Author: Staff Writer

Zee Telefilms will buy out Star TV’s 50 per cent interest in Asia Today, the Zee/Star TV subsidiary which broadcasts Zee TV, Zee Cinema and Zee News. Patco, the operating...

The merger between Nordic telcos Telia and Telenor, expected to be approved by the European Commission this week, is not expected to have a major impact on Telenor’s satellite activities....

As the clock ticks to the October-scheduled launch of Orion 2, destined for the 12 degrees West mid-Atlantic position, there is no sign of any agreement between the satellite’s operator,...

German public broadcaster ZDF will partner ARD and Deutsche Welle (DW) in a relaunched worldwide German television channel. ZDF’s board gave the green light to its participation at its meeting...

Telefonica has formed new company to look after its media interests. Jose Antonio Rios, president and CEO of Telefonica Media, a new company formed just one week ago, announced in...

Supported by a tremendous marketing campaign costing DM100 million (pounds 33 million), German media company Kirch Group launched its digital package Premiere World on October 1 in Germany and Austria,...

Slovakian channels Luna TV and NASA TV will be added to Telenor Satellite’s Central and Eastern European broadcasting platform. Both will join Telenor’s Intelsat 707 platform later this year. Norway-based...

Sharp contrasts between the viewing patterns of DF1 subscribers compared to their Premiere counterparts have emerged ahead of the merger between the two platforms. The information was revealed by Premiere...

The long-awaited acquisition of General Instrument (GI) was concluded last week when Motorola absorbed the box-making company in a stock swap that sees GI shareholders take a 17 per cent...

Still suffering from the aftershocks of the Asian financial crisis, AsiaSat has announced reduced turnover of HK$376 million (pounds 30 million) for the first half of 1999, down 19 per...