Author: Staff Writer

The European Commission (EC) has started proceedings against Telefonica, the principal shareholder in DTH digital platform Via Digital, and Sogecable, owner of rival digital DTH operator Canal Satelite Digital, alleging...

SkyDigital has started targeting subscribers to its cheapest pay-TV package – the big basic Family Package, which costs pounds13 and does not offer access to premium channels – with a...

Germany’s media authorities have urged Kirch Group to issue conditional access modules (CAMs) for its Betacrypt encryption system, used by Premiere World. According to the authorities, the goal of consumers...

Nilesat is now carrying ten free-to-air news channels. Al Jazeera, beamed from Qatar, is the latest addition and was added on May 1. Also on Nilesat is the top-rated news...

ENDING bizarre battle about German women channel TM3 and its most valuable asset, the Champions League rights, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has bought fellow shareholder Herbert Kloiber’s 34 per cent...

PRO SIEBEN MEDIA AG managed to increase both turnover and profit during the first quarter of this year. Chairman Urs Rohner said that the media company, which operates general entertainment...

SINCE its launch on March 6, Recrut Interactif, the classified job ads supertext service on TPS, has proved to be a great success with subscribers, claimed Bachir Ghalayini, Director of...

RTL Television, Germany’s most-watched commercial television channel, intends to launch a dedicated 24 hour news network. During the presentation of last year’s financial figures in Cologne last week managing director...

The various ‘minor’ operators in Europe are not admitting to any intention of forming any alliances with SES or Eutelsat. However, most of them have expansion plans, which may prove...

International Launch Services arguably holds a unique position in the growing business of East-West satellite industry co-operation. With US government permission, ILS launches Western‚ satellites atop Russian launchers as well...