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TRANSPONDER MONITOR

Key: D = Digital A = Analogue 100.5 degrees E: Asiasat-2 D. MSTV is the name of a new channel originating from Taiwan which has just started to broadcast test...

EUTELSAT EYES NEW SLOTS

Interspace understands Eutelsat to be completing plans to commercialise new positions at 4 degrees East and 33 degrees East. It is believed that Eutelsat I-F5 will be moved to the...

TELSTRA TEAMS UP WITH BT

Australia’s Telstra has formed an alliance with BT Broadcast Services to provide joint broadcasting solutions for news, sports and special events. The deal comes ahead of the Sydney 2000 Olympic...

GRANADA PLANS GERMAN TV CHANNEL

Granada wants to set up a television network in Germany. The general entertainment channel is expected to launch as a digital pay-TV service with the necessary broadcast licence to be...

GLOBALSTAR IN AMERICA

MSS operator Globalstar has announced the full commercial availability of its mobile satellite phone service in North America. In the USA, Globalstar is targeting employees of industries in remote locations,...

NEWS BYTES. . .

Sogecable reported its full year results on February 24, with revenues of Ptas 152 billion (Euro 914 million) and operating losses of Ptas 6.9 billion. Total subscribers, including analogue, stood...

FOX KIDS REPORTS STRONG GROWTH

In its first set of results as a public company, Netherlands-based Fox Kids Europe has announced half year revenues of $52.3 million for the six months to November 30 1999,...

CJDS-DAL SPREADS ITS WINGS

Last year the former Drake Automation Limited (DAL) decided to move into operations, offering fully managed solutions with its own staff on site. It set up a unit called Digital...

BLOOMBERG GERMANY CHANGES ASTRA TRANSPONDER

Bloomberg TV’s German-language service will move to another analogue transponder on the Astra satellite system (19.2 degrees East). From April 10, 0500 CET, the Frankfurt-based financial news channel will be...