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This will be the last issue of Interspace for 1999. We would like to wish our readers all the best for the holiday season. The first issue of 2000 will...

KTO (pronounced Kato, the same as Catho, the common abbreviation for Catholic) is to launch on Lyonnaise Câ ble on December 13. The channel, with an annual budget of FFr30...

European satellite operator Eutelsat launched a new thematic arts channel on December 12 launched, which will be on the air up till December 31. Ars TV Eutelsat Premium Channel is...

Described as Europe’s only network to cater exclusively for family entertainment, the Dream Family Network (DFN) went live last week (December 1) from Sirius 2. Dream Family Network is backed...

London-based media consultancy Inview Media has won a major marketing contract from The Money Channel. The agreement follows Inview’s ongoing negotiations for the distribution of the channel throughout Europe. In...

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter has given a ‘neutral’ rating to Silvio Berlusconi’s broadcasting company Mediaset, currently the subject of sell-off rumours involving News Corp (see Interspace 682). Morgan Stanley argues...

CNN has added the finishing touches to its Millennium coverage, emphasising that it will be covering the passing of 1,000 years as a news event rather than a firework display....

Talk of Europe’s giant media players and names like Kirch, Bertelsmann, Berlusconi, Canal Plus or BSkyB trip off the tongue. Few would think of Turkey’s Dogan Media as one of...

Pan-European sports channel Eurosport is to be made available within the digital free-to-air package of German public broadcaster ZDF. According to a statement, a contract was signed last week by...

The independent German media and technology alliance Free Universe Network (FUN) has gained six new members. In a statement, the digital platform confirmed that French pay-TV group Canal Plus, receiver...