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Jordan drops Terrestrial channels

By | January 17, 2001
Jordan is to “merge” its two terrestrial services, Jordan 1 and 2, into its satellite channel (Jordan Space Channel). The announcement was made by Jordan TV board member Dr Adnan...

Dutch TV pirates raided

By | January 17, 2001
Irdeto Access, a content protection company, and Canal+ Nederland, the pay-TV operator, continued their battle against pay-media piracy with a raid in The Netherlands that resulted in counterfeit smart cards...

ESA fights to keep Galileo alive

By | January 17, 2001
The now-traditional New Year annual press conference of the European Space Agency (ESA) was held in Paris on January 15. Director-general Antonio Rodota did his best to explain away the...

PanAmSat's cash flow dropped in Q4 2000

By | January 17, 2001
Satellite-based video and data broadcaster PanAmSat Corp reported an 11 per cent drop in fourth quarter 2000 cash flow from operations as a result of higher expansion costs. PanAmSat, an...

Phoenix TV launches American IT channel

By | January 17, 2001
Hong Kong-based Phoenix Satellite Television Co Ltd launched its first North American information technology channel for Chinese communities in the region. The Phoenix IT channel, the first of the Chinese...

ARD launches on Eutelsat

By | January 17, 2001
German television channel ARD has chosen Eutelsat to reach television viewers in southeast Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. ARD Das Erste will broadcast in digital free-to-air via Widebeam...