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SpaceBridge Completes $17 Million Financing Round
SpaceBridge announce the completion of $17 million in second round financing led by RBC Dominion Securities. Principal investors in this round include Royal Bank Capital Partners, TRW Inc. [TRW], MWI...
StarBand Plans Post-Thanksgiving Rollout
While industry leaders were gathered in San Diego last week discussing the potential of the Internet via satellite Starband Communications Inc. was busy launching its direct-to-home service. StarBand initially will...
ASIASAT STILL SUFFERING
The stock price of Hong Kong-based AsiaSat has fallen again dramatically despite the company (which is 50 per cent owned by SES/Astra) reporting improved sales and profits. “We report the...
STAR TV WINS PAKISTAN PAY-TV LICENCE
Star TV has been granted Pakistan’s first pay-TV licence. It means Star is able to distribute its full bouquet of pay TV services to viewers in Pakistan. James Murdoch, chairman...
STREAM ENDS FIRST HALF OF 2000 IN THE RED
Italian pay-TV operator Stream has reported that losses almost doubled in the first half of 2000 to L302 billion from L152 billion (E78.50m) in the same period last year, despite...
ASTRA 2B UP AND RUNNING
The Astra 2B satellite has entered active service for operator Société Européenne des Satellites (SES) at the Luxembourg-based company’s orbital slot at 28.2 degrees East. SES said Astra 2B features...
ART BECOMES ADD
Middle East platform Arab Radio & Television (ART) has started to call itself Arab Digital Distribution (ADD) and last week relaunched its Arabic bouquet (Firstnet) with additional channels for ArabSat...