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IT SEEMS AS IF EVERYONE IS OUT TO GET CABLE OPERATORS, BUT THEY MAY BE THEIROWN WORST ENEMY If ever there were a moment that illustrated how far behind the [...]

Pioneer Electric Cooperative diversified into the direct broadcast satellite (DBS) business to add value to its electric service to members in Alabama. The cooperative's purchase of a DBS territory necessitated the development of a sound business plan to optimize the service. Pioneer Electric then decided to sell the DBS franchise after taking a closer look at its original goals and determined that selling was a much more feasible alternative to operating the business. Although selling the business was a very tough decision to make, the cooperative later realized that it was worth all the sacrifice. The sale generated enough resources for Pioneer Electric to become an Internet service provider, invest in various economic development projects, return its capital credit retirements and boost its cash reserves., Pioneer Electric Cooperative calls Greenville, Alabama its home. Greenville is forty miles south of Montgomery just east of Interstate 65. Our electric service area includes Butler, Dallas, Lowndes, and Wilcox [...]

Multiplexed premium services are thriving on DBS, and cable operators are adding them where they can. Multiplexing of premium services is starting to sweep the country - but most of [...]

When Jan Stenbeck returned to Sweden in 1983 to take over his family's company, Kinnevik, the shareholders' meeting was held in a cinema showing Staying Alive, starring John Travolta. Stenbeck [...]

TWICE before, Rupert Murdoch has re-tuned an apparently doomed television service, confounded sceptics and made a fortune. But his successes with America's Fox network and Britain's BSkyB seem simple compared [...]

EchoStar has grabbed DirecTV, but Rupert Murdoch may be back yet IT IS the sort of plot on which network prime-time TV thrives: backwoodsman from the Rocky Mountains, who founded [...]

Propaganda or a taste of home? Television Asia looks at a few of Asia's international satellite services and how they are faring abroad Cost isn't necessarily a consideration when governments […]

After converting about 12,000 direct-broadcast satellite customers to its digital-cable service in the first three months of 2001, Charter Communications Inc. last week said it plans to step up its [...]

General Motors board of directors gave preliminary approval to Rupert Murdoch's bid to take control of GM's satellite television unit, DirecTV. Murdoch, chairman of News Corp., and Liberty Media Chairman […]

Local Channels Available Now Direct TV is a popular form of TV viewing that gives its subscribers access to hundreds of TV stations from a single 18' dish. Two new [...]

SAN ANTONIO--SBC Communications Inc. last week introduced a one-stop telecommunications and entertainment services package in what many speculate is a competitive strike against similar packages in the works at rival [...]

Next stop, the world SEOUL Arirang TV is blazing a trail as the first South Korean satellite channel to be distributed throughout Asia and, eventually, worldwide. The 24-hour basic service, [...]

All Carl Vogel wanted for the Christmas selling season was more power. The new chairman and chief executive officer at PrimeStar has made the transition to a high-power satellite service [...]

WASHINGTON - Under the gun on Capitol Hill, broadcasters were considering a compromise last week that sources said would allow satellite operators to continue offering illegal access to TV network [...]

While competitors DirecTV and EchoStar Communications Corp. push aggressive growth agendas, Primestar has been pushed into a corner to wait for federal regulators to decide its future. Primestar needs two [...]

Celebrating its 3 millionth sub, service has yet to break even DIRECTV President Eddy Hartenstein figures it would be nice to savor his company's arrival at the 3 million-subscriber mark, [...]

NEW YORK - 'We have seen the enemy and the enemy is us.' That motto now aptly applies to the direct broadcast satellite industry. Instead of making inroads against cable, [...]

NEW YORK - To paraphrase former President Ronald Reagan, are direct broadcast satellite operators better or worse off than they were one year ago? That depends upon who you talk [...]

TSAT chief Gary Howard looks to beat DBS competition at its own game Gary Howard's stress level peaked last week when technical glitches delayed the launch of TCI Satellite Entertainment's [...]

NEW YORK Cable operators, beware. Armed with an operating satellite TV service, Rupert Murdoch is coming after your business. Well, not immediately. First Murdoch needs to win over broadcasters, whose […]

Satellite TV broadcaster Star TV is owned by Rupert Murdoch's media group News Corp.. The service's strategy is to become increasingly localized, with the AsiaSat 1 satellite's southern beam transmitting to markets such as Taiwan and China, while its southern services target Indian and Arabic-speaking markets. Star TV, available in more than 50 million homes, is investing a claimed $300-400 million over two years to launch 100 digital channels in Japan. It is estimated that News Corp. has invested $1 billion in Star TV since buying the service in 1993.

The government rejected Tele-Communications Inc.'s Canadian satellite scheme again last week, forcing TCI into a backup plan that it had hoped to avoid. TCI said it will launch one of [...]

Launch of EchoStar's second satellite, low-cost dishes give boost to high-flying cable alternative With the successful launch of its second high-power satellite last week, EchoStar will soon offer one-stop TV [...]

News Corp. and MCI made their direct-broadcast satellite joint-venture plans for real last week, appointing executives to the two separate services planned. One service, called American Sky Broadcasting, is a [...]

System upgrades, DBS investments cited; company spells out roll-out plans for rest of year Cable giant Tele-Communications Inc. suffered a net loss of $79 million in fourth quarter 1995, partly [...]

LONDON - The British Broadcasting Corp. and Mideast programmer Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network were thrown into conflict last week after some controversial news stories on the BBC Arabic [...]

Malaysia's broadcasting industry is thriving, and has become an indication of the country's development. The market is becoming saturated, although there is room for the major players. The government has given out few TV licenses, and holds interest in two of the new TV stations, MegaTV and MetroVision, to have some control and to spread the risk. Malaysia is hoping to become a broadcasting center for Asian-oriented TV programs. The government has taken steps to insure that Malaysians can only pick up satellite signals from Measat Broadcasting.

Primestar Partners Ltd will add channels during 1995 and 1996 so that its total may reach as high as 100 channels by mid-year 1996. The additional channels will help the satellite television supplier compete with companies such as Sony Digital Satellite Systems and RCA. The firm will also upgrade its system to enable customers to receive an interactive program guide. Primestar plans to launch additional satellites to help expand its business., BALA CYNWYD, Pa.--Satellite TV supplier Primestar Partners Ltd. plans to add 15 to 20 channels this fall and another half-dozen in 1996 to help it compete with the RCA and [...]

DirecTv will offer coverage of World League of American Football games, starting Apr 11, 1995. DirecTv will show one match every Tuesday, taped from the previous weekend. The World League features professional football players from the US and around the world. Each of six teams plays 10 games over a 10-week period in the off-season. DirecTv is also introducing a regional marketing program., LAS VEGAS--DirecTv, one of two Digital Satellite System broadcasters, revealed it will broadcast coverage of the new World League of American Football beginning April 11. + AllDirecTv subscribers will receive [...]

LAS VEGAS - The fast-growing direct-broadcast satellite industry may have another service provider in December, with the launch of the 100-channel AlphaStar, announced last week by Canadian manufacturer TeeComm Electronics [...]