pace with the demand for digital upgrades. The new national...

SES has appointed Martin Halliwell to the newly created position of director of communications technology. He will also serve as a member of the management committee. Halliwell will be responsible...

Kingston TLI, the satellite services arm of the Kingston Communications Group, is adding two new C-Band earth stations for Indian Ocean coverage. This will triple the number of earth stations...

Film and video distributor Metrodome, is set to move into streaming video on the Web through a joint venture with the Digital Broadcasting Company (DBC), the PPV group which broadcasts...

The Big News at Galileo Industries inaugural press conference at its new Brussels office (belonging to Finmeccanica) on May 25 happened over three weeks earlier in Edinburgh. There, Nasa Administrator...

It is now almost two weeks since New ICO, formerly ICO Global Communi-cations, announced on May 17 that it had emerged from US Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection, following a decision...

Iridium’s bankruptcy is still having reverberations. Iridium’s creditors have begun their own claims against Motorola, which they allege, created the system and has failed in its legal duties to maintain...

The first station from Discovery Channel has appeared in the Polish Cyfra+ package. Discovery Civilisation made its debut on May 23 following pressure from subscribers anxious to be able to...

Italian public broadcaster RAI is leading a project for the launch of a multilingual and multicultural satellite TV channel for countries in the Mediterranean region. At a meeting of the...

Leading Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has registered encouraging first quarter results for 2000 thanks in part to an alliance with Germany’s Kirch Group. The financial results of the Milan-based TV...