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  • Satnews releases 2002 international satellite directory

    Submitted by ITV Production on Apr 09, 2002
    News Headline

    Satnews, the comprehensive resource centre covering the satellite, broadband and broadcasting industries, has released its 2002 international satellite directory.

    The directory, used by satellite professionals, has over 1,200 pages of information including names and addresses of all industry companies and organizations. It also comes with details on over 450 satellite systems worldwide with a CD-ROM of maps called SatMaps.

    It includes satellite operator profiles, operational GEO & LEO systems, planned GEO & LEO systems, international & regional networks and internet via satellite. The directory also contains information about transponder brokers and resellers, transmission/business TV and videoconferencing services, equipment providers - both satellites and ground equipment and business and support services as well as information about regulators, government agencies and trade associations. A glossary of satellite terms and a calendar of satellite events is also included in the directory.

    The Directory comes with a 21 day money back guarantee. For more information or to order the Directory, visit http://www.satnews.com/free/pubs/isd.html.

  • Satnews releases 2002 international satellite directory

    Apr 09, 2002

    Satnews, the comprehensive resource centre covering the satellite, broadband and broadcasting industries, has release

  • Kirch goes under; no threat to soccer World Cup telecast

    Submitted by ITV Production on Apr 08, 2002
    News Headline

    KirchMedia, the core rights business of indebted media media mogul Leo Kirch, filed for insolvency on Monday. After weeks of desperate efforts to stay afloat but weighed in under a mountain of debt, Kirch finally threw in the towel today, paving the way for a takeover by German banks and publishers.
    This move also serves a nationalist interest in that it keeps aggressive foreign rivals, specifically Rupert Murdoch‘s News Corp, Mediaset, controlled by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and the Saudi prince Al-Waleed from grabbing control and thereby getting a handlehold on Europe‘s largest media market.

    Kirch had amassed debts of $5.71 billion through costly film rights deals and a misjudged foray into pay-TV. Insolvency, similar to Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States, places the company in the hands of an administrator.

    Meanwhile, closer home, what is of principal interest to media watchers is what happens to the soccer World Cup telecast since KirchMedia holds the worldwide broadcast rights to both the 2002 and 2006 World Cups.

    NO THREAT TO WORLD CUP BROADCAST
    According to the information available, Kirch has not let go of the World Cup. He has transferred the rights - valued at 1.9 billion euros - into a holding company based in Switzerland, KirchSport.

    While KirchSport is still a fully-owned subsidiary, its location in Switzerland protects it from the administration process, reports say.

    SET FRONTRUNNER IN SOCCER WORLD CUP BID AS WELL?
    This news should come as a relief to Indian broadcast companies like Sony Entertainment Television, the just launched Ten Sports and ESPN Star Sports, all of who are in the running for scoring as far as the telecast rights of the World cup are concerned.

    But as things stand the bidding war seems to be turning into a two-horse between Ten Sports and Sony, with SET being seen as the frontrunner but not by much.

    Whoever does get the rights there is definitely a much higher value proposition this time round than the 1998 World Cup in France which garnered pathetic viewership. The main reason for this being that as the matches are being played in Japan and Korea this time round, match timings would make automatically get in much higher viewing than in 1998. No matches at unearthly hours of the morning as was the norm in France will certainly work towards garnering much higher viewership.

    As far as the bidding goes, the figures being quoted are in the region of $40 million.

  • Kirch goes under; no threat to soccer World Cup telecast

    Apr 08, 2002

    KirchMedia, the core rights business of indebted media media mogul Leo Kirch, filed for insolvency on Monday.

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    CAS task force moots Rs 71.30 as basic tier rate; cable ops still unhappy

    Apr 08, 2002

    NEW DELHI: At today's extended meeting of the task force on conditional access, a basic tier price of Rs 71.30 with t

  • Playwin fever spreads

    Apr 08, 2002

    The Playwin buzz is catching on.

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