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American Mobile Satellite Corp. [SKYC] announced its program to help subscribers who are left without service in the wake of Iridium LLC’s [IRID] demise. The Reston, Va.-based company will offer...

French digital pay-TV operator TPS has launched an e-mail service for its subscribers, reports our sister publication Inside Digital TV. The service differs in several ways from the one introduced...

Thematic audio service Music Choice will shortly add extra functionality to its digital satellite service. For Sky Digital from this June it will have in place extra interactivity, according to...

Last Thursday (March 30) PanAmSat’s stock price fell $15.25 following an analysts’ briefing given by PanAmSat chief executive officer Doug Kahn. Kahn said that PanAmSat’s earnings likely would fall well...

Open…, the interactive platform broadcast alongside Sky Digital, is considering alternative economic models for its e-mail service. Users of the BT Talk 21 service are currently charged the local call...

The number of TV homes reached by the Astra platform increased by 3.39 million to reach a total of 78 million in 1999, according to figures released by Astra operator...

D – Digital A – Analogue 105.5 degreesE: Asiasat-1 & 3S D Asiasat-3S was launched successfully aboard a Russian Proton rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on March 21. It will...

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...

Cartoon Network is to launch a new channel featuring classic cartoons from the Hanna-Barbera library. The channel, Boomerang, will start broadcasting on May 27 from 0600-2400. It will be available...

Institutional investors made a profit by selling shares in UK cable operator Telewest Communications stock last week, no doubt taking advantage of its high share price, and ahead of its...