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NEW CHANNELS FOR STREAM
Italian digital operator Stream is set to boost its pay-TV bouquet with the addition of several new channels in the coming months. Two new football channels aimed at fans of...
NEW CHANNELS FOR GERMANY
Germany’s satellite market will see three new entrants if the Frankfurt-based regional media authority approves new licence applications. Dogan Media International, the German sister company of the Turkish Dogan group,...
MTV DEAL WITH PREMIERE WORLD
Kirch Group’s digital pay-TV operator Premiere World and MTV Networks Europe have reached a compromise, ending the conflict over the removal of MTV and VH-1 from the digital platform after...
MIDDLE EAST GETS SET FOR CHANGE
While Orbit struggles to drive subscriber numbers, new players such as Etisalat are preparing to enter the Middle Eastern multichannel broadcasting business. Interspace surveys current developments… On top of the...
TRANSPONDER MONITOR
Key: D=Digital, A=Analog 78.5 degrees E: Thaicom-2&3 D. Two Pakistani channels, PTV World and PTV Sports have launched on 3420 MHz vertical, SR 6666, FEC 3/4 in free-to-air MPEG-2. As...
ALCATEL IN BOLIVAR*SAT
Alcatel Spacecom vice-president Alain Roger has signed shareholder agreements with Luis Escobar, CEO of Andesat, establishing the creation of Bolivar*Sat. This is a new joint venture for providing telecommunications, broadcasting,...
LAST STAND FOR MTV ITALIA
MTV Italia is one step closer to being forced off the air following the October 6 announcement by the Italian telecommunications authority that home shopping channel H.O.T. Italia fulfills ownership...
MUSIC CHOICE BACK ON PREMIERE
Simon Bazelgette, CEO of Music Choice Europe (MCE), has said he is in advanced discussions with Kirch Group’s Premiere World bouquet. MCE was dropped from DF1 earlier this year. "It...
NEWS BYTES...
Middle East platform Orbit is said to be ending its commitment to Telecom Italia uplink division Telespazio. Altaf Alimohamed, chief executive of Star Select, which shares the Orbit platform, confirmed...
CNN'S MILLENIUM NIGHT
CNN International will use December 31 to bring together what it describes as the "global village" with 100 hours of live coverage of the worldwide millennium celebrations. From the popping...