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TRW Inc. [TRW] has made several changes within its California-based Space & Electronics Group (S&EG): Joanne Maguire is appointed vice president of group development for S&EG. She will oversee all...

Satel Conseil, a French Satellite communications firm, has made two key management moves: Paul Michel Pignal has been named president, replacing the retiring Michel Popot. Pignal comes to Satel Conseil...

At our deadline, no space-industry companies had reported any major (or even minor) Y2K problems, which clearly was a relief for the hundreds of thousands of people working worldwide in...

Giovanni Minoli, a former executive at Italian pubcaster RAI, on December 15 was appointed general director of digital TV operator Stream. At Stream, which is partly owned by Rupert Murdoch’s...

In an unexpected move, Luxembourg-based European media group CLT-UFA has agreed with Rupert Murdoch to take over the latter 49.9 per cent stake in German general interest channel VOX, thereby...

Hessischer Rundfunk (HR), the Frankfurt-based regional affiliate of German public broadcaster ARD, has launched its economic and financial news radio channel hr-skyline on the Astra satellite system (19.2 degrees East)...

ICO Global Communications, the would-be global mobile satellite operator, began the new year still stalled in Chapter 11 bankruptcy while awaiting its potential saviours Craig McCaw (Teledesic) and Subhash Chandra...

Italian content provider Sitcom Spa has announced ambitious plans for this year which include the launch of a multimedia portal and a public flotation. Two years ago, when Rome-based Sitcom...

Spain’s Canal Satelite Digital (CSD) surpassed the barrier of 800,000 subscribers by the end of December, confirming its lead over rival Via Digital. In absolute numbers Catalunya has more subscribers...

KurdSat, a new Kurdish satellite channel started TV transmission on January 1 2000. KurdSat programmes are on Eutelsat W2 at 16 degrees east, 11489.2 MHz/horizontal polarisation daily from 2010 until...