Astra readies for 1M
Canada and Mexico strategy emerges
Not satisfied with last year launching a record-breaking 5 satellites in one year, SES Global’s president Romain Bausch confirmed last week that its Americom division had ordered AMC-18, a 24-transponder craft, built by Lockheed Martin and slated for launch by Ariane later next year. The craft goes into the 105 deg West slot recently acquired by SES from New Skies.

Discovery spin off
Private Equity: Good or Bad?
Showtime Mid-East IPO
Indian TV worth $8.4bn
Murdoch push for India DTH
Discovery seeks acquisitions
Sino-Sat delayed
HDTV viewers face problems
German DTH numbers
HDTV: Are we ready?
MONITOR Al Manar ban
COMMENT: “We’re still here”