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January 31st, 2007 by

Senator John Kerry plans to talk to the FCC about a plan that would have “Extra Innings” available only on satellite television.

January 31st, 2007 by

From December 2006, VOA TV has been carried by cable television company Estesa in Nicaragua. Programmes are in English and Spanish. VOA TV contains a mix of news, current affairs, educational and social issues programming.

January 31st, 2007 by

The immediate outlook remains dim for solving the tangled web of problems tripping up broadcast mobile TV.

January 31st, 2007 by

A satellite television company must pay $676,500 for making illegal telemarketing calls, including 400 calls that tied up phone lines at a Mocksville hospital for two days, Attorney General Roy Cooper said Wednesday.

January 31st, 2007 by

A day after serving a ‘quit Assam’ notice on Guwahati-based satellite channel NE TV for having allegedly run a story accusing the outfit of taking money from the state government to allow peaceful holding of the 33rd National Games, the ULFA today asked two senior newspaper editors of the state to give up journalism. It also asked another newspaper editor to stick to the ethics of journalism …

January 31st, 2007 by

Sky’s new satellite based download service to Sky+ subscribers arrives in March - Alan Jay has a preview.

January 31st, 2007 by

Brussels, Jan 31 (IANS) The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Wednesday condemned threats from the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to a private satellite channel in northeast India after it reported that the Assam government had paid the outlawed group to buy peace.

January 31st, 2007 by

Sky is to launch a new service that automatically downloads a mini-library of films and TV shows to viewers’ Sky+ boxes while they sleep. The company will launch Sky Anytime TV, to all of its two million Sky+ subscribers next month.

January 31st, 2007 by

Pay-TV firm BSkyB just missed forecasts for net TV sign-ups in its second-quarter as a new broadband service takes time to drive overall subscriber growth, but said it was still on track for full-year targets.

January 31st, 2007 by

LONDON (MarketWatch) — British Sky Broadcasting, the U.K. satellite-television broadcaster, said Wednesday its fiscal first-half profit dropped 10%, hurt by costs for rolling out its broadband operations, a weaker TV advertising sector and lower wholesale revenue.