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by Scott Chase Ask Arthur C. Clarke, entrepreneur, inventor, adventurer and, for many, the "father" of communications via satellite, what futures he sees for mankind in the new century, and...

By Cynthia Boeke The past year has been an eventful one, notable for what happened, as well as for what failed to materialize. In the latter category, two multibillion-dollar mobile...

by James Careless There’s likely no satellite region more complex and challenging to comprehend than the Middle East. At the heart of the situation is, of course, the ongoing Israeli/Arab...

The NATO-led Stabilisation Force (SFOR) in Bosnia said on November 26 that it was preparing to shut down a Bosnian Croat television station if negotiations with the body overseeing the...

Viasat Broadcasating, radio and publishing are the top performing business areas in Modern Times Group’s third quarter results, just released. Net sales across the Swedish-based company increased from SKr2,613 million...

Italy’s Communications Ministry has postponed a key decision on whether MTV Italia can retain the free-to-air terrestrial broadcasting licence that currently gives it access to millions of Italian TV homes....

Italian electricity utility Enel has received the necessary go-ahead from the EU to take a 30 per cent in Canal Plus-led digital platform Telepiu, but is facing criticism from leading...

Youth channel Rapture has joined the Sky Digital line up on Astra, increasing its carriage by a third to approximately 5.7 million homes including analogue satellite and cable. Rapture, owned...

Telenor is upgrading its presence in the UK with a move to new offices that will also include its own uplink facilities. The new offices in Bernard Street, central London,...

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...