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SBS INVESTS IN TVN
March 22, 2000
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
March 22, 2000
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
March 22, 2000
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...
ESA'S SCIENCE PROJECTS SHORTLISTED
March 15, 2000
Six proposals out of 49 submitted will undergo close examination through the next six months as the European Space Agency’s science advisors move toward the selection of flexi- missions for...
ALCATEL SPACE INKS SATELLITE SYSTEMS CONTRACT WITH AIRTV
March 15, 2000
Alcatel Space inked a contract with Jersey-based AirTV Holdings Ltd. To build a satellite system for the global live television broadcasting network dedicated to the commercial and private aviation markets....
ORBITAL SCIENCES SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES TAURUS ROCKET
March 15, 2000
Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] successfully launched its ground-based Taurus rocket, carrying the U.S. Energy Department’s Multispectral Thermal Imager (MTI) satellite into its targeted orbit in a mission that originated from...