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INTERSPACE’S IN-DEPTH STUDY OF EUROPEAN SATELLITE ACTIVITY, COMPILED BY MIKE FALLON Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 80 degreesE: Express-6A A – Moscow-based TV6 appears to have left 3875...

Arts & Entertainment’s History Channel has chosen to go with Turkey’s Star Digital platform, a rival to the larger DigiTurk outfit. History will air a 12-hour programme block, to a...

Shin Satellite Plc of Thailand has awarded its contract to Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for the design and construction of iPSTAR-1. The contract includes training and support services, as well as...

The Biography Channel, a sister service to the History Channel, will launch at 6pm on Sky Digital on October 1, subject to last-minute negotiations between BSkyB and Biography’s parent, A&E...

Recently launched UK thematic service Channel Health plans to raise pounds5.1 million (E8.46 million) by issuing 35.7 million shares at 57p (E0.95) each. If successful the channel will be valued...

EMS Technologies Inc. [ELMG] said its Caltrac Star Tracker system successfully provided critical navigation functions to the STS-101 mission crew during an experiment in orbital attitude readiness involving ISS. The...

The Swedish aerospace manufacturer Saab Ericsson Space has won two subcontracts to supply onboard electronic systems for satellites under construction. Under one of the subcontracts, the company will provide 45...

Hughes Electronics Corp. [GMH] named three new corporate vice presidents. Pat Doyle was promoted to corporate vice president for finance and acting treasurer. He joined the company in 1992 as...

Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES) has announced a further intercontinental expansion–the move into the Western Hemisphere that it long has planned. It is investing $135 million in Embratel’s satellite Ivision...

As satellite business executives look forward to the first years of the 21st century, they can expect the landscape of multimedia space-based applications to remain turbulent. More than ever, in...