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American Mobile, KVH Announce Iridium Specials
American Mobile Satellite Corp. [SKYC] announced its program to help subscribers who are left without service in the wake of Iridium LLC’s [IRID] demise. The Reston, Va.-based company will offer...
IRIDIUM ACTION GETS INTO GEAR
Iridium’s bankruptcy is still having reverberations. Iridium’s creditors have begun their own claims against Motorola, which they allege, created the system and has failed in its legal duties to maintain...
SWANSONG FIGURES FOR FLEXTECH
Institutional investors made a profit by selling shares in UK cable operator Telewest Communications stock last week, no doubt taking advantage of its high share price, and ahead of its...
EC WARNS AGAINST BELGIAN TAXES
In a letter sent to the Belgian government, the European Commission urged Belgium to abolish all taxes levied on satellite dishes and to refund any taxes already paid. It estimates...
POLSAT TO LEAVE
Canal+ Cyfrowy has been ordered to stop transmitting the signals of commercial broadcasters Polsat and Nasza TV. Separately, Polsat must also cease transmitting programming made by public broadcaster TVP, according...
RELAX FM, BIG FM ON ASTRA
The number of German-language radio services on the Astra satellite system (19.2 degrees East) continues to grow. Last Friday at 1300 CET BIG FM, the new commercial youth radio station...
PREMIER LEAGUE LIMBERS UP FOR RIGHTS BIDS
Alongside the fun and games of the next stage of the UK’s third-generation cellular licence auction, next week also sees an even longer bidding and negotiation process commence for the...