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Two channels for France specialising in tourism, but with very different approaches, are on the launch pad. VTV International, based in Madrid, has launched Tele Vacances in France. The channel...

A new satellite market study (Handbook of Satellite Services in Europe, Microcom Systems Pounds 285) suggests the recent problems affecting Iridium and ICO Global Communications will have a short-term effect...

Regional Czech satellite TV station Galaxie started transmissions on November 18 on satellite and cable according to local reports. It has also been reported that channel could be a target...

The proposed merger between Carlton Communications and United News & Media (UN&M) – besides managing to infuriate both BSkyB and Granada – could bring together two UK broadcasters with a...

The Adam Faith-backed Money Channel, due on air in February, reported losses for its first half-year Pounds 638,000 for the six months to September 30, in line with company expectations....

Italian pay-TV operator Telepiu is facing major problems in supplying its new subscribers with the Goldbox receivers needed to receive its digital bouquet. In order to resolve the problem, Telepiu...

Japan’s ministry of transport lost its multi-functional Transport Satellite on November 15 when its H-II launcher suffered a first stage shut-down four minutes after lift-off. The 2.9 tonne MTSat-1 was...

Wide differences have emerged in the take-up of digital television between different social segments, according to the University of Leeds’s Centre for Future Communications. Research director Michael Svennevig told a...

Kirch Group has arranged credit facilities amounting to DM3 billion (Euro1.5 billion) for financing its digital pay-TV venture Premiere World. According to a statement issued by Kirch Pay-TV last week,...

United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC) may seek a merger between its Polish cable and DTH platform @Entertainment and rival Canal Plus Polska, according to UPC president Mark Schneider. "The future for...