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Turkey’s long-awaited digital platform is set to launch at the end of this month. But the collapse of the partnership between its two principal backers and the failure to secure […]

Via Digital has extended interactive services related to football. Subscribers can watch Champions League matches from different angles, repeats of the match and three matches at the same time on […]

Munich-based movie rights trading company Kinowelt Median AG intends to become a shareholder in TM3. According to industry sources, talks have been held between Kinowelt’s board and Herbert Kloiber, whose […]

Hispasat has secured the first licence granted to a foreign satellite operator in Brazil. The company will serve the country via the recently launched Hispasat 1C. Hispasat also intends to […]

Three radio stations from Germany have joined the growing number of broadcasters that air their programmes via DTH satellite. Wiesbaden-based Party Radio – The Bomb can be found within Deutsche […]

German public broadcaster ZDF has incorporated three new services within its free-to-air digital package available on Astra (19.2 degrees East), transponder 77 (11.954 GHz H, SR 27.500, FEC 3/4), and […]

Swiss public broadcaster SRG has cancelled its contract with neighbouring Austrian public broadcaster ORF for carriage of its German-language domestic TV channel for DTH viewers within ORF’s digital package on […]

SBS Broadcasting is taking a one third stake in Polish commercial channel TVN. According to an agreement reached last week, SBS will acquire Dutch-registered Strateurop International, a subisidiary of TVN’s […]

Phillips Business Information, owner of Cable Europe, has unveiled ambitious plans for a major exposition in Paris this autumn. The event will take place from October 30 to November 1 […]

The UK subsidiary of the Norwegian telecommunication company Telenor has officially opened its new UK headquarters. Telenor (UK) Ltd’s Central London facility is situated close to Russell Square. The rooftop […]

Canal Plus-owned Italian pay-TV operator Telepiu is expected to make a loss in 2000 but subscriber figures continue to rise. Canal Plus’ Italian unit incurred losses of Euro187 million in […]

NTL is to invest pounds50 million in broadcast services over the next four years, with an immediate commitment of pounds10 million. The money will be used in part to buy […]

By Robustiano Fernandez With all the excitement and attention the new LEO MSS and developing Ka-band satellite systems have been generating, it is easy to overlook the traditional, time-tested technology […]

by Gerald E. Oberst Jr. Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are working on the licensing structure for the next generation of interactive satellite terminals. These terminals promise to […]

by Marc Crossman and Anh Steininger Hughes continues to transform into a pure-play satellite services company. Hughes kicks off the year with three strategic moves that are sure to unleash […]

By Theresa Foley Where is the global bandwidth business headed in the next few years? Global traffic patterns are changing as the Internet grows in usage and data overtakes voice […]

by Peter J. Brown What does 21st century software have in store for the global satellite industry? As the next waves of software start emerging some important trends can be […]

By Theresa Foley Satellite manufacturing capacity around the world is about twice the amount required to meet demand for the next few years. Demand is pegged at about 25 to […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] successfully launched its ground-based Taurus rocket, carrying the U.S. Energy Department’s Multispectral Thermal Imager (MTI) satellite into its targeted orbit in a mission that originated from […]

Alcatel Space inked a contract with Jersey-based AirTV Holdings Ltd. To build a satellite system for the global live television broadcasting network dedicated to the commercial and private aviation markets. […]

Nippon Iridium Corp., a satellite cell phone service operator using the Iridium LLC system, set in motion moves to close its service by applying to the Ministry of Posts and […]

Six proposals out of 49 submitted will undergo close examination through the next six months as the European Space Agency’s science advisors move toward the selection of flexi- missions for […]

Astrolink LLC announced that it has named Roland Bopp vice president of international business development. Bopp will be responsible for assisting in the development and launch of Astrolink in the […]

McCaw certainly has proven his investment and visionary prowess in the world of wireless. Time will tell if he can extend his magic touch to satellites, but he appears well […]

Globalstar USA, a subsidiary of Vodafone Airtouch plc [VOD], announced the full commercial availability of mobile satellite services in the United States. The service is available throughout the entire United […]

Even with the national launch of Globalstar’s service, Wall Street still is showing signs of concern over the satellite telephony provider’s future. Earlier this week, Merrill Lynch downgraded the stock, […]

Netherlands-based chello broadband n.v. a European provider of broadband Internet services to residential and business subscribers is looking for a partner to pursue its planned expansion into Latin America. That […]

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] and ATX Technologies Inc. announced an alliance aimed at integrating ATX’s two-way cellular communications and location-based technologies with Sirius Radio’s satellite audio entertainment to offer a […]

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 […]

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 […]