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GET AND FUJITSU SIEMENS CO-OPERATE IN TV PORTAL ON ASTRA
German multimedia company Global Electronic Transfer (GET) and Fujitsu Siemens Computers have formed a long-term technical co-operation. The firm based in Oberhaching near Munich intends to bring 1 million units...
ITALIAN FINANCE CHANNEL IN THE BLACK
Italian business channel Class Financial Network has released figures that show that on average 630,000 viewers tune in daily to its programmes, while advertising revenues during its first year of...
ARD LAUNCHED ON HOT BIRD
German public broadcaster ARD has launched its main domestic television channel, Das Erste, on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite system on 13 degrees East, as revealed exclusively in Interspace 705. Since...
T…L…COM 2C MOVING TO 5 DEGREES WEST
France Telecom is changing one of its satellite slots, with Télécom 2C leaving its orbital slot at 3 degrees East, on which the satellite has been positioned since its launch...
EUROPE ONLINE LAUNCHES IN GERMANY
Reborn Luxembourg-based company Europe Online Networks SA, which now describes itself as a “provider of interactive entertainment services”, has launched in its first prime marketing area of Germany, choosing Berlin...
TPS' HITS 'MAGIC MILLION' MARK
Television Par Satelite (TPS) is France’s ‘other’ digital direct-to-home (DTH) satellite pay-TV system. While rival Canal Plus boasts a total 6.7 million French subscribers, TPS achieved its first million in...
POLAND'S DIGITAL DTH TRIPLE PLAY
Poland has been at the forefront of developments in Central and Eastern Europe’s television industry since the region returned to democracy a decade ago, writes Chris Dziadul. Having begun the...
TRANSPONDER MONITOR
Key D – Digital A – Analogue 78.5 degreesE: Thaicom 2&3 D – Two horse racing channels entitled SKY1 and SKY2 can be seen on 3565MHz horizontal, SR 5000, FEC...
NEWS BYTES
A group of local investors is leading a consortium putting $30 million (E34.23 m) into a new 10,000sq metre studio facility at Dubai’s newly-established Media City. Certain key contracts have...