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NTL BUILDS NEW DISH FARM
NTL is to invest pounds50 million in broadcast services over the next four years, with an immediate commitment of pounds10 million. The money will be used in part to buy...
NEWS BYTES
* Satellite Media Services (SMS) is now offering Internet access speeds of up to 155Mbps over satellite. SMS is using IP over SONET rather than ATM in order to reduce...
TELEPIU LOSSES DEEPEN, SUBS UP
Canal Plus-owned Italian pay-TV operator Telepiu is expected to make a loss in 2000 but subscriber figures continue to rise. Canal Plus’ Italian unit incurred losses of Euro187 million in...
TELENOR OPENS LONDON FACILITY
The UK subsidiary of the Norwegian telecommunication company Telenor has officially opened its new UK headquarters. Telenor (UK) Ltd’s Central London facility is situated close to Russell Square. The rooftop...
PHILLIPS SHOWS THE WAY
Phillips Business Information, owner of Cable Europe, has unveiled ambitious plans for a major exposition in Paris this autumn. The event will take place from October 30 to November 1...
SBS INVESTS IN TVN
SBS Broadcasting is taking a one third stake in Polish commercial channel TVN. According to an agreement reached last week, SBS will acquire Dutch-registered Strateurop International, a subisidiary of TVN’s...
SRG CANCELS ORF DIGITAL CONTRACT
Swiss public broadcaster SRG has cancelled its contract with neighbouring Austrian public broadcaster ORF for carriage of its German-language domestic TV channel for DTH viewers within ORF’s digital package on...
EUROSPORT, EURONEWS AND ZDF.DOKU JOIN ZDF
German public broadcaster ZDF has incorporated three new services within its free-to-air digital package available on Astra (19.2 degrees East), transponder 77 (11.954 GHz H, SR 27.500, FEC 3/4), and...
NEW GERMAN RADIO CHANNELS ON SATELLITE
Three radio stations from Germany have joined the growing number of broadcasters that air their programmes via DTH satellite. Wiesbaden-based Party Radio – The Bomb can be found within Deutsche...