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MORE M&A ON THE HORIZON

Don’t be surprised to see transactions similar to the Hughes/Boeing merger occur in the coming year. With many satellite companies struggling to maintain the bottom line, they will need strategically...

HOFGARD JOINS BOEING

Jefferson Hofgard has been named director of international policy for The Boeing Co. [BA] Space and Communications Group in Washington, D.C. He will be responsible for coordinating export policy and...

EDITOR'S NOTE

For those heading to Satellite 2000, look for Leslie Taylor. She will be moderating the "Law and International Regulation" panel discussion on Feb. 1 and participating in the "Satellite Statistics:...

CANALSATELLITE TO PAY

Canalsatellite was fined and ordered to pay damages of Fr750 (Euro 114) plus costs of Fr700 each to seven subscribers by a court in Marseilles last week for not having...

TELENOR: IN GERMANY

Telenor intends to invest up to DM2 billion (Euro 1 billion) in Germany within the next three years. A new subsidiary, Telenor Deutschland, will offer a large variety of services,...

VIVA TO FLOAT IN SUMMER

According to managing director Dieter Gorny, German music channel Viva’s flotation is now planned for late summer. At a presentation of Viva Zwei’s revised schedule he said that the channel...

NEWS BYTES...

European Radio Network (ERN), a subsidiary of London-based World Radio Network (WRN), has launched EuroMax on Astra (19.2 degrees East), replacing WRN’s German-language service. EuroMax Deutsch re-broadcasts selected German-language programmes...