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CECCHI GORI TO EXIT STREAM
Italian TV and film conglomerate Cecchi Gori Group (CGG) is expected to sell its 18 per cent stake share in pay-TV operator Stream and seek an alliance with Italian state...
TPS LAUNCHES E-MAIL SERVICE
French digital pay-TV operator TPS has launched an e-mail service for its subscribers, reports our sister publication Inside Digital TV. The service differs in several ways from the one introduced...
MC unveils expansion plan
Thematic audio service Music Choice will shortly add extra functionality to its digital satellite service. For Sky Digital from this June it will have in place extra interactivity, according to...
PANAMSAT'S STOCK NOSEDIVES
Last Thursday (March 30) PanAmSat’s stock price fell $15.25 following an analysts’ briefing given by PanAmSat chief executive officer Doug Kahn. Kahn said that PanAmSat’s earnings likely would fall well...
OPEN... OPTIONS
Open…, the interactive platform broadcast alongside Sky Digital, is considering alternative economic models for its e-mail service. Users of the BT Talk 21 service are currently charged the local call...
SATELLITE RECEPTION TOPS 50 PER CENT
The number of TV homes reached by the Astra platform increased by 3.39 million to reach a total of 78 million in 1999, according to figures released by Astra operator...
TRANSPONDER MONITOR
D – Digital A – Analogue 105.5 degreesE: Asiasat-1 & 3S D Asiasat-3S was launched successfully aboard a Russian Proton rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on March 21. It will...
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...
BOOMERANG FROM CARTOON
Cartoon Network is to launch a new channel featuring classic cartoons from the Hanna-Barbera library. The channel, Boomerang, will start broadcasting on May 27 from 0600-2400. It will be available...