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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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

105.5 degrees E Asiasat-3S A. Sahara TV, an Indian channel with studio facilities in Bombay (Mumbai) and Delhi, is to lease a 36 MHz C-Band transponder here to relay its […]

Following its $3.75 billion deal with Hughes, Boeing Space & Communications is set to emerge as the world’s largest space group. Hughes is turning towards the more profitable business of […]

Canal Plus’ total subscriptions reached 13,628,050 at the end of December, a 17 per cent increase over the previous year. International subscriptions grew by 29 per cent. A total of […]

The satellite launch market, in the doldrums in 1999, is showing signs of picking up this year, according to Jean-Marie Luton, head of Arianespace. Despite a fall in revenue of […]

The satellite TV channel of Montenegro’s state broadcaster RTV Crna Gora has celebrated one year on the air, announcing plans to extend its global coverage as well as help to […]

CNBC Europe is to version its satellite feeds on a regional basis across Europe. A five minute hourly opt-out, branded as CNBC Nordic, will launch in the spring. The UK […]

After an engagement that lasted six months, the Lagardere group finally signed the deal under which it bought into Canalsatellite the week before last, resulting in a pooling of resources […]

In an ongoing row between CLT-UFA, TM3 minority shareholder Herbert Kloiber and News Corp about German television rights of the Champions League, the latter has moved ahead with his plans […]

Premiere World is planning to increase the amount and variety of programmes shown on pay-per-view. Subscribers will be able, from this autumn, to order selected top sports events via PPV. […]

The digital package planned under the name Asia Channel, aimed at people from Asian countries living in Europe, intends to launch this spring. In an exclusive interview with Interspace, managing […]

Leading Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has set out ambitious plans for global expansion, together with European partners, as well as for the launch of new pay-TV channels for the Italian […]

A Founders Conference for the new Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Telecommunications and Information (CITI) will be held at Intelsat’s headquarters in Washington on Feb. 5. Events will include video […]

Professor Joseph Pelton of George Washington University in Washington will receive the annual Arthur C. Clarke Award at the Satellite 2000 conference on Feb. 2. The award will be presented […]

Although a U.S. defense satellite intelligence system experienced serious Y2K problems with permanent loss of data, the GPS system functioned as expected through the year-end rollover, according to the military […]

The U.S. civil space program closed a chapter of space exploration when NASA officially ended all attempts at contacting the Mars Polar Lander Jan. 17 after a month-long effort in […]

Professor Joseph Pelton of George Washington University in Washington will receive the annual Arthur C. Clarke Award at the Satellite 2000 conference on Feb. 3. The award will be presented […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Germany’s Kirch Group said on Monday it is in talks to pull another investor on board its loss-making pay-TV operations following last month’s much-anticipated entry by media mogul Rupert Murdoch. […]

IP telephony pioneer TeleNet Communications has signed a contract with Kingston TLI for one of the first ever voice over IP transmissions using GEO satellites. Kingston TLI has been signed […]

As previously anticipated in Interspace, Fox Kids has confirmed it will launch an Italian-language channel on Italy’s Stream digital bouquet. The new channel will launch on April 1. The new […]

Interspace’s in-depth look at activity on Europe’s transponders Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 57 degrees E: NSS-703 A – RTNC, La Voix du Peuple from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic […]

Satellite operators in Europe have forged ahead with digital interactive service launches, leaving the competition from cable behind. At the Western Show in Los Angeles last month, Open TV’s Vincent […]

Pace Micro Technology’s share price rose a dramatic 101p (from 498.5p) following its half-year results (to December 4) announcement on Monday. The share price shows a dramatic recovery since the […]

UK television regulator the ITC was the sender of an unpleasant December 23 Christmas card in the shape of a Pounds 20,000 fine for GOD – The Christian Channel for […]