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* Satellite Media Services (SMS) is now offering Internet access speeds of up to 155Mbps over satellite. SMS is using IP over SONET rather than ATM in order to reduce...

Canal Plus-owned Italian pay-TV operator Telepiu is expected to make a loss in 2000 but subscriber figures continue to rise. Canal Plus’ Italian unit incurred losses of Euro187 million in...

The UK subsidiary of the Norwegian telecommunication company Telenor has officially opened its new UK headquarters. Telenor (UK) Ltd’s Central London facility is situated close to Russell Square. The rooftop...

Phillips Business Information, owner of Cable Europe, has unveiled ambitious plans for a major exposition in Paris this autumn. The event will take place from October 30 to November 1...

SBS Broadcasting is taking a one third stake in Polish commercial channel TVN. According to an agreement reached last week, SBS will acquire Dutch-registered Strateurop International, a subisidiary of TVN’s...

Swiss public broadcaster SRG has cancelled its contract with neighbouring Austrian public broadcaster ORF for carriage of its German-language domestic TV channel for DTH viewers within ORF’s digital package on...

German public broadcaster ZDF has incorporated three new services within its free-to-air digital package available on Astra (19.2 degrees East), transponder 77 (11.954 GHz H, SR 27.500, FEC 3/4), and...

Three radio stations from Germany have joined the growing number of broadcasters that air their programmes via DTH satellite. Wiesbaden-based Party Radio – The Bomb can be found within Deutsche...

Hispasat has secured the first licence granted to a foreign satellite operator in Brazil. The company will serve the country via the recently launched Hispasat 1C. Hispasat also intends to...

Munich-based movie rights trading company Kinowelt Median AG intends to become a shareholder in TM3. According to industry sources, talks have been held between Kinowelt’s board and Herbert Kloiber, whose...